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William Higginson fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1855-1878.

Reference:

R7692-0-3-E, MG29-E24

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98288

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William Higginson fonds
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Date(s):

1855-1878.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a letterbook, 1867-1878, of outgoing letters relating to military, church, political, and business matters; miscellaneous correspondence, 1855, 1866-1867, including letters from Colonel John Hamilton concerning the 18th Battalion; an address from the inhabitants of New Liverpool to the Earl of Beaconsfield concerning the Easter Question, and related correspondence, 1878.

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Higginson, William, b. 1822

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Higginson, William, b. 1822 : William Higginson was born at North Plantagenet, Ontario, and was apprenticed at age 16 to the firm of Hamilton and Lowe. In 1841 he was transferred to New Liverpool, Quebec where he served the firm for 44 years. He maintained an interest in Presscott County affairs, including the militia, and later returned to manage his father's farm at Vankleek Hill with his brother. When the 18th Battalion was formed at Hawkesbury Mills in 1862, Higginson was appointed Captain of No. 1 Company, rising to lieutenant-colonel by 1867.

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Refer to HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF ARGENTEUIL, QUEBEC, AND PRESCOTT, ONTARIO. Montreal: J. Lovell, 1896, by Cyrus Thomas, for the published correspondence of William Higginson with Colonel Hamilton, the address presented to Lord Beaconsfield by the inhabitants of New Liverpool, and subsequent correspondence.
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Business records - Quebec (Province), 1867-1878 Canada. Militia. 18th Battalion, 1855-1878

Colonel John Hamilton, 1855-1867

New Liverpool (Quebec), 1855-1878

Earl of Beaconsfield, 1855-1878

Prescott County (Ont.), 1855-1878
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MG29-E24
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Volume [MG29 E 24] 1

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