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Robert Nelles fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1739-1848.

Reference:

R3800-0-3-E, MG24-D108

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100390

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Robert Nelles fonds
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Fonds includes:

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Date(s):

1739-1848.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

11 cm of textual records some photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence which contains information about Nelles' business dealings in lumber and whisky, his family and his political involvements as a Member of Legislative Assembly and a Justice of the Peace.

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Nelles, Robert, 1761-1842

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Nelles, Robert, 1761-1842 : Robert Nelles was born in Tryon County, New York. He served as a Lieutenant, in various outposts, with the Indian Department and later settled at Grimsby, Upper Canada, where he established extensive milling, lumbering, distilling and farming enterprises.

Nelles took an active part in the political and legal developments in the area he settled. He was commissioned General Commissioner of the Peace for Home, 1796, Niagara, 1800-1833, Gore 1816-1828 and Western Districts, 1816. He was granted Dedimus Potestatem for Niagara, 1800, and Johnstown, 1817. Nelles also served Lincoln County in the Legislative Assembly from 1800 to 1808 and from 1816 to 1820.

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General note:

Originals were received in 1968 from Mrs. M. Rutherford of Grimsby, Ont.; photocopies received in 1978 from Mr. Charles Nelles of Victoria, B.C.
This fonds was formerly described as MG24-I131.

Arrangement note:

Papers are chronologically arranged.
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Nelles family, 1782-1848

Upper Canada - Business enterprises, 1782-1848

Lumber trade - Upper Canada, 1782-1848

Politicans - Upper Canada, 1782-1848

Justice of the Peace - Upper Canada, 1782-1848
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MG24-D108
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