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Family and business papers [textual record]

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Date:

1792-1884.

Reference:

MG24-D8

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

111244

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Philemon Wright and family fonds

Family and business papers
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Series includes:

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Date(s):

1792-1884.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

12.62 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of papers of Philemon Wright, his family and the firm of Philemon Wright and Sons, Hull, Lower Canada. The papers relate to the various business enterprises undertaken by the Wrights, 1792-1869, (including the Gatineau Boom Company), and also reflect various aspects of the settlement of Hull and other townships along the Ottawa River, with information on land, roads, bridges, agriculture, schools, militia, elections, construction of the Rideau Canal, the Anglican Church in Hull, and the court-house and jail. There are also loose accounts, receipts, notes, drafts, bills and orders, account books and notebooks, 1801-1884; raft books, 1806-1847; employment agreements, 1802-1849 and subject files, volumes 1-134 and 137-139.

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General note:

Received in 1965 from Mrs. Gordon D. Wright of Ottawa, Ont., through the National Capital Commission, and in 1982 and 1984 from Don G. Wright of Fredericton, N.B. and Mrs. J.B. Boudreau of Belleville, Ont.

Reproduction note:

A few files have been digitized and are available online. See the finding aid on paper or pdf format for the complete list of files in this series.

Source:

Private

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MG24-D8
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Volume [MG24 D 8] 1--134

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Date modified:: 2024-06-27