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USPG C series records relating to New Brunswick to c.1860

USPG C series records relating to New Brunswick to c.1860

Collection: Canada in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1722-1952    Volumes    USPG C series records relating to New Brunswick to c.1860
These items cover the years 1783 to 1857, with the highest volume of correspondence written from St John, Fredericton, St Andrew's, and Sackville. The Scovil family and the Venerable George Coster recieve the most mentions in this correspondence; however, other noteworthy persons mentioned include Thomas Baillie, the Commissioner and Surveyor General of Crown Lands at Fredericton, and Captain W. F. W. Owen of the Royal Navy at Campobello. Further information about these documents is available via this link.
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C-Can-NB-6, 1830-1848

Consists of correspondence relating to Venerable George Coster, Archdeacon at Fredericton. These papers focus on the development of the church and Coster's own role therein. Commentary on missionaries' expenses is...

Date:1830-1848
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73051-B-6

C-Can-NB-5, 1821-1857

This document includes correspondence relating to Rev. William E. Scovil at Kingston, he was the third of his family line to hold the ministry at Kingston; Kingston having been served...

Date:1821-1857
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73051-B-5

C-Can-NB-4, 1821-1857

This correspondence includes provisional regulations for the government of the College at Frederiction, this College appears to be that which would later become the University of New Brunswick at Fredericton....

Date:1821-1857
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73051-B-4

C-Can-NB-3, 1788-1844

Contains general correspondence relating to the the places where the missionaries are stationed, the building of churches, the running of schools, and missionaries' voyages to the places of their missions....

Date:1788-1844
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73051-B-3

C-Can-NB-2, 1818-1844

Travel, including transatlantic voyages, were an essential part of being a missionary; the requirement for priests to be ordained in Britain could mean would-be priests taking two transatlantic voyages in...

Date:1818-1844
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73051-B-2

C-Can-NB-1, 1783-1839

This correspondence is mostly concerned with payment to missionaries regarding both wages and resources. Correspondence from and relating to members of the Scovil family is also included, for more information...

Date:1783-1839
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73051-B-1
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