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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]
      
  • [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?]
       
  • [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]
       
  • 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]
      
  • 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] 
      
  • 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] 
      
  • 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/?] 
    • M5 CB B3 (Is this from a Series found at UCCB?)

    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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