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John Alexander Simpson fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1866, 1904-1907.

Reference:

R1642-0-2-E, MG30-B48

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98069

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John Alexander Simpson fonds
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1866, 1904-1907.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.1 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a diary of John A. Simpson which records the expedition of Canadian Geographical Survey (C.G.S.) Arctic to the Arctic Archipelago, 1906-1907, 47 pages; a landing notice of A.P. Law, commander of the Arctic Expedition, 1903-1904, left on Beechy Island and found by Simpson, 2 pages; a memorial by Simpson on Beechy Island to the Franklin Expedition to the Arctic, 2 pages; and a letter to an unknown correspondent from J.W. (Babin), 26 July 1866, asking that the former become bail for him, 2 pages.

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Simpson, John Alexander, b. 1882

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Simpson, John Alexander, b. 1882 : John Alexander Simpson, Arctic explorer and soldier, was born at Ottawa in 1882, and was a graduate from Royal Military College, Kingston. He served in the Boer War, and World War I, as a private.

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General note:

Acquired in 1966 from John Alexander Simpson of Buckingham, Que.
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Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration - Canadian, 1904-1907 Arctic (Ship), 1906-1907

Canada - Exploring expeditions, 1904-1907 Beechy Island (N.W.T.), 1904-1907

Explorers - Arctic regions, 1904-1907 J.W. [Babin], 1866

A.P. Law, 1904

Franklin Expedition 1845, [1904-1906]
Source:

Private

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MG30-B48
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