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Merritt collection [textual record (chiefly microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

1775-1897.

Reference:

R3725-0-7-E, MG24-E1

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98863

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Merritt collection
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Collection includes:

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

1775-1897.

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.85 m of textual records.
9 microfilm reels positive.

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of Thomas Merritt papers, 1775-1836. Also included are William Hamilton papers, 1804-1862; correspondence 1804-1862; subject files, 1801-1862; notebooks and diaries, 1808-1855; lejens and stock books, 1829-1846; Jedediah Prendegast Merritt papers 1838-1897; Chace-Prendegast Family Papers, 1782-1848; and Merritt Family Papers in the Archives of Ontario, 1780-1873. Microfilmed material is located on microfilm reels M-205, M-728 to M-735.

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Merritt (family)

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Merritt (family) : Thomas Merritt, army and militia officer, and office holder, was born 28 October 1759 in Bedford, New York. He married Mary Hamilton in 1781 and had six children. Merritt died 12 May 1842 at St. Catharines, Upper Canada.

William Hamilton Merritt, soldier, merchant, and politician, was born 3 July 1793 at Bedford, Westchester County, New York. He married Catharine Prendergast in 1815 and had 6 children.

William Chace, was a Rhode Island merchant. His daughter Penelope (1774-1845), married Dr. Jedediah Prendegast (1766-1848). The Prendegasts came to Twelve Mile Creek in 1808, but returned to the United States in 1812, leaving their Upper Canadian interests in the hands of Thomas Merritt. These were taken over by W.H. Merritt in 1815 when he married their only child, Catharine.

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Textual records (Electronic) The first part of Finding Aid No. 103, also found in volume 2 of the collection and on microfilm reel C-7061, contains a detailed analysis of the papers of Thomas and William H. Merritt and of the Chase family. The Jedediah P. Merritt papers are described at the file or volume level. MSS0103 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001329.pdf

Textual records (Electronic) The second part of F.A. No. 103 (available on reel M-205) is a calendar of the Merritt papers in the Archives of Ontario. MSS0103 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001698.pdf

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General note:

The original papers were received in 1914 from Miss Catherine Merritt.
Researchers should note that an error was made in paginating the collection, which jumps from p. 6098 to p. 7099.

Location of originals note:

Originals are found in the Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
Subject heading:

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Ontario. Office of the Sheriff. Niagara District - Records and correspondence, 1775-1836 Grand River Navigation Company, [1804-1862]

William Hamilton Merritt - Correspondence, 1804-1862 Welland Canal (Ont.), [1804-1862]

William Hamilton Merritt - Family, 1804-1862 British Museum, [1838-1897]

William Hamilton Merritt - Career in politics and government, [1804-1862] Great Britain. State Office, [1838-1897]

William Hamilton Merritt - Finance, Personal, 1801-1862 Catherine Merritt, 1815

William Hamilton Merritt - Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc., 1808-1855

William Hamilton Merritt - Diaries, 1808-1855

Mrs. Merritt - Diaries, 1847-1848

William Hamilton Merritt - Travel diaries, 1843-1844

William Hamilton Merritt - Journeys, 1843-1844

Travelers - Europe, 1843-1844

J.P. (Jedediah Prendergast) Merritt - Authorship, [before 1856]

William Hamilton Merritt - Biography, [1808-1853]

Stocks - England, 1829-1846

Stock transfer - England, 1830-1846

Welland (Ont.) - Account books, 1843-1846

Welland (Ont.) - Business records, 1843-1846

Jedediah Prendergast - Correspondence, 1836-1886

Jedediah Prendergast - Authorship, 1836-1886

William Chace - Family, 1782-1848

William Chace - Correspondence, 1782-[18- ]

Penelope Prendergast - Family, 1782-1848

Penelope Prendergast - Correspondence [18- ]

Business enterprises - Rhode Island, [1782-1848]

Merchants - Rhode Island, [1782-1848]

United States - Emigration and immigration, 1808-1812

Merritt family - Ontario, 1780-1873

Family records, 1780-1873

Merritt family - Archives, 1780-1873

Port Dalhousie (St. Catherines, Ont.) - Business records, 1831
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Private

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MG24-E1
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG24 E 1] 2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 103] 19

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Microfilm reel C-7061

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

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The complete collection has been microfilmed, including Finding Aid 103, on reels C-7061 to C-7070. Researchers must use the microfilm. The collection has been withdrawn from circulation.

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