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CANADA UNDER BRITISH RULE 231TRANSCRIPTS OF PAPERS INBRITISH MUSEUMBOUQUET PAPERSSeries ATHEThis collection (30 vols., 1756-1765) is composed of the official and miscellaneous correspondence, with various papers, of Brigadier-General Bouquet, who, from 1756, took part in theSeven Years War, campaigning against Fort Duquesne and being in charge of the western poetsuntil 1763. He was then made commander of the expedition against Pontiac s Indians, whomhe defeated and forced to sue for peace. The collection is of primary importance for Pontiac sWar and also valuable for the Seven Years War.The series is calendared in the Report on Canadian Archives for 1889.HALDIMAND PAPERSSeries BThis large collection (232 vols., 1756-1790) contains the official and miscellaneous correspondence with other papers of Frederick Haldimand, who served in the Seven Years War inAmerica from 1756 as commander at Fort Edward, Oswego, Niagara and Fort Ontario. He wasgovernor of Trois-Rivieres, commander of the military forces in Florida, commander-in-chief atNew York from 1773 to 1775, and succeeded Carleton as governor of Canada from 1778 to 1785. Alarge part of Sir Guy Carleton s papers are found in this collection. Covering all the civil andmilitary activities of the colony from 1760 to 1785, it is indispensable for the study of that period,with its great volume ot letters, dispatches, memorials, reports, journals, Indian and other papers.There is a complete calendar of the series in the Canadian Archives Reports for the years 1884to 1889 inclusive.KING SMANUSCRIPTSon the American Colonies, especiallyThis collection (1721-1762) is made up of several reportsMurray s report on Quebec, and the reports of Burton on Three Rivers and of Gage on Montreal.(Printed in Shortt and Doughty s Constitutional Documents, pp. 61-9 and 69-73, in Lieutenant-Colonel Morse s Description of Nova Scotia, 1784, and in the Report on Canadian Archives for1884.)LANSDOWNE MANUSCRIPTSThis collection (1697-1700) contains letters and memorials of John Nelson ;communicationsof the Earl of Bellomont to the Lords of Trade and miscellaneous papers, English and French,relating to boundary claims in Acadia the fisheries; ; English rights respecting the Five Nationsand Indian affairs generally.ADDITIONAL MANUSCRIPTS8075. Puisaye Papers (1798-1812).French royalists in Canada.Correspondence and papers relating to the settlement of1034. Concessions in Acadia and Canada, capitulation of Port Royal in 1654, memorials andpapers relating to Temples claim and the restitution of Acadia.Exports and imports of North America, 1768-1769.15491, 24322, 24323, 6865. Letters and papers (1718-1796) relating to trade, the AmericanRevolution, Indian affairs. English and French boundary claims.19069-19074. The Brown Collection (1711-1794). Very important for the history of NovaScotia, especially regarding the Acadian expulsion.MISCELLANEOUS TRANSCRIPTS AND ORIGINALSAskin Papers (1771-1860). Collection of correspondence and miscellaneous papers of JohnAskin and his descendants, mainly relating to commercial matters, fur trade, Indian tribes, theWar of 1812, and the Rebellion of 1837.Bagot Papers (1816-1843). Twenty-five portfolios of official and miscellaneous correspondence and various documents. These relate, so far as Canada is concerned, mainly to the periodsfrom 1816 to 1819, when Bagot was British minister at Washington, and from 1841 to 1843, whenhe was Governor-General of Canada.Bancroft Collection (1806-1880). This collection (8 portfolios) contains important papers,