| Call Number: | MIC-Loyalist FC LFR .S5J6L4 |
| Name: | Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806. |
| Title: | Letter Book : 1791-1793. |
| Description: | 1 microfilm reel of textual records ; 35 mm. |
| Background Information: |
John Graves Simcoe was appointed Lieutenant of Upper Canada in 1791 and
served until 1796 when he returned to England due to illness, resigning his office
in 1798. Additional biographical information can be found in the Loyalist
Collection Inventory entry for the Simcoe Family Papers : 1762-1798; and the
John Graves Simcoe Papers : 1775-1861.
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| Contents: |
The Letter Book contains the following: correspondence; circulars;
proclamations; minutes; addresses to inhabitants; and other records created
during the first two years of John Graves Simcoe's tenure as Lieutenant-Governor
of Upper Canada from November 1791 - 17 December 1793. During this period,
Simcoe's responsibilities included the military posts retained by Britain in
territory ceded to the United States under the Treaty of Paris, 1783. Simcoe's
term of office coincided with the final transfer of these posts to American control
under Jay's Treaty, 1793. It was part of Simcoe's responsibility to ensure that
British political and economic relations with the Shawnee, Wyandot, Miamis and
other groups were not affected by the withdrawal. It was also his responsibility
to organize the defence of the Province and to avoid any act that would lead to a
clash between the two states. These matters are touched upon in this collection.
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| Originals: | The original records are held by the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino,California. A microfilm copy is held by the Archives of Ontario. |
| Other Numbers: | Huntington Library, HM 558; AO MS 83. |
| Notes: |
The records do not appear in strict chronological order.
Researchers are advised that additional Simcoe material is available on microfilm
in the Loyalist Collection and is shelved at MIC-Loyalist LFR .S5F3P3 and
MIC-Loyalist LFR .S5J6P3.
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The Loyalist Collection is located within the Microforms Department at the Harriet Irving Library.
Last update: 2012/12