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Researching the
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada
Recherche sur la Forteresse-de-Louisbourg Lieu historique national du Canada
Selections from the Reports of the Public Archives of Canada (1872-1972): 18th Century Isle Royale and Cape Breton Island
By
Eric Krause
April, 2002
Krause House Info-Research Solutions
Nova
Scotia B - Minutes of Executive Councils ~
1720 - 1785 (18th Century Selections)
Note:
The
following sources specifically mention Cape Breton or Louisbourg.
However, the entire series should be consulted
since other references no doubt exist within
the subject matter of some documents
Volume 1
Minutes of Executive Council, 1720-1732
August 12, 1725, Letter to Governor of Louisburg, p. 39
August 12, 1725, H. Newton and Capt. John Bradstreet to deliver the letter to the Governor of Louisburg, pp. 39, 44
August 31, 1725, Reply from the Governor of Louisburg, pp. 42, 72
October 27, 1726, Letters from the Governor of Louisburg, p. 102
Volume 3
Minutes of the Executive Council, 1741-1746
December 11, 1744, Trade with Louisburg, p. 112
January 4, 1745, Trade with Louisburg, p. 123
January 25, Trade at Louisburg, p. 138
August 20, Trade to Louisburg, p. 202
Volume 4
Minutes of the Executive Council, 1747-1751
March 15, 1747, Minutes of Council of war held at Louisburg, p. 6
Volume 5
Minutes of the Executive Council, 1752
August 31, 1752, French at Louisburg enticing Acadians, p. 109
Volume 9
Minutes of the Executive Council, 1756-1759
April 22, 1757, Defence of Louisburg, p. 77
Volume 13
Minutes of the Executive Council, 1764-1765
July 2, 1765, Jury at Louisburg, p. 184
September 26, 1765, Collectors at Louisburg to present their accounts, p. 205
December 10, 1765, Cape Breton County, p. 220
Volume 14
Minutes of the Executive Council, 1766-1768
July 5, 1766, Prosecutions to be made at Louisburg for provincial duties, p. 22
February 9, 1767, Prosecutions for rum duties at Louisburg, p. 100
February 29, 1768, Coal mines at Cape Breton, p. 190
March 2, 1768, Coal mines at Cape Breton, p. 193
April 30, 1768, J. Gethings to be a Justice of the Peace for Cape Breton, p. 201
August 16, 1768, G. Cottnam to be magistrate for Cape Breton, p. 229
Volume 15
Minutes of the Executive Council, 1769-1774
April 2, 1770, Cape Breton not to have a representative, p. 26
April 14, Coal mines at Louisburg, p. 31
November 29, 1773, Charge against L. Kavanagh to be investigated, p. 169
Counter-charge brought by L. Kavanagh against Lt. G. Dawson, December 8, 1773, p. 171
November 7, 1774, Licences for lands and houses at Cape Breton, p. 261
Complaint against L. Kavanagh, p. 262
Volume 16
Minutes of the Executive Council, 1775
May 6, 1775, Accounts to be brought from Louisbourg
Extracted from the Report of the Public Archives of Canada for the Year 1949 (Ottawa: Edward Cloutier, 1950), pp. 361-449.
