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Robert Hoyle fonds [textual record]

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Fonds

Date:

1826-1844.

Reference:

R2734-0-8-E, MG24-B141

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101150

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Robert Hoyle fonds
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Date(s):

1826-1844.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

6 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence of Robert Hoyle with his wife Eliza Nye Hoyle, 1831-1836 and 1840-1842, with a few letters to and from his daughter and others, 1826-1844, containing comments on the political and social affairs of the time, particularly during his years in the legislature, and on his personal and business affairs, 6 cm. Also included are lists of militia equipment and supplies and paylists kept by Captain George Hay and Lt.- Col. Hoyle, ca. 1837-1840, a petition of Robert Hoyle for an appointment, 1842, and an extract from his wife's diary, n.d., 24 pages.

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Hoyle, Robert, 1781-1857

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Hoyle, Robert, 1781-1857 : Robert Hoyle, politician, businessman and public servant, emigrated in 1806 from England to New York, where he built a prosperous lumbering trade with Quebec. On the outbreak of the War of 1812, Hoyle moved to Lacolle, Lower Canada, developing and investing in land, mill sites and a ferry service. He sat in the Legislative Assembly for l'Acadie, 1830-1834, and served as Collector of Customs at Stanstead from 1834, and as Registrar of l'Acadie from 1835. During the Rebellion of 1837, he raised two militia units. Hoyle married Pamela Wright (d. 1825) with whom he had three children.

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General note:

Correspondence of Robert Hoyle, 1826-1844, received in 1982 from W.H. Van Vliet of Granada Hills, California. Military papers, ca. 1837-1842, and an extract from Mrs. Hoyle's diary, n.d., received in 1975 and 1976 from Mr. G.L. Van Vliet of Montreal, Que.
Documents created in: Lower Canada.

Associated material note:

Henry Hoyle's personal papers, as well as additional documentation relating to the Hoyle family, are held by the Special Collections Department of the Feinberg Library, State University of New York, Plattsburg.
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Politicians - Lower Canada, 1826-1844 Eliza Nye Hoyle, 1826-1844

Businessmen - Lower Canada, 1826-1844 Captain George Hay, 1837-1840

Lower Canada - Politics and government, 1826-1844 Lt. Col. Hoyle, 1837-1840

Business enterprises - Lower Canada, 1826-1844

Petition, Right of, 1842

Eliza Nye Hoyle - Diaries, 1826-1844
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Private

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MG24-B141
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