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George Cornewall Lewis collection [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

1861-1863.

Reference:

R2525-0-9-E, MG24-A76

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105857

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George Cornewall Lewis collection
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Date(s):

1861-1863.

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Extent:

1 microfilm reel.

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of microfilmed records as follows: statements and returns, 1861, of military equipment and manpower in British North America; memoranda, correspondence, and confidential reports, 1861-1863, concerning the defence of British North America and the threat of war with the United States. This material is located on microfilm reel A-1925.

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George Cornewall Lewis: War Office and India, 1806-1863

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George Cornewall Lewis: War Office and India, 1806-1863 : Sir George Cornewall Lewis, British statesman and author, was Secretary for War from 22 July 1861 to his death, 13 April 1863. His tenure as Secretary for War coincided with a war scare with the United States over what has become known as the Trent Affair. Lewis was responsible for the despatch of British troops to reinforce the garrisons of the British North American provinces. The documents in this collection outline the information gathered by Lewis.

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Textual records: (Electronic) Finding Aid No. 1864 is a calendar of those items copied from the papers of Sir George Cornewall Lewis (Harpton Court Deeds and Documents 2922 to 2996) for the National Archives of Canada. MSS1864 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/p000003765.pdf

Textual records: (Paper) The Microfilm Shelf List provides an item by item description of these records. MSS2001

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Location of originals note:

Originals with the Department of Manuscripts and Records, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales.

Dates of creation note:

Microfilmed in 1990.

Related material:

These records complement and supplement the holdings from the British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, I) and the Governors General Records (RG 7), and the papers of Sir Edmund Walker Head (MG 24, A 20). Some of Head's and Lewis's private correspondence have previously been copied from the Harpton Court Papers (microfilm reel M-184).
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North America - Defence, 1861-1863 Great Britain. Secretary at War, 1861-1863

Canada - Defenses, 1861-1863

United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865, 1861-1863

Canada - Foreign relations - United States, 1861-1863
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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118-020146-9
MG24-A76

Former archival reference no.:

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MG24-A76
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000046.pdf

Textual records: microform

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Finding aid box [FA 1864] 138

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Finding aid box [FA 2001] 527--530

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Microfilm reel A-1925

[Consultation 95 Open, no copying]

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