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Letter from Randall Wixson to Joseph Wixson [textual record]

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Date:

1839.

Reference:

R7187-0-6-E, MG24-B136, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Textual material

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Item ID number:

100692

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Letter from Randall Wixson to Joseph Wixson
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Date(s):

1839.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

0.2 cm of textual records (4 p.) photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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Item is a letter from Randall Wixson to his father, Joseph Wixson, of Pickering, Upper Canada, giving details of his imprisonment in Newgate Prison, London, England, as a consequence of his participation in the Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada, dated 20 June 1839.

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Wixson, Joseph, fl. 1839

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Wixson, Joseph, fl. 1839 : Joseph Wixson, in about the year 1800, first settled a village in the township of Pickering, 16 miles northwest of Whitby. Ten miles back from the street, on Brock road, Pickering, was the farm of Mr. Wixson - "a lovely, healthy spot of ground, high above the lake, well watered, the soil excellent, the clearing very large, and in the best cultivation; the garden and orchard, and house, and offices, bespeaking wealth and comfort. Four hundred acres in his homestead, and wool-carding, weaving, dyeing, and spinning, carrying on within doors, while the harvesting was in progress without." Mackenzie, William Lyon. Sketches of Canada and the United States . (London: E. Wilson, 1833), 265.

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Location of originals note:

Originals with Fort Malden Museum.

Dates of creation note:

Photocopied in 1967.
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London (England) - Prisons, 1837 Pickering (Ont.), 1837

Canada - History - Rebellion, 1837-1838 - Upper Canada London (England), 1837

London (England) - Prisoners, 1837 Newgate Prison (London, England), 1837
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MG24-B136
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