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Title proper
Commissioners' letterbooks
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- Variations in title: Series formerly 'Executive Correspondence', changed July 2018 to better reflect the content.
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1852-1911 (Creation)
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- Creation of originals
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Microfilmed in 1972 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
64 microfilm reels of textual records
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Scope and content
Series forms part of Nova Scotia Commissioner of Crown Lands fonds and consists of letterbooks of the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Samuel Fairbanks and James Austen during this time period) and the Attorney General, who was the Minister responsible for Crown Lands from 1877 to 1947. Correspondence is mainly with deputy surveyors and largely administrative in nature, addressing grants, petitions, disputes, employment, and surveys. Series is arranged chronologically, and most volumes contain an alphabetical index of correspondents.
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Location of originals
Originals held by Crown Lands Record Centre, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources.