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Wright family Bible fonds

  • CA PCA Acc4157
  • Fonds
  • 1702-1877, [ca. 1990]

This fonds consists of a Bible containing a volume of Psalms published in London in 1702. The Old and New Testaments are dated 1708 and were probably published in Amsterdam. The genealogical information concerns the Cambridge and Wright families. Photocopies from Christ's Hospital London relate to the admission of Thomas Wright.

Wright (family)

Owen family fonds

  • CA PCA Acc3744
  • Fonds
  • 1745-1916, Predominant 1850-1900

The fonds consists of personal, official, and business correspondence and other papers of three generations of the Owen family, namely Thomas, Lemuel Cambridge, and William E. These include records of enterprises in which these gentlemen were involved including the postal service, various banks, and steamship companies as well as papers from Lemuel Cambridge Owen's time in political office. The largest portion of the fonds is comprised of the business correspondence and other papers of the firm of Welsh and Owen of Charlottetown. There are also a few documents which relate to Samuel Holland and to the Cambridge family as well as some miscellaneous material and memorabilia.

Item lists, primarily in chronological order were prepared for this collection when it was first received and the order does not fall completely within the parameters of the series identified for description. However, listings of item numbers contained within each series are included in the series descriptions. The fonds is comprised of the following nine series:

  1. Holland family papers
  2. Thomas Owen papers
  3. L. C. Owen papers
  4. William E. Owen papers
  5. Post Office records
  6. Welsh and Owen business papers
  7. Plans
  8. Owen/Welsh family memorabilia
  9. Miscellaneous collected items

Owen (family)

Sketch of the Island of St. Johns in the Gulf of St. Lawrence [and Remarks thereon] : [1762]

  • CA PCA Acc4615
  • Fonds
  • [1762]

This fonds consists of a map and the accompanying Remarks relative to the sketch of St. Johns... which were prepared by an officer who had "run over " the Island in 1762 in a whale boat with a French pilot and thirty men by order of the "General" (possibly Hardwicke). The survey concentrated on the sites of the former French settlements and their prospects for settlement by the English. It remarked positively concerning the rich meadows and cleared lands and based future prosperity on agriculture and fishing. The map is also accompanied by a 3p. typed transcript of the Remarks, prepared by the donor.

The author of the map and remarks is anonymous.

Unknown

Lillian M. Duchemin fonds

  • CA PCA Acc3860
  • Fonds
  • 1767, 1860, 1867, 1920-1986

The fonds is divided into 4 series: scrapbooks, organizational papers, photographs and personal and Duchemin family materials.

Duchemin, Lillian

Frank MacKinnon fonds

  • CA PCA Acc4449
  • Fonds
  • 1769-1773, 1906-1907, 1941-1995

The fonds consists of copies of Dr. MacKinnon's books, theses, articles, reviews and speeches and the research and subject files which he used to produce these writings. It also contains administrative records, minutes, correspondence, and project files of the Fathers of Confederation Memorial Citizens Foundation and its successor body the Fathers of Confederation Memorial Buildings Trust, as well as annual reports, correspondence, and miscellany relating to Prince of Wales College. The latter records are primarily concerned with the College's achievment of degree-granting status, the proposed development plan for the College and the controversy which ended in the amalgamation of Prince of Wales with St. Dunstan's University to become the University of Prince Edward Island. Photographs in the fonds relate primarily to the Memorial Buildings and Prince of Wales College.

The records have been arranged in the following series:

  1. Writings
  2. Research and subject files
  3. Fathers of Confederation Memorial Citizens Foundation/Fathers of Confederation Memorial Buildings Trust records
  4. Photographs
  5. Prince of Wales College records

MacKinnon, Frank

P.E.I. Executive Council fonds

  • CA PCA RG5
  • Fonds
  • 1770-2002

The fonds consists of the following series of textual and audio material:

Series 1 - Minutes and Orders-in-council
Series 2 - Oaths of Office and Allegiance
Series 3 - Agenda Books
Series 4 - Petitions
Series 5 - Warrants of Survey and Reports
Series 6 - Licenses of Occupation
Series 7 - Letter Books
Series 8 - Memoranda
Series 9 - Miscellaneous
Series 10 - Council of Maritime Premiers
Series 11 - Development Plan audiotapes

Prince Edward Island. Executive Council

Palmer family fonds

  • CA PCA Acc2849
  • Fonds
  • 1773-1972, predominant 1802-1874

The fonds consists of the following four series of textual material, primarily professional correspondence and documents, and one photograph: Series 1 - James Bardin Palmer papers, Series 2 - Edward Palmer papers; Series 3 - Harold Palmer papers, and Series 4 - Palmer genealogy and miscellaneous papers.

