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USPG C series records relating to Toronto to c.1860

USPG C series records relating to Toronto to c.1860

Collection: Canada in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1722-1952    Volumes    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 some potential reasons for this delay are included here. The Imperial Parliament's passing of an Act to permit the sale of clergy reserves certanly had a number of supporters; the detail of this Act was to prove more divisive amongst Reverends who wanted that money for their churches immediately. An assortment of Annual Returns from various dioceses also features here alongside a large selection of papers in relation to Dr John Strachan, the first Bishop of Toronto. Further information about these documents is available via our online guide.
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C-Can-Tor-07, 1842-1858

This assortment of items includes a letter from G.W. Hope at Downing Street, London to Rev. A.M. Campbell regarding payment of salaries in the Diocese of Toronto; a copy of...

Date:1842-1858
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73051-G-07

C-Can-Tor-06, 1847-1858

These items include a series of Annual Returns with regard to Chinguacousey, St. Catherines, Northport, Rice Lake, Scarborough, Otterville, Barton, Glanford, Goderich, Bayfield, Seymour, Elizabeth Town, Christ Church, Hillier, Sandwich,...

Date:1847-1858
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73051-G-06

C-Can-Tor-05, 1822-1857

This document includes a far higher share of printed items than its predecessors. Printed items amidst the correspondence include coverage from the opening of a King's College which would later...

Date:1822-1857
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73051-G-05

C-Can-Tor-04, 1838-1850

Most of this content is with regard to missionaries themselves including their low wages, those seeking to become a missionary, illnesses suffered from, expenses requests and how their work is...

Date:1838-1850
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73051-G-04

C-Can-Tor-03b, 1844-1849

These records do share the correspondence upon the erection of churches and impecunious state of the church which is common to a number of these documents; they also contain less...

Date:1844-1849
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73051-G-03b

C-Can-Tor-03a, 1838-1843

The theme of low wages being paid infrequently to missionaries is continued in these records, as is the call for more funds with which to build churches. More unusual items...

Date:1838-1843
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73051-G-03a

C-Can-Tor-02, 1839-1849

These papers show a church that is beginning to worry about where its money is going to come from. A suggestion that they start paying clergy's wages out of the...

Date:1839-1849
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73051-G-02

C-Can-Tor-01, 1838-1851

These narrative accounts describe the advances of the church in Toronto as it progressed and its expanding congregations required an increasing number of churches and clergy. This correspondence relates to...

Date:1838-1851
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:73051-G-01
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