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Date:1849-1903.Reference:R7818-0-X-E, MG29-E63Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:101413Date(s):1849-1903.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:0.6 cm of textual records (26 p.).Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of Fenian Raids correspondence, including letters and official forms concerning medals and land grants for veterans of Rubidge's battery, 1900-1903, 20 pages; miscellaneous correspondence, 1855, 1873, 1892, 1900, 5 pages; and a lease authorizing Rubidge to practice surveying in Upper Canada, 1819, 1 page.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Rubidge, Tom Stafford, d. 1904 : Thomas S. Rubidge became a land surveyor in 1849 and worked as an engineer on the Williamsburg Canals, 1844-1848, Grand Trunk Railway, 1852-1860, Ontario Board of Works, 1860-1863, Intercolonial Railway, 1865-1872 and St. Lawrence Canals, 1872-1882. He became superintending engineer for the Department of Railways and Canals at Cornwall, in 1886. He also served during the Fenian Raids in 1866 as captain of the Morrisburg Battery. He died in 1904. Association of Ontario Land Surveyors, Annual Report, 1915, pp. 59-60.Additional information:General note:Received in 1968 from Mr. George Smith of Sarnia, Ont.Subject heading:Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG29-E63 -
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