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  • MIC-Loyalist FC LFR .D5J6P3 - DesBarres, Joseph Frederick Wallet, 1721-1824. - Papers : 1762-1925 - 7 microfilm reels of textual records (5 Series) ; 35 mm.
  • DesBarres Papers
    • On Friday, August 20, 2004, FC LFR .D5J6P3, Reel One was completely examined 
    • On Friday, August 20, 2004, FC LFR .D5J6P3, Reel Two was examined  to folio 1131
    • On Friday, August 20, 2004, FC LFR .D5J6P3, Reel Three was examined to 1616

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SUMMARY

- Series 1: DesBarres-Ashfield Papers, 1784-1829. Correspondence, 1785-1828; accounts, 1784-1825; miscellaneous papers, 1785-1829; memoranda, 1785-1822; and papers relating to DesBarres' estate, 1812-1825. 

- Series 2: Report of John MacDonald on DesBarres estate, 1795. Two notebooks containing detailed reports on, Menudie or the Elysian Fields, Macan and Napan, and Tatamagouche. 

- Series 3: Related material, 1774-1807. Photostats of letters and papers in the Public Record Office of Great Britain and in the British Museum, relating to DesBarres' administration of Cape Breton and his survey of the coast. 

- Series 4: Biographical and genealogical information on DesBarres and his grandson, Thomas Cutler DesBarres, with notes on Thomas Ashfield. 

- Series 5: An extensive additional collection of correspondence and papers, 1762-1894, which relates chiefly to DesBarres' surveys, his property, the DesBarres estate, and wills, 1818-1868, 1925.

NOTE

The original records of Series 1, 2 and 5 are held by the National Library of Canada. The original records of Series 3 are held by the Public Record Office in London, England. The transcripts of Series 4 were made in 1923 from papers owned by .... Other Numbers: NAC MG 23, F 1


DESBARRES-ASHFIELD PAPERS

[Extracted, reformatted, and edited from the Report of the Public Archives for the Year 1923, 
Appendix D, Miscellaneous, (Ottawa: F. A. Acland, 1924), pp. 7-16]

A collection of commissions, letters and papers, extending from 1784 to 1826, relating to J. F. W. DesBarres, Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Cape Breton, 1784-1787, and Thomas Ashfield, who was his private secretary, as well as solicitor and notary public, clerk of various courts and commissioner for small debts. The following is a list of the most important papers: 

  • Letter of Perry to Ashfield, dated  January 13, 1785. 

  • Pay List and receipt of T. Ashfield dated June 30, 1785.

  • Copy of the Hon. the Chief Justice's Patent to be entered on the Minutes of August 17, 1785.

  • License to T. Ashfield to act as Attorney at Law dated September 8, 1785.

  • Minutes of a Council Meeting held at Sydney, October 3, 1785 and extracts of letters from Capt. Venture to Lieut.-Govr. DesBarres.

  • Draft of Bill of Sale, dated November 14, 1785.

  • Copy of the Ordinances relative to the holding of the Quarter Sessions of the Peace, etc., dated November 19, 1785.

  • Memorandum to Ashfield concerning the paying of the Miners, dated January 11, 1786.

  • Copy of the Conviction and affirmation of Quarter Sessions. Col. Yorke, dated March 22, 1786.

  • Warrant to T. Ashfield to hold the Seal of the Supreme Court, dated June 7, 1786.

  • List of persons who have subscribed the declaration specified in the grants, dated Sydney, August 29, 1786.

  • Receipt for Grants, dated Sydney, December 1, 1786.

  • Extract of the Chief Justice's message to Lord Sydney respecting T. Ashfield, dated February 23, 1787.

  • Letter of Gov. DesBarres to T. Ashfield, dated March 28, 1787.

  • Appointment of Commissioners for trying, etc., with large seal attached, dated April 17, 1787.

  • Declaration respecting a debt of honor signed by H. W. Perry dated June 15, 1787.

  • Receipt for Depositions signed by F. W. DesBarres and in his own hand-writing, dated Sydney, June 23, 1787.

  • Memorandum on Governor Macarmick being proclaimed Lieut.Govr. of Cape Breton, dated Sydney, October 11, 1787.

  • Letter-Gov. DesBarres to Thos. Ashfield, dated August 18, 1789.

  • Letter of Gov. DesBarres to Thos. Ashfield, dated April 7, 1791.

  • Schedule of Records of General Quarter Sessions left with Chief Justice Gibbons, dated October 19, 1787.

  • Extract of the Chief Justice's Memorial to Lord Sydney respecting a provision for Mr. Ashfield. - 1787.

  • Four Documents on parchment signed and sealed by J. F. W. DesBarres as Lt.,-Gov. and Commander-in-Chief in and over H.M. Island of Cape Breton shewing the appointments of Mr. T. Ashfield. 

  • Letter of Gov. DesBarres to Mr. Ashfield, April 1793.

  • Minutes of Council Meeting held at Sydney July 27, 1795 and extracts of letters of Lieut.-Gov. DesBarres. 

  • Power of Attorney by James Chalmers in favour of T. Ashfield, dated August 6, 1806. 

  • Letter of Perry to Ashfield, dated February 13, 1807.

  • Will of J. F. W. DesBarres, dated October 10, 1824.

  • Drafts for £25 signed F. W. DesBarr.es, dated December 10, 1824.

  • Drafts for £50 signed by F. W. D6sBarres, dated March 10, 1825 (?)

  • Petition of A. W. DesBarres to have the codicil to will of the late J. F. W. DesBarres proved in common form of law. 1825.

  • Letter from Probate Office to J. L. DesBarres, dated November 22, 1825.

  • Cash Account-The Estate of the late Govr. DesBarres in a/c with James L. DesBarres.

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