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David Souter Campbell fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1855-1891.

Reference:

R7343-0-2-E, MG29-B26

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

97877

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David Souter Campbell fonds
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Date(s):

1855-1891.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

40 cm of textual records some photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence and reports of surveys, 1870-1891; field survey notebooks, 1866-1881; registers of survey and valuation reports, 1855-1875; related maps and miscellaneous documents; a register of survey reports, 1869-1872, photocopy; and a ledger of survey accounts, 1871-1875, photocopy.

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Campbell, David Souter, 1841-1892

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Campbell, David Souter, 1841-1892 : David Souter Campbell became a Provincial Land Surveyor in 1866 and worked chiefly in Perth, Huron and Middlesex Counties, with the exception of one year spent in the Northwest Territories. Much of his earlier work was done on Canada Company Lands. He worked in partnership with William Rath of Mitchell, with whom he had earlier apprenticed, until Rath's death in 1873. From 1873 until his death in 1892, Campbell practised alone. Ontario Land Surveyors Annual Report, 1892, p. 145; 1933, p. 72.

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General note:

Acquired in 1975 from Mrs. W.C. Murdie of Ottawa, Ont.

Location of originals note:

Original documents located with the Stratford Historical Society.
Subject heading:

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Surveyors - Canada, 1855-1891 Huron County (Ont.), 1866-1881

Land surveys - Canada, 1855-1891 Middlesex (Ont.), 1866-1881

Perth County (Ont.), 1866-1881
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Private

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MG29-B26
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