Documents from British Columbia Archives

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1. 159. Documents from the Archives of British Columbia, relating to Negro activities
2. 160. Letters from Canadians of the 1930s, confirming the existence of a black police force in Victoria, B. C., in the middle 1800s [Colored Residents, Victoria, 1860]. British Columbia Archives
3. 161. Letter to James Douglas, Gov. of Vancouver Island, from Thos. H. Lineker, re: the Indians. British Columbia Archives
4. 162. Letter to James Douglas from Wellington D. Moses. Jacob Francis, F. Richard, Wm. Brown and Richard H. Johnson re: prejudice against colored people. British Columbia Archives
5. 163. Letter to the Colonial Secty. from Fortune Richard, Capt. of Victoria Rifle Corps, requesting funds for the Victoria Pioneer Rifle Corps. British Columbia Archives
6. 164. Letter to a Mr. Young describing court activities in the Richfield, Cariboo area. Case of a knife fight between two black men is described. British Columbia Archives
7. 165. Letter with a request for more funds from the Pioneer Rifle Corps to Gov. James Douglas. British Columbia Archives. Victoria
8. 166. Letter with a request for more funds from the Pioneer Rifle Corps to Gov. James Douglas. British Columbia Archives. Victoria
9. 167. Letter to the Governor re: the willingness of some persons to join a Volunteer Military Corps. British Columbia Archives. Victoria
10. 168. Negro-related portions of the Diary of Rev. B. Cridge. British Columbia Archives. Victoria
11. 169. Letter to Henry Wakeford, Colonial Secretary, from Richard Johnson, requesting land to build a guest house. British Columbia Archives. Victoria
12. 170. Letter to the newspaper editor, signed by Dixie, a black colonialist. The Cariboo Sentinel (Supplement). Barkerville, Williams Creek
13. 171. Letter to the newspaper editor, signed by Dixie, a black colonialist. The Cariboo Sentinel. British Columbia Archives. Barkerville, Williams Creek
14. 172. Letter to the Colonial Secretary from J. Booth, Thomas Griffeths and Abraham Copland, requesting approval for a teacher for their district, and the Secretary's reply. British Columbia Archives. Salt Spring Island
15. 173. Letter to Mr. Trutch, land agent, from Louis Stark, requesting a change of property, and the agent's reply. British Columbia Archives. Salt Spring Island
16. 174. Letter to Mr. Pierce from Louis Stark requesting a road to the School House and Boat Landing, and Mr. Pierce's reply. British Columbia Archives. Salt Spring Island
17. 175. Letter to Mr. Matthews from William Daniel Anderson. confirming that Deas Island was named after Mr. Deas, a colonial, and that the first troops in Victoria were Afro-Americans. British Columbia Archives. Vedder Crossing
18. 176. Letter to Arthur Edward Kennedy, Governor of Vancouver Island, from a committee of colonialists, re: discrimination in a public theatre, and the Governor's reply. British Columbia Archives. Victoria
19. 177. Papers connected with Vancouver Island. Volunteer Rifle Corps. British Columbia Archives, 1861-1862
20. 178. Letter to James Douglas, Governor of Vancouver Island, from Jonathan Begg, re: the appointment of two road commissioners and opening of a public road. Victoria
21. 179. Letter to James Douglas, Governor, from R. Johnssen re: a request for funds for the Victoria Pioneer Rifle Company. British Columbia Archives. Victoria
22. 180. Letter from William Peyton Hubbard, a former black alderman and comptroller of Toronto, to Dr. R. E. Park of the Univ. of Chicago. British Columbia Archives
23. 181. Letter from Willis Stark to Mr. Matthews, Archivist, re: surviving emigrants in Vancouver. British Columbia Archives. Salt Spring Ganges
24. 182. Letter from Thomas D. to Major Matthews re: past history of Vancouver Island. British Columbia Archives. Saanich
25. 183. "The Negro in Canada". The Negro History Bulletin British Columbia Archives. v. 4
26. 184. Report of a visit to Halifax with particular respect to Africville
27. 185. Emancipation celebration July 29 to August 1. [Founder - Walter Perry] Windsor Daily Star. British Columbia Archives