Canada in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1722-1952 - Volumes
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USPG C series records relating to Montreal to c.1860
These Annual Reports and narrative reports describe the progress of various missions across Montreal. The correspondence and reports were either completed by or relate to the Reverends Charles Baucroft at St John, Edward du Verret at Henryville and Hemmingford, Samuel Gibson at S. Lakes, J. Godden [or Goddeu?], Joseph Griffin at Gore, William Jones at Farnham, David Lindsay at Missisquoi, Robert Lindsay at Brome, H. Montgomery at Sutton, Jacob J.S.... Read more →
USPG C series records relating to Upper Canada to c.1860
The many requests for funds included in this grouping, due to their narrative nature, do reveal details of what missionary life was like in Upper Canada between 1788 and 1859. Some of the more unusual items include a map of the 'Principle Settlements of Upper Canada', a newspaper article describing the dimensions and reasoning for building a new canal which appears to be the Cornwall Canal, and some drawings of... Read more →
USPG C series records relating to Toronto to c.1860
As the church expanded in Toronto it struggled to find sufficient funds to provide adequate wages for its staff, this shortage of funds is evident in the refusals of requests for funds to dioceses and in correspondence from those who had been underpaid. The splitting of the Quebec diocese into Upper Canada and Lower Canada took a number of years to progress from a principle suggestion to a reality and... Read more →
USPG C series records relating to Nova Scotia to c.1860
The decision over whether Nova Scotia would be settled as a colony or not was not to be taken quickly, as demonstrated by discussion in this correspondence regarding the uncertainty over whether Nova Scotia would be settled or not. These papers then include a description of the origin of Sherbrooke's settlement by the British. The campaign to win souls for their protestant church was to be fought on several fronts;... Read more →
