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Amos McKenny fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1816-1824, 1857.

Reference:

R3563-0-7-E, MG24-K5

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100788

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Amos McKenny fonds
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Date(s):

1816-1824, 1857.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1.3 cm of textual records (59 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence, business agreements, records of the arbitration of business debts and related papers accumulated by Amos McKenny, in his distilling and printing ventures, among others. Included are three letters from John Clark on political affairs, 1821-1823, and a letter to H.N. McKenny regarding coal fields and mines, 1857.

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McKenny, Amos, fl. 1777-1824

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McKenny, Amos, fl. 1777-1824 : Amos McKenny (fl. 1777-1824) a native of New York, served with the Loyalist forces during the American Revolution and spent some time as a prisoner of war. In 1784, he settled in Niagara Township with his family. He later became a merchant and notary public and was involved in distilling and printing. Encouraged by William Hamilton Merritt and others, he moved the press and types for the Spectator from St. David's to St. Catharines in 1816.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid provides a descriptive list of the papers. MSS1053 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002758.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1914 with the papers of W.H. Merritt, MG 24 E 1.
Subject heading:

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Distilling industries - Canada, 1816-1824

Printing industry - Canada, 1816-1824

Upper Canada - Politics and government, 1792-1840

Mines and mineral resources - Canada

Merchants Canada
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Private

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MG24-K5
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG24 K 5] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1053] 94

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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