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Acton Burrows fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1891-1893.

Reference:

R4570-0-3-E, MG27-II24

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103856

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Acton Burrows fonds
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Date(s):

1891-1893.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2.5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of letters from Hugh John Macdonald and W.C. Van Horne relating to political affairs in Winnipeg, the Immigration Department, the cultivation of flax, and various positions desired by Mr. Burrows; originals, 1891-1893, 1.3 cm; and letters from Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Donald A. Smith relating to patronage and political affairs in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories; photocopy, 1886-1889, 1.2 cm.

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Burrows, C. Acton (Charles Acton), 1853-1948

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Burrows, C. Acton (Charles Acton), 1853-1948 : Acton Burrows was president of Canadian Illustrated News, 1873-1884, editor of the Standard, Elora, Ont., 1874-1875, reporter and editor, the Guelph Herald, 1875-1878. He was the first deputy Minister of Agriculture, Statistics and Health for Manitoba, 1882-1887. He edited and published several papers including the Manitoban and Morning Call, 1887-1889, Western World, 1890-1898 and Canadian Transportation.

See: Canadian Who's Who, 1938, pp. 99-100.

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General note:

Letters from Hugh John Macdonald and W.C. Van Horne, 1886-1893, were received in 1960; letters from Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Donald A. Smith, 1886-1889, were copied from the original held by Nathan Arkin of Winnipeg, Man.
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Patronage, Political Canada

Winnipeg (Man.) - Politics and government, 1891-1893 Baron Donald Alexander Smith, Strathcona and Mount Royal, 1886-1889

Municipal government - Canada, 1891-1893 John A. (John Alexander) Macdonald, 1886-1889

Manitoba - Politics and government, 1886-1889 Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, 1891-1893

Northwest Territories - Politics and government, 1886-1889 Hugh John Macdonald, 1891-1893
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MG27-II24
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