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Letter from Henry Hopper Miles [textual record]

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Date:

1871.

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R7497-0-1-E, MG29-D62, Volume number: 1

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Item ID number:

101435

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Letter from Henry Hopper Miles
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Date(s):

1871.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.10 cm of textual records (2 p.) photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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Item is a letter dated 25 March 1871 from H.H. Miles probably addressed to Louis-Adolphe Huguet-Latour, refering to the petition that was presented to the House of Commons on 24 March 1871 requesting the creation of a Public Archives in Canada.

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Miles, Henry Hopper, 1818-1895

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Miles, Henry Hopper, 1818-1895 : Henry Hopper Miles was born in London, England and came to Canada in 1845 as vice-principal and professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at the University of Biship's College, Lennoxville, Canada East. Appointed secretary of the Department of Public instruction in the province of Quebec in 1867, he remained in that position until a few years before his death. Associated with the Quebec Literary and Historical Society, Miles supported the establishment of a Canadian archives. He was the author of books including school textbooks on Canadian history. He was also president of the Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers and of the Geographical Society of Quebec.

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Location of originals note:

Originals with Pères et Frères Jésuites, St-Jérôme, Terrebonne, Québec.

Dates of creation note:

Copied in 1968 from the original.
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Archives - Canada, 1871 Louis-Adolphe Huguet-Latour, 1871

Henry Hopper Miles - Correspondence, 1871 Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, 1871
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MG29-D62
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