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Edward Murphy fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1875-1891.

Reference:

R3379-0-0-E, MG27-IE10A

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

104577

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Edward Murphy fonds
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Date(s):

1875-1891.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

6 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of four notebooks: "Autobiography of Edward Murphy, Montreal", 1880-1891; "Notes on Old Montreal for a Street History of the City by Edward Murphy", 1875-1877; and "The papers read before the Antiquarian Society in Montreal in 1880 & 1882", 1880-1882. The contents of the papers read before the Antiquarian Society are listed as: "Notes on Old Montreal"; "Notes on Steet Architecture of Montreal"; and "Notes on the positions held in Montreal in the first half of the century by Americans".

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Murphy, Edward, 1818-1895

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Murphy, Edward, 1818-1895 : Edward Murphy, born in Ireland, came to Montreal in 1824 and became a partner in Frothingham and Workman, wholesale merchants, Montreal, 1859. He was also president of City and District Savings Bank, 1877. He sat in the Senate, 1889-1895, was a prominent member of Irish societies, an amateur scientist and a local historian.

See: Johnson, Directory of Parliament, p. 383.

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General note:

Received in 1959 from the Jesuit Fathers of Toronto, Ont._______

Arrangement note:

The fonds consists of 2 volumes arranged in one box.
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Autobiography, 1880-1891 Antiquarian Society of Montreal, 1880-1882

Montréal (Quebec) - Streets - History, 1875-1882

Merchants - Quebec (Province), 1880-1891

Montréal (Quebec) - Architecture, [1880-1882]

Americans - Quebec (Province), [1880-1882]

Architectural historians, [1880-1882]

Montréal (Quebec) - Community leadership, 1880-1891

Antiquarians - Quebec (Province), 1880-1882

Antiquarians - Societies, etc., 1880-1882

Edward Murphy - Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc., 1875-1891

Parlementaires Canada

Legislators Canada
Source:

Private

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MG27-IE10A
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