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Diary of Stephen Sewell [textual record]

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Date:

1817.

Reference:

R4101-0-7-E, MG24-B169, Volume number: 1--2

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Item ID number:

100712

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Diary of Stephen Sewell
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Date(s):

1817.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2.9 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Item is a diary kept by Stephen Sewell while acting as secretary to the Boundary Commissioner John Ogilvy, 10 May to 6 September 1817. The entries are somewhat standardized, with meteorological observations on the left-hand page and comments concerning the locality, population, flora and fauna of the St. Lawrence River basin on the right-hand page.

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Sewell, Stephen, 1770-1832

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Sewell, Stephen, 1770-1832 : Stephen Sewell was born in Cambridge, Mass. and moved to New Brunswick as a Loyalist refugee. Having been admitted to the bar there in 1791, he moved to Quebec. He then qualified to practice in Lower Canada, where his brother Jonathan Sewell was rising to become chief justice. Stephen was named solicitor general in 1809, but lost the office. He served for the summer of 1817 as secretary to the boundary commissioners under the Treaty of Ghent. In later years he had other appointments, including as a commissioner of the Lachine Canal.

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General note:

Received in 1981.

Availability of other formats note:

The diary, kept by Stephen Sewell from 10 May to 6 September 1817, is also available on microfilm, reel H-1209.

Related material:

Related material can be found in the Jonathan Sewell family papers, MG 23 G II 10, the Ward Chipman papers, MG 23 D 1, and the Johann Ludwig Tiarks papers, MG 24 H 64, among others.
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Lower Canada - Officials and employees, 1817 John Ogilvy, 1817

Stephen Sewell - Diaries, 1817

Lower Canada - Flora and fauna, 1817

Lower Canada - Climate, 1817

Lower Canada - Population, 1817
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1998-01717-6

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MG24-B169
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Volume [MG24 B 169] 1--2

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