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Neville of Sloley collection. [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

1837-1897.

Reference:

R3983-0-X-E, MG24-H88

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

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Item ID number:

106820

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Neville of Sloley collection.
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Collection includes:

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

1837-1897.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 microfilm reel positive.

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of selected documents from the Neville of Sloley collection that refer to Sir Edmund Henderson's work with the Royal Engineers in Canada and elsewhere, 1837-1897. This material is located on microfilm reel A-1947.

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Henderson, Sir Edmund Yeamans Walcott, fl. 1838-1846

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Henderson, Sir Edmund Yeamans Walcott, fl. 1838-1846 : Sir Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson achieved the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Engineers, was Chief Commissioner of metropolitan police and the son of Vice-Admiral George Henderson, Royal Navy. He received a commission as second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in 1838 and went to Canada in November 1839 remaining there for six years until 1846. In June 1846, he again embarked for North America, having been selected with Captain J. H. Pipon, R.E., as commissioner to make an exploring survey to fix a boundary between Canada and New Brunswick in the territory ceeded by the United States to the Crown under the Webster-Ashburton treaty, and to determine the practicability of a railway line between Halifax and Quebec to connect the three provinces of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.

The eastern half of New Brunswick was allotted to Pipon who perished in the autumn of 1846. The western half fell to Henderson. His skill as a draughtsman enabled him to illustrate his official report with a panoramic sketch of the country. Henderson married at Halifax and returned to England in 1848.

Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Supplementary, 1909.

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(Microform) There is a detailed finding aid describing the Henderson Papers and Correspondence (Nev 9, Nev 10) at the beginning of reel A-1947. While the finding aid describes all of the papers in Nev 9 and Nev 10, only selections from Nev 9 and Nev 10 have been copied and made available on reel A-1947.

Textual records: (Paper) The Microfilm Shelflist describing this reel provides a brief description of the material copied, by file designation, e.g., Nev 9, file 7. MSS2001

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General note:

These selections were copied from the Neville of Sloley Collection in the Norfolk Record Office and sent via the London Office to the National Archives in 1990.
Subject heading:

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Canada - Boundaries - New Brunswick Restigouche River

New Brunswick - Boundaries - Canada Pipon, J.H

Boundary Surveys Henderson, George (Adm.)

Railroads - Quebec (Province) - Surveying Uniacke, J.B

Railroads - Surveying Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers

Surveying - New Brunswick

Engineering
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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119-020231-X
1990/345

Former archival reference no.:

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MG24-H88
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000088.pdf

Textual records: microform

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Finding aid box [FA 2001] 527--530

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Microfilm reel A-1947

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

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