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Archibald Woodbury McLelan fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1867], 1869.

Reference:

R4295-0-9-E, MG27-ID20

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103333

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Archibald Woodbury McLelan fonds
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Date(s):

[ca. 1867], 1869.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.4 cm of textual records (19 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of two anonymous letters from a strong anti-Confederate of Economy, Nova Scotia, to A. W. McLelan denouncing the methods used to bring Nova Scotia into Confederation and the "better terms" agreement of 1869, dated [1867], 1869.

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McLelan, Archibald Woodbury, 1824-1890

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McLelan, Archibald Woodbury, 1824-1890 : The Hon. Archibald W. McLelan, born in Londonderry, N.S., became a lumber merchant and shipbuider. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1858-1867, and of the House of Commons, 1867-1869, 1881-1888, serving as member of the Privy Council, 1881, president of the Privy Council, 1881-1882, Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 1882-1885, Minister of Finance, 1885-1887, and Postmaster General, 1887-1888. He was also a member of the Senate, 1869-1881, and Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia from 1888 until his death. See: Johnson: Directory of Parliament, p. 426-427._

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General note:

Received in 1970 from Mrs. S.P. Eliot of Ottawa, Ont.
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Canada Confederation, 1867

Archibald Woodbury McLelan - Correspondence, 1869
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Private

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MG27-ID20
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