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James Stevenson fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1838-1851.

Reference:

R3743-0-9-E, MG24-D66

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

99450

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James Stevenson fonds
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Date(s):

1838-1851.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

50 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of official correspondence received by James Stevenson at the Crown Timber Office, Bytown. Of particular interest are listings of bonds and deposits paid by well-known timber companies and timber merchants such as John Egan and Company, Hamilton and Low, the Wright Brothers, William Chapman and Company, Thomas McGoey and Peter Aylen. Certificates issued by crown timber agents identify the name of the timber merchant, type of wood, quantity of cut timber, and lot location. The bulk of the correspondence is from crown timber agents at Quebec City and the Upper Ottawa Valley, and from officials at the Crown Lands Office, Kingston. Included are statements of deposits and bonds collected from timber companies, enumerations of timber rafts arriving at Quebec City, enumerations of timber cut on crown lands, reports of applications for timber licences, reports of disputes arising from duties levied and timber limits granted by the Crown Timber Agent. There is some correspondence related to private financial matters of James Stevenson.

Provenance:

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Stevenson, James, 1815-1851

Biography/Administrative history:

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Stevenson, James, 1815-1851 : James Stevenson was Crown Timber Agent at Bytown, 1839-1851, as well as representative of the Commercial Bank of Upper Canada and the People's Bank of Ottawa.

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General note:

Received in 1970 from Mr. O.G. Whelan of Ottawa, Ont., through the courtesy of Col. Douglas Lindsey, Commanding CFB North Bay, Ont., and in 1985 from Edwin Gardner of Ottawa, Ont.

Arrangement note:

The correspondence is arranged chronologically by date, volumes 1-5.
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Crown Timber Office (Bytown, Upper Canada) - Records and correspondence, 1838-1851 Peter Aylen, 1838-1851

Lumber trade - Upper Canada, 1838-1851

Lumber trade - Quebec (Quebec) , 1838-1851

Lumber trade - Upper Ottawa Valley, 1838-1851

Timber merchants - Canada, [1838-1851]

John Egan and Company - Records and correspondence, [1838-1851]

Hamilton and Low - Records and correspondence, [1838-1851]

William Chapman and Company - Records and correspondence, [1838-1851]

Wright Brothers - Records and correspondence, 1838-1851

Business enterprises Canada 19th century
Source:

Private

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MG24-D66
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Volume [MG24 D 66] 1--5

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