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Treaties, Surrenders and Agreements

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Appendix A -- Peace and Friendship Treaties

By Patricia Kennedy

Abbreviations:

CO
Colonial Office
PANS
Public Archives of Nova Scotia
PRO
Public Record Office of Great Britain
O/S
Oversize documents collections
MG
Manuscript Group
RG
Record Group

LAC
Library and Archives Canada
  1. Part of Dummer's Treaty of December 15, 1725 - Master treaty concluded at Boston - Indian Promises
    Archival Reference: PRO CO 5/898, no. 361, Encl. 5 (II)
    Authenticity Level: Certified contemporary copy attested to by J. Willard, Secretary, Massachusetts Bay government
  2. Part of Dummer's Treaty of December 15, 1725 - Master treaty concluded at Boston - British Promises to the Eastern Indians
    Archival Reference: PRO CO 5/898, no. 361 - Encl. 5 (III)
    Authenticity Level: Certified contemporary copy attested to by J. Willard
  3. Part of the Supplementary "Articles Agreed with Major Paul Mascarene", December 15, 1725 - Promises of the Indians of Nova Scotia
    Archival Reference: PRO CO 217/38, f. 98; duplicate in CO 217/4, file C-131
    Authenticity Level: Certified contemporary copy attested to by Lieutenant-Governor Lawrence Armstrong of Nova Scotia
  4. Part of the Supplementary "Articles Agreed with Major Paul Mascarene", December 15, 1725 - Mascarene's Promises to the Indians of Nova Scotia
    Archival Reference: PRO CO 217/38, f. 99
    Authenticity Level: Certified contemporary copy attested to by Lieutenant-Governor Lawrence Armstrong
  5. Ratifications of the 1725 Nova Scotia Articles, signed at Annapolis Royal, May 30, 1728 and on September 24, 1728
    Archival Reference: PANS O/S #511; see secondarily LAC RG 10, IT 346
    Authenticity Level: Duplicate original on parchment with seals and totemic signatures
  6. Renewal of 1725 Nova Scotia Articles, signed at Chebucto Harbour (Halifax), August 15, 1749
    Archival Reference: PANS O/S # 512 [face of parchment]
    Authenticity Level: Duplicate original on parchment with seals and totemic signatures
  7. Renewal of 1725 Nova Scotia Articles, signed at River Saint Johns, September 4, 1749
    Archival Reference: PANS O/S # 512 [back of parchment]
    Authenticity Level: Duplicate original on parchment
  8. Treaty of Peace and Friendship Renewed between His Excellency Peregrine Thomas Hopson and Major Jean Baptiste Cope, November 22, 1752
    Archival Reference: PANS RG 1, vol. 186, p. 250- 251 (English); p. 252-254 (French)
    Supplementary: LAC MG 11, N.S. B, [transcription from CO 220] vol. 5, p. 164-176.
    Authenticity Level: Nova Scotia Executive Council Minutes countersigned by Hopson and clerk/secretary to the Council. French translation is not countersigned. Supplementary document: the Nova Scotia B transcript indicates that the Aboriginal signatories were identified on the copy of these minutes forwarded to London.
  9. Renewal of 1725 Articles and 1749 Articles, with the delegates of the St. John and Passamaquoddy, at Chebucto Harbour (Halifax), 23 February 1760 [English version], and Renouvellement des articles de 1725 et de 1749, avec les délégués de la rivière Saint-Jean et celles de Passamaquoddy, à Halifax, le 23 février 1760 [French translation]
    Archival Reference: PRO CO 217/18, file L2, ff. 17v-31v
    Authenticity Level: Contemporary copy certified by Provincial Secretary Richard Bulkeley, sent by the governor to London. Names of signatories are omitted.
  10. Treaty of March 10, 1760 with Chief Michael Augustine of the Richebuctou Tribe
    Archival Reference: PRO CO 217/45, ff. 145-146v (or p. 287-290)
    Authenticity Level: Copy made in 1825 from the 1760 original held by the Richebuctou chiefs; taken by the Aboriginal signatories for presentation in London, England.
  11. Treaty of June 25, 1761 with Chief Joseph Shabecholouest of the Miramichi Tribe
    Archival Reference: PANS RG 1, vol. 165, p. 162-165.
    Authenticity Level: Registry copy of treaty terms only, entered by Provincial Secretary and Registrar Richard Bulkeley in his "Commission Book."
  12. Treaty of September 22, 1779 signed at Windsor, Nova Scotia, with the Indians from Cape Tormentine to the Baie des Chaleurs
    Archival Reference: PRO CO 217/54, ff. 221r-222v (or p. 254-257)
    Authenticity Level: Contemporary copy certified by Michael Franklin, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Nova Scotia, and forwarded with his dispatch to the Secretary of State.

Archival citations and information provided by Patricia Kennedy, Library and Archives Canada.

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