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Declaration of Corporal Hugh James Alexander Davidson [textual record]

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Date:

1885.

Reference:

R6657-0-7-E, MG29-E6, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98239

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Declaration of Corporal Hugh James Alexander Davidson
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Date(s):

1885.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.1 cm of textual records (2 p.) photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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Item is a declaration of Corporal H.J.A. Davidson of the North West Mounted Police dated 30 May 1885, concerning the firing of the first shot at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan on March 1885.

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Davidson, Hugh James Alexander, fl. 1885

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Davidson, Hugh James Alexander, fl. 1885 : Hugh James Alexander Davidson, also known as Sandy, served in Regiment 947 of the Kootenay Post's "D" Division, acting as Sergeant in the "D" Division in the period after 1888, by which time the division had returned to Fort Macleod. Davidson also served as Lieutenant in Her Majesty's 94th Regiment of Foot, and as Corporal with the North West Mounted Police. Conroy, Catherine. "North-West Mounted Police: "D" Division Roster". [1996]. The Prospector, Fort Steele. 12 March, 2001. 1070

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General note:

Acquired from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1925.

Location of originals note:

Originals are located at the Legislative Library of Saskatchewan.
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Northwest Territories - History - 1870-1905, 1885

Riel Rebellion, 1885 North West Mounted Police (Canada), 1885

Duck Lake (Sask.), Battle of, 1885
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Private

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MG29-E6
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