BIBLIOGRAPHY
TO BE INVESTIGATED
MANUSCRIPTS
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University College of Cape Breton. Beaton
Institute - Collection : 1066-1930 ; (predominant
1753-1831) - 1
microfilm reel of textual records ; 35 mm
- The Collection includes the following sources: Reverend Rana Cossitt
(1744-1815), an Anglican clergyman who came to Cape Breton from
Connecticut, personal papers, 1785-1810; Captain Cox, farmer and
retired military man, memo re conveyance of real estate, n.d.; Richard
Gibbons (1734-1794), first Chief Justice of Cape Breton, letter to Dr.
Alex Stewart concerning the medical profession, 1785; Richard Gibbons'
appointment as 2nd Lieutenant, Nova Scotia Regiment of Militia, 1753,
and death certificate, 1794; Jonathan Jones (1741-1806), Baddeck's
first settler, last will and testament, 1808; William McKinnon, member
of the Executive Council and Registrar of Deeds, land grant, 1793;
Allan MacLellan and David Taitt, indenture and mortgage, 1827, 1830;
John Meloney of Sydney to James Muggah, deed, 1831; John Meloney
(1738-1807), appointment as attorney for John Bond and others, 1799;
John Muggah, appointment as Lieutenant in the First or Northern
Regiment of Militia of the Island, 1813; John Muggah, crown lease,
1812; Richard Gibbons, Jr. from N. Nepean, character reference, 1813;
N. Nepean to Richard Gibbons, Jr, letter, 1814; John O'Brien to
Lieutenant-Governor J.F.W. DesBarres, memorial concerning a land and
water lot at Sydney, 1787; Peters, family history, 1066-1930;
Lt-Colonel John Peters (1740-1793), Queen's Loyal Rangers, a
narrative, 1786; John Storey, land grant on the Sydney River, 1797;
David Taitt, Survey Engineer, land grant at Miree (Mira), 1802. [UNB
Microfilm Reference- MIC-Loyalist FC LSC .N6U5B4C6]
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[1788 - 1790?] - New Brunswick Petitcodiac Estate - Samuel Sparrow
Cape Breton Island creditor against the Peticodiac estate
of J. F. W. DesBarres ----- (J. F. W DesBarres/Samuel Sparrow) - My
limited source is: ff. 66v [NSARM took a quick look, but
not there - or is this in a New Brunswick repository?]
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[1785, June] - Property,
Block C, Sydney, Cape Breton Island ----- (W. John Wilkinson/Samuel
Sparrow, Agent) - My Limited source is pp. 44-45
[150-151] [Check NSARM microfilm 17278 first, then Cape Breton
County Deeds Office, or UCCB]
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1787, September 26 -
Property Block A, Lot 8, Esplanade?, Sydney, Cape Breton Island
(granted May 16?, 1786); Property [forty?] 7. or 49, Sydney River,
Cape Breton Island (granted August 21, 1786); and Block K, Lot 6, [Bladein?],
South Charlotte Street, Sydney, Cape Breton Island (Thomas Garsoiss?
to John Smith Bill of sale dated June 24, 1786) ----- (John Smith to
Samuel Sparrow) [My limited source is pp. 246-248] [Perhaps from
Public Archives of Nova Scotia, RG 47, Registry of Deeds? - Note:
Public Archives of Nova Scotia, RG 47, Registry of Deeds, Volume B,
pp. 247-252 - Microfilm 17278 - is similar but nevertheless
different. So, Re-Check NSARM microfilm 17278 first, then Cape
Breton County Deeds Office, or UCCB]
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1786, July 20 -
Town plan of Sydney, Cape Breton Island, showing named streets and
numbered reservations. Reference table distinguishes the lots laid out
by five different surveyors. Scale: 1 inch to about 260 feet. Compass
indicator. Surveyed by George Rodgers, Assistant Surveyor for Cape
Breton and Deputy Surveyor General of Woods, on the order of
Lieutenant Governor Des Barres, 20 July 1786 - London, Public Record
office, Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Treasury
and Treasury Solicitor 1670-1920, MPD 1/180/2 ---- Check if available
at the following location:
Public Archives of
Canada, MG 23 F 1 J. F. W. DesBarres Papers, Series 5, Volume 15;
Check also: UCCB - V1/240]
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1786, July 20
- Town plan of Sydney, Cape Breton Island, showing named streets and
numbered reservations. Reference table distinguishes the lots laid out
by five different surveyors. Scale: 1 inch to about 260 feet. Compass
indicator. Surveyed by George Rodgers, Assistant Surveyor for Cape
Breton and Deputy Surveyor General of Woods, on the order of
Lieutenant Governor Des Barres, 20 July 1786, London, Public Record
office, Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Treasury
and Treasury Solicitor 1670-1920, MPD 1/180/2 ---- Check if available
at the following location:
Public Archives of
Canada, MG 23 F 1 J. F. W. DesBarres Papers, Series 5, Volume 15;
Check also: UCCB - V1/240]
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1784-1786, Plans
and elevations for 28 buildings in Sydney, Cape Breton Island. On 17
sheets. (5) F. Provision store; G. magazine for tools and stores; (6)
H. building at the coal-mines, fitted for Lieutenant Governor Des
Barres; (7) I and K. two sheds; (8) L. smith's forge; London, Public Record
office, M., Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Treasury
and Treasury Solicitor 1670-1920, MPD 1/180/5-21 ---- Check if
available at the following location:
Public Archives of
Canada, MG 23 F 1 J. F. W. DesBarres Papers, Series 5, Volume 15
- Check also: UCCB - V1/?]
1786
- to ? - Executive Member/Justice of the Peace, Cape Breton
Island ----- (Samuel Sparrow) - M5, CB, B3, pp. 53-59
CB A13
(Is
this from a Series found at UCCB?)
1786,
July - Halifax Shipment of Supplies to J. F. W. DesBarres in Sydney,
Cape Breton Island ----- (Samuel Sparrow) - CB A13, p. 193,
July, 1786
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