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John Louis Hubert Neilson fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1870-1903.

Reference:

