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Thomas Porter [textual record]

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Date:

1811-1812.

Reference:

R3879-0-6-E, MG24-H78, Volume number: 1

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Textual material

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Item ID number:

101160

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Thomas Porter
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Date(s):

1811-1812.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2.4 cm of textual records (114 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of a journal kept by Thomas Porter describing preparations for a trip to Canada and the daily routine of his stay in Quebec, dated 1 January 1811 to 25 December 1812. Although Porter was involved with the iron and steel trades, his diary, which was prepared for his wife, focuses principally on social life in the city.

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Porter, Thomas, 1776-

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Porter, Thomas, 1776- : Thomas Porter lived in Birmingham with his wife Anne and family when he was sent to Canada on business in 1811. Porter resided in Quebec from 10 July 1811 until early November 1812, with a brief visit to Montreal. He took legal actions on behalf of Birmingham merchants, Joseph Shore, George & Mathias Attwood, to recover money owing to them.

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General note:

A partial transcription of the journal is filed with the original.
Received in 1982.

Related material:

For two letters written by Porter while in Quebec, see MG24-L3, pp. 8650-8661, and MG23-GIII34, file 4, T. Porter to W. Yates, 11 September 1811.
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Birmingham (England) - Business enterprises, 1811-1812 Birmingham (England), 1811-1812

Birmingham (England) - Steel industry and trade, 1811-1812 Quebec (Quebec), 1811-1812

Quebec (Quebec) - Social life and customs, 1811-1812

Thomas Porter - Diaries, 1811-1812
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MG24-H78
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