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Charles Lawrence collection [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

1747-1761.

Reference:

R5619-0-9-E, MG18-F13

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100978

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Charles Lawrence collection
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Collection includes:

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Date(s):

1747-1761.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

3.1 cm of textual records.
1 photograph.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of twenty-five letters from Charles Lawrence, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, to Robert Monckton, concerning the expedition against Fort Beauséjour, photocopy, 1754-1755; genealogical chart, notes and copies of documents relating to the Lawrence family, including the will of an aunt, 1747, an announcement of Lawrence's death in 1760, and the authority for the administration of his estate by his brother, transcript, 1747-1761.

The fonds also contains a copy of a photograph of General Lawrence, n.d.

Provenance:

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Lawrence, Charles, 1709-1760
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Correspondent: Lawrence, George, ca. 1754-1755

Lawrence (family)

Monckton, Robert, 1726-1782

Lawrence (famille)
Biography/Administrative history:

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Lawrence, Charles, 1709-1760 : Charles Lawrence entered the British army in 1727 and came to Nova Scotia in 1747 as a major. He became a member of the Council in 1749 and governor in 1756. The deportation of the Acadians took place in 1755 mainly on his orders. In 1759 he commanded a brigade at the siege of Louisbourg.

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Photograph: (Electronic) Item level description available online.

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General note:

Copies of 25 letters selected from volumes 1 and 2 of the Vernon-Wagner papers, Library of Congress, Washington, received in 1916. Lawrence family papers, 1747-1761, received in 1928 from Lieutenant-Colonel G.H. Lawrence.
Subject heading:

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Inheritance and succession Canada

Successions et héritages Canada

Canada Seven Years' War, 1755-1763

Canada 1755-1763 (Guerre de Sept Ans)

Fort Beauséjour (Aulac, N.B.)

Fort Beauséjour (Aulac, N.-B.)

Canada

Lieutenant governors Nova Scotia

Lieutenants-gouverneurs Nouvelle-Écosse
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1965-052 PIC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG18-F13
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG18 F 13] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

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Photograph: Restricted. For research purposes only. Document must be consulted under close supervision for conservation reasons. Copyright is unknown. Credit: National Archives of Canada.

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