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Alexander Whalley Light fonds [textual record]

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Fonds

Date:

1833-1878.

Reference:

R5494-0-X-E, MG24-I74

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98760

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Alexander Whalley Light fonds
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Date(s):

1833-1878.

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 a combination diary and letterbook belonging to Colonel Alexander W. Light of Oxford Township, Upper Canada, ca. 1834-1841 with notes from 1845-1878. The book was given to Light during the winter of 1833-1834 by Captain Philip Graham who had previously entered into it an account of his trip from Niagara to North Oxford in 1833.

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Light, Alexander Whalley, fl. 1811-1853

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Light, Alexander Whalley, fl. 1811-1853 : Alexander Whalley Light, military officer, joined the 25th (The King's Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot on 1 August 1804 and was commissioned as Colonel of, on 27 May 1825. Prior to that, he received commission as Lieutenant Colonel on 4 June 1811. He appears to have retired from active service ca. 1840 after which he took up residence near Woodstock, Upper Canada.

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General note:

Received in 1919 from Mr. John Hacker of Beechville Ont.; formerly part of the Mitchell collection.
The first 13 pages were written by Captain Philip Graham in 1833.
The first half of the diary starting at page 14 was written by Colonel Alexander W. Light in ca.1834, followed by letters from 1838-1841 and notes from 1845-1878.
The second half of the diary was also written by Colonel Alexander W. Light in 1835 with notes from 1878.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Memories of Home. Curator: Sheila Johnson, Woodstock Museum, Woodstock, Ontario; 2001.02.17 - 2001.03.31 (I diary: Colonel Alexander W. Light - MG24 I74 - pp. 72 & 73)
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North Oxford (Ont.) - Description, 1833 Oxford (Upper Canada : District), ca.1840

Niagara (Ont.) - Description, 1833 Captain Philip Graham
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Private

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MG24-I74
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