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Douglas series [textual record (microform)]

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Series

Date:

1816-1906.

Reference:

R3455-1-6-E, MG24-I102

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

111447

Context of this record:

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Alexander James Christie and family fonds

Douglas series
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Series includes:

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

1816-1906.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 microfilm reel : positive and negative ; 35 mm.

Language of material:

English

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The series comprises the Christie family correspondence in the possession of Dr. H. T. Douglas, which includes five files (named "volumes" on the file folders) of Dr. Alexander James Christie's correpondence dating from 1816 to 1843, and six files of subsequent Christie family letters--primarily correspondence of his son Alexander Christie and his wife Susan Christie--dating from 1842 to 1906. Dr. Christie's letters are heavily weighted to the early years, most dating between 1816 and 1821, when he was living in Montreal and St. Jean, Quebec. Some frequent correspondents included his brother-in-law Thomas A. Turner and business associate James A. McCumming. Many of the letters deal with the business of Montreal newspapers, the Herald and the Courant.

The younger Alexander Christie's letters document his early involvement in the family business and farm, his subsequent work as a contractor, and long absences from Ottawa working in the United States. Some of his correspondents include his brother Thomas Christie (before 1848), and his wife Susan, from whom there are six letters to him for 1852-1854, and eight letters from him to her for 1848-1851. Their correspondence documents family life in Ottawa, his railway work in New York state, and the trials of their separation. There are also letters from Susan's brother John Strachan and family friend Allan P. Cameron, who was interested in railway and canal construction. The last file holds extensive correspondence of their son, lawyer John Christie, KC.

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Location of originals note:

Dr. H.T. Douglas of Ottawa, Ontario, held the originals at the time of microfilming.

Dates of creation note:

The Public Archives of Canada microfilmed the originals in 1961 and 1963 on microfilm reel M-553.

Source:

Private

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MG24-I102
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Microfilm reel [MG24 I 102] M-553

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