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Edward Taylor Fletcher fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1885, 1896.

Reference:

R7454-0-7-E, MG29-C26

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102423

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Edward Taylor Fletcher fonds
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Date(s):

1885, 1896.

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

1.3 cm of textual records (54 p.) originals, photocopies, transcripts.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of E.T. Fletcher's reminiscences of life in Quebec City covering the period from 1827 until ca. 1842, prepared in 1896 (also available in typescript); a photocopy of E.T. Fletcher's account of his attack of cholera in 1834, written in 1885; and a photocopy of a letter dated 7 January 1897 written by G.W. Wickstead describing his uncle, John Fletcher, the father of E.T. Fletcher and Judge of the Superior Court for the district of St. Francis, Quebec for 21 years.

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Fletcher, Edward Taylor, 1816-1897

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Fletcher, Edward Taylor, 1816-1897 : Edward T. Fletcher, born in Canterbury England, came to Canada with his family in 1827. In 1842 he became a land surveyor with the office of the Surveyor General of Canada and then later with the province of Québec. In 1878 he was appointed Surveyor General of Québec, a position he held until he retired on pension in 1882.

As early as 1834, he contributed to the Mercury, Qué. and later contributed various pieces to such literary periodicals as Literary Transcript, Qué., the Literary Garland, Qué., and Transactions of the Quebec Literary and Historical society.

See also: Morgan Bibliotheca Canadensis, 1867 and Wallace, The MacMillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography, 1963.

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General note:

Originals received in 1958 from Mr. E. Malcolm Walker of St. Lambert, Que. Photocopies received in 1931 from Miss Wickstead of Ottawa, Ont.

Location of originals note:

Originals with Miss Wickerstead, Ottawa, Ont.
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Quebec (Quebec)

Edward Taylor Fletcher - Biography, [1827-ca.1842]

Edward Taylor Fletcher - Health, 1834

Cholera, 1834

G.W. (Gustavus William) Wickstead - Correspondence, 1897

John Fletcher - Biography, 1897

Quebec (Province) - Officials and employees, [1878-1897]

Judges - Quebec (Province), [before 1897]

Judges - Selection and appointment, [before 1897]

Quebec (Province). Superior Court (District of St. Francis) - Officials and employees, [before 1897]
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Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG29-C26
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