Palmer, James Barden (Family)

Prince Edward Island House of Assembly fonds

  • CA PCA RG3
  • Fonds
  • 1773-1894

This fonds consists of records created by the process and functions of the legislature of Prince Edward Island for the period 1773 through to 1893 when the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council were combined to form the Legislative Assembly of P.E.I. The fonds consists of 11 series of records. The journals of the House of Assembly, printed annually, provide opening speeches of the House of Assembly, record the proceedings of the House, include references to resolutions passed, acts discussed, petitions, reports and correspondence received by the House. Often copies of these documents are included in the appendices. The journals range from 1785-1893 and the series divides into three sub-series: manuscript journals, printed journals and appendices to the journals. The acts of the P.E.I. legislature comprise the second series of the fonds and cover the years 1773 through 1894. The series includes both bills and statutes of the House of Assembly. Debates and proceedings of the House of Assembly for the years 1855-1893 comprise the third series of the fonds. Election papers comprise a series which includes 3 sub-series: writs for election, poll books, and revised voters lists. The election papers series dates from 1779 through 1891. Petitions to the House of Assembly from individuals and groups regarding matters of public concern form the 5th series of the fonds. Petitions span the years 1805-1879. A series of correspondence divides into two sub-series: committee of correspondence and general correspondence. This material dates 1790-1841 and 1877. The fonds includes a series termed public accounts which includes reports of government revenue and expenditure for the years 1795 through 1837 and a volume of resolutions of supply 1881-1893 recording resolutions of the House for payments for services and supply. Communications with the Lieutenant Governor form a series. This series includes copies of the speeches from the throne, messages and despatches regarding acts, and addresses. These records date from 1790 through 1862. Eight file folders of House of Assembly committee reports, dating between 1792 and 1876, to the House of Assembly comprise a series. Order books or agendas recording subjects of discussion to be introduced in the House of Assembly, maintained by the Clerk of the House of Assembly form a series. The two volumes cover 1881 to 1893. A series of resolutions include two file folders of resolutions passed by the House of Assembly in 1825 and 1846.

Prince Edward Island. House of Assembly

Lieutenant Governor fonds

  • CA PCA RG1
  • Fonds
  • 1773-1955

This fonds consists of records pertaining to the office of the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. As the Queen's representative, the Lieutenant Governor was responsible for reporting to Colonial Office on all matters pertaining to the administration of the colony. Blue books and annual returns, provide reports and statistical information on the government of Prince Edward Island and its various departments and include figures on revenue and expenditure, etc. The appointing or commissioning of individuals to particular government offices was the responsibility of the Lieutenant Governor. Commissions and commission registers are included in this fonds for numerous positions held by civil servants dating 1777 to 1955. Also included in this fonds is correspondence, both in-coming and out-going, relating to the Lieutenant Governor's office for the period 1790 to 1947. Earlier correspondence relates to numerous administrative matters concerning the colony, while later correspondence includes requests for information from individuals, other government officers, and circulars. The office of Colonial or Provincial Secretary was closely related to the Lieutenant Governor as he acted as a secretary and registrar of government documents, many of which required the signature or approval of the Lieutenant Governor. Oaths of office taken by three Lieutenant Governors are included in the fonds covering 1858 to 1870 as are instructions to the Lieutenant Governor for 1862 and ca. 1894. In relation to the Lieutenant Governor's responsibility for acts passed in the Legislature, the fonds includes a register of orders in council relative to acts and some copies of orders, dating 1773 to 1876 and proclamations regarding acts, the general assembly, and the establishment of holidays, etc. for the period 1791 to 1888. The granting of pardons for criminal offenses is a privilege of the office of Lieutenant Governor. The fonds includes a register of pardons and commutations for the years 1858-1873. A register of despatches to the Secretary of State for Canada containing copies of correspondence from 1873 to 1884 is included in the fonds. The Lieutenant Governor was authorized to issue debentures for the payment for the cost of building the Prince Edward Island Railway. This information is recorded for the years 1872-1873 in a debenture register and coupon book. The fonds also includes a miscellaneous series which consists of copies of documents regarding the sale and transfer of lands at Warren farm and Abraham Gesner's 1846 report on his geological survey of Prince Edward Island.

Prince Edward Island. Lieutenant Governor

Provincial Treasurer fonds

  • CA PCA RG8
  • Fonds
  • 1775-1981, Photocopied 2003

This fonds consists of the administrative and financial records of the office of the Provincial Treasurer spanning the years 1775 to 1981. The Treasurer was required to keep a set of books in which the accounts of each government office were to be "duly entered, kept, and balanced." Originally, these records were to be presented to the Lieutenant Governor in Council for his inspection at quarterly intervals and upon retirement or removal from office, the books were to be handed on to the Treasurer's successor. Later, the books were examined by the Provincial Auditor. Included among these records are correspondence, journals, day books, various types of ledgers, warrant books, pay lists, bond books, Public Accounts, land assessment rolls, school district boundaries, and records of the office of the Deputy Provincial Treasurer. This fonds is divided into 7 series:

Correspondence
Accounting records
Expenditures
Revenue
Reports and printed materials
Deputy Provincial Treasurer's records
Assessment and taxation records

Provincial Treasurer

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