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Alexander Tilloch Galt fonds [textual record (microform), graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1806-1927.

Reference:

R4372-0-X-E, MG27-ID8

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

104551

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Alexander Tilloch Galt fonds
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Fonds includes:

7 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1806-1927.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

55 cm of textual records.
1 photograph b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence, 1858-1891; letterbooks, 1859-1866, 1883-1886; memoranda and reports, 1857-1891; commissions and honours, 1864-1883; speeches and articles, 1860-1877; family correspondence, 1806-1910; and related papers, 1811, 1855, 1863, 1883. The fonds also contains a photgraph showing boy scouts placing a wreath on Galt Monument, Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, 1 July 1927.

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Galt, A. T. (Alexander Tilloch), Sir, 1817-1893

Additional name(s):

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Catholic Church Canada

Biography/Administrative history:

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Galt, A. T. (Alexander Tilloch), Sir, 1817-1893 : Born in London, England, Alexander Tilloch Galt came to Canada in 1830 and in 1835 entered the service of the British American Land Company. He became Commissioner of the company and a promoter and important stockholder in the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad and the Grand Trunk Railway.

Galt represented Sherbrooke County, 1849-1850, 1853-1872, first in the Legislative Assembly of Canada, then in the House of Commons. He was Inspector General, 1858-1862, Minister of Finance, 1864-1865, 1867, and Minister of Agriculture, 1865-1866. He attended the Quebec conference and was a Canadian delegate to England 1865 and 1866. He was a member of the Halifax Fishery Commission, 1877, and was the first Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, 1880-1883. He incorporated Northwestern Coal and Navigation Co., Lethbridge, a successful company which was sold to the CPR in 1910. See: Encyclopedia Canadiana, Vol. 4 p. 313; Canadian Encyclopedia, p. 716.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid contains a descriptive list of the correspondence (vols. 1-4, 7-8), arranged alphabetically by correspondent; a subject index of the correspondence arranged alphabetically; and a list of the memoranda, reports and other items (vols. 5-6, 9). MSS0076 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001308.pdf

Textual records (Microform) Microfiche : 1 fiche (1 copy) MSS0076 (90: Open)

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General note:

The bulk of the Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt Papers (vols. 1-8) were received i 1956 from his daughter, Miss Muriel Galt; the letterbooks (vol. 10) were acquired in 1972 from Dr. H.B. Timothy; the items in Vol. 9 were received in 1960 from Mrs. T.B. Heney, in 1964 from Mrs. J.B. Heney and in 1966 from Mr. Elliott Durnford; vols. 5a and 5b were transferred in 1969 from the National Museum of Man.
Subject heading:

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Canada - Officials and employees

Canada - History - Confederation, [1857-1891] George Carr Glyn, 1856-1862, [1858-1891]

Canada - Diplomatic and consular service - Great Britain, [1858-1891] Thomas Baring, 1856-1862, [1858-1891]

Great Gritain - Diplomatic and consular service - Canada, [1858-1891] Elizabeth Tilloch, [1858-1891]

Finance, Public - Canada, 1858-1862, [1858-1891] Luther Holton, 1863

Fiscal policy - Canada, 1858-1862, [1858-1891] Evelyn Galt, 1883

Imperial trade, [1857-1891]

Canada - Economic policy, [1857-1891]

Commissions, [1864-1883]

Decorations of honour - Canada, 1876, 1877

Canada - Church history - 19th century, 1867-1877

Canada - Church history - 1867-1900, 1867, 1877

Budget - Speeches in Canadian Parliament, 1862, 1863, 1866

Canada - Church history - 1867-1900 - Pamphlets, 1867-1877

Reciprocity

Free trade
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1964-133 NPC

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MG27-ID8
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 76] 12

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [GALT, SIR ALEXANDER 1964-133] 5761

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photograph: No restrictions on use. Copyright expired. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.

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