Fonds MS136 - Henry Bartlett Rainsford

Title proper

Henry Bartlett Rainsford

General material designation

  • Textual record

Parallel title

Other title information

Title statements of responsibility

Title notes

Level of description

Fonds

Reference code

CA FRM MS136

Edition statement

Edition statement of responsibility

Statement of scale (cartographic)

Statement of projection (cartographic)

Statement of coordinates (cartographic)

Statement of scale (architectural)

Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)

Date(s)

Physical description

Textual material

Title proper of publisher's series

Parallel titles of publisher's series

Other title information of publisher's series

Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series

Numbering within publisher's series

Note on publisher's series

Name of creator

(1798-1881)

Biographical history

Henry Bartlett Rainsford was the son of Andrew Rainsford who after the Revolution came to New Brunswick as a Loyalist and became the barrack master at Fredericton and the first receiver-general of the colony. He received 500 acres of land at Kingsclear and died in Fredericton at the age of 84 years in 1820. Henry Bartlett (1798-1881) married Jane Wetmore and became the deputy commissioner of crown lands under Thomas Baillie.

Custodial history

Scope and content

The Series consists of Henry Bartlett’s correspondence, receipts, account statements, etc. of his business affairs, 1822-1842. Also, three publications given to Bliss Carmen by his family in 1845
and two land records thought to come into Mr. Riansford's possession as he was deputy
commissioner of crown lands. The 70 records are listed as follows.

Physical condition

Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by William MacLean in March 1994 (FRM acc. 1994.12).

Arrangement

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Location of originals

Provincial Archives of New Brunswick

Availability of other formats

Restrictions on access

Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

Finding aids

MC300 York-Sunbury Historical Society Collection

Associated materials

The Loyalist Collection at UNB Archives (MIC-Loyalist FC LFR.R3F3P3) compliments this series.

Related materials

Accruals

Alternative identifier(s)

Standard number

Subject access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Description record identifier

Institution identifier

Rules or conventions

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

1994

Language of description

Script of description

Sources

Accession area

Related subjects

Related people and organizations

Related genres