Collection search - Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell collection [textual record (chiefly microform)]

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Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell collection [textual record (chiefly microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

1837-1855.

Reference:

R2477-0-5-E, MG24-A28

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100927

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Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell collection
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1837-1855.

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Extent:

1 microfilm reel.
1.1 cm of textual records : some photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of letters, memorandum and miscellaneous papers relating to the colonial policy and political situation in Canada, 1837-1846 (originals, 1837, 8 pages, and photocopies, 1837-1846, 19 pages). The original items were acquired in 1917 and 1969.

Collection also consists of selections of Canadian interest from the Russell papers, 1838-1855, as well as a photocopy of an epitome of proposed Canada Act, 19 January 1837 (photocopies, 14 pages and microfilm, reel B-970).

Provenance:

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Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878

Biography/Administrative history:

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Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878 : Lord John Russell was Home Secretary, 1835-1839, Colonial Secretary, 1839-1841 and Prime Minister, 1846-1852.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid provides a description of the various items microfilmed with notes on the origin and the nature of the items. MSS0095 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001322.pdf

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General note:

Received at various times between 1917 and 1970.

Location of originals note:

The letter of 20 March 1837 from Lord Glenelg was copied in 1970 from originals in the Rhodes House Library, Oxford., Other items were copied in 1966 from negative photostatic copies in the possession of Dr. Gustave Lanctôt., Selections of Canadian interest and an epitome of proposed Canada Act copied in 1938 and 1958 from originals in the Public Record Office, London (PRO 30/22).
Subject heading:

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Prime ministers - Great Britain, 1837-1855 Canada Act, 1837

Colonial secretaries - Great Britain, 1837-1855

Canada 1841-1867
Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG24-A28
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG24 A 28] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 95] 18

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Microfilm reel B-970

[Consultation 90 Open]

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