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Robert James Long fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1926.

Reference:

R1712-0-7-E, MG30-C24

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98272

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Robert James Long fonds
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Date(s):

1926.

Place of creation:

United States

Extent:

30 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a typescript of Annals of Liverpool and Queen's County which is mainly concerned with the period 1760-1867. Loyalist and pre-loyalist settlement and the connections of the region with New England are considered in detail. Also included are many lists of names and family genealogies, as well as a comprehensive nominal index.

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Long, Robert James, 1849-1933

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Long, Robert James, 1849-1933 : Robert James Long, editor and publisher, born in 1849 at Liverpool, N.S., moved in 1867 to the United States where he established a number of newspapers, including the Provincialist, devoted to cementing ties of friendship between Canadian-born residents of the New England States and Canada. He wrote and published several books, including A History of the Knights of Malta and a History of the Popes. At the time of his death, he was preparing Annals of Liverpool and Queen's County [Nova Scotia]. The manuscript was turned over to the Queen's County Historical Society and a final revision was made under the supervision of Dr. W.I. Morse.

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General note:

Acquired in 1938 and 1940.
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United Empire loyalists - Nova Scotia, 1926 Liverpool (N.S.), 1926

Nova Scotia - History - To 1784, 1926 Queen's County (N.S.), 1926

Canada - Relations - United States, 1926

United States - Relations - Canada, 1926

Nova Scotia 1784-1867
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Private

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MG30-C24
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Volume [MG30 C 24] 1--6

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