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USPG C series records relating to Canada: general papers, 1785-1864

Collection: Canada in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1722–1952    Volumes    USPG C series records relating to Canada: general papers, 1785-1864
These general papers have a significant focus upon the laws and legislature of Canada that were to affect the USPG, and especially so with regard to Acts that covered their reserves. The reserve fund accounts, from 1843 until 1848, serve to illustrate some of the significance that these lands held for the Society. The Government correspondence extends beyond the issue of laws relating to clergy reserves, into the laws governing the union of Upper Canada and Lower Canada. The expansion of the Society's work into new settlements was not always combined with an increase in funds and new areas were being settled as clergy wrote appeals against cuts to their income. Another issue of some significance, is the transfer of the Mohawk Mission to the New England Company. The papers and correspondence of the Upper Canada Clergy Society also feature, together with details of pension and salary payments. Further information about these documents is available via this link.
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View document: Papers relating to the Charter of Corporation, 1791-1825.

Papers relating to the Charter of Corporation, 1791-1825

These papers include a manuscript copy of the 1791 'Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of his majesty's reign entitled 'An Act for...

Date:1791-1825
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:C-Can-Gen-01
View document: Papers regarding Clergy Reserves and Associated Laws, 1824-1854.

Papers regarding Clergy Reserves and Associated Laws, 1824-1854

These items include copies of The Clergy Reserve Act of 1840 and the Clergy Reserves Act of 1854, alongside many papers that preceded the latter. The scale and value of...

Date:1824-1854
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:C-Can-Gen-02
View document: Government and Official Correspondence, 1799-1850.

Government and Official Correspondence, 1799-1850

The primary focus of this document is upon general Government correspondence covering the years 1799-1804, 1814-1815, 1821-1824, 1827-1828, 1831-1834, 1836-1838, 1844 and 1848. Another key focal point is upon legislature...

Date:1799-1850
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:C-Can-Gen-03
View document: Missionary and Clergy Letters and Salaries, 1811-1862.

Missionary and Clergy Letters and Salaries, 1811-1862

These records lists of the clergy working in Upper Canada and the pensioners formerly employed there from 1830 until 1839 and in 1851. Pension statements and salary statements dating from...

Date:1811-1862
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:C-Can-Gen-04
View document: Boxes of Assorted Correspondence, 1785-1856.

Boxes of Assorted Correspondence, 1785-1856

This correspondence reveals a Society that was expanding into new settlements, despite an apparent shortage of funds that left its missionaries and clergy struggling on a wage they claimed to...

Date:1785-1856
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:C-Can-Gen-05
View document: Infrastructure, schools and churches, 1817-1836.

Infrastructure, schools and churches, 1817-1836

These items contain a clear focus on the infrastructure of Canada with regard to education and churches. The content upon churches includes discussion of their provision, of the 'Churches Building...

Date:1817-1836
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:C-Can-Gen-06
View document: Petitions, pamphlets and printed content, 1790-1903.

Petitions, pamphlets and printed content, 1790-1903

These papers include Memoranda upon a wide range of subjects, including: the condition of the relationship of the Church of England with other denominations, education, missionaries' salaries, a suspension of...

Date:1790-1903
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:C-Can-Gen-07
View document: Upper Canada Clergy Society correspondence, 1835-1845.

Upper Canada Clergy Society correspondence, 1835-1845

This correspondence from and to the Upper Canada Clergy Society covers that with the SPG, home correspondence, and overseas correspondence. Two core concerns of this correspondence are recruitment and fundraising....

Date:1835-1845
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:C-Can-Gen-08
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