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Journals, military papers, and family papers [textual record (microform)]

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Date:

1758-1867.

Reference:

MG23-K2

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

127557

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James Thompson fonds

Journals, military papers, and family papers
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Date(s):

1758-1867.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 microfilm reel.

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of journals kept by James Thompson during military service, 1759, book 2, and while overseer of works at Quebec, 1775-1778, books 3-6, 8-10; correspondence, commissions, petitions, reports and related papers, including family correspondence, 1758-1833, book; reminiscences of his father recorded by James Thompson, Jr., ca. 1757-ca. 1867, including a few letters, book 7. The 1759 journal was published by Arthur Doughty in The Siege of Quebec, volume V, pp. 246-269.

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General note:

The journals, 1759, 1775-1776, 1779-1781, 1787-1788, were photocopied in 1921, volume 1, 395 pages. A typescript copy of the journals, 1779-1787 is available, volume 2, 447 pages, which the Governor General had received from James Thompson Hanover of Quebec, and was received by the National Archives in 1940 from the Earl of Athlone. There is some overlapping of the journals for 1779-1781, apparently resulting from Thompson's decision to keep an 'official' journal of his work, as a precaution should he ever need to justify his conduct.

Custodial history:

The journals were for a time held by the Quebec Literary and Historical Society.

Source:

Private

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MG23-K2
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Volume [MG23 K 2] 1--2

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Microfilm reel M-2312

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