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John Strachan fonds [textual record (chiefly microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1794-1891.

Reference:

R4363-0-9-E, MG24-J1

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105468

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John Strachan fonds
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Fonds includes:

4 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1794-1891.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.45 cm of textual records.
13 microfilm reels positive.

Language of material:

English

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John Strachan [textual record (microform)]

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Fonds consists of letter books, 1812-1867, and miscellaneous papers, including primarily letters received 1794-1891. Strachan's sermons have not been included. Legal papers, 1807, 1812, including Strachan's marriage contract and a promissory note for land purchased. Miscellaneous papers including a bill of sale of land to Strachan, a letter from the trustees of St. Andrew's Church, Toronto, part of a sermon on Christian fellowship and a treatise on clergy reserves in the Canadas and a letter from John A. Macdonald to Strachan, 1861. Microfilmed material is located on reels M-539 to M-551.

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Strachan, John, 1778-1867

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Strachan, John, 1778-1867 : John Strachan was ordained a deacon of the Church of England at Cornwall, 1803. In that same year he set up a grammar school there and in 1812, Strachan became rector at York and headmaster of the York Grammar School. He was a member of the Executive Council of Upper Canada, 1815-1836, and of the Legislative Council, 1820-1841. Strachan was appointed archdeacon of York, 1825, and in 1839 he became the first Anglican Bishop of Toronto. He helped obtain the Royal Charter for King's College and served as its first president, 1827-1848. Strachan withdrew before the college was reorganized as the non-sectarian University of Toronto and in 1852 founded the University of Trinity College.

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Location of originals note:

The originals of microfilmed material are located in the Ontario Department of Public Records and Archives.
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Antenuptial contracts, 1807 William Dummer Powell, 1820

John Strachan - Marriage, 1807 James Baby, 1820

Land sales, 1812-1820 George Ridout, 1820

Promissory notes, 1812 St. Andrew's Church (Toronto, Ont.), 1838

Upper Canada - Politics and government, 1827 Manitoulin Island (Ont.), 1861

Clergy reserves (Canada), 1827 Sir John A. (John Alexander) Macdonald, 1861

Religion and politics - Canada West, 1861

Church of England - Clergy, 1820-1838

Fellowship - Religious aspects - Sermons, 1832

Missions, 1861

Presbyterians - Upper Canada, 1838
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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115-020357-9
MG24-J1

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MG24-J1
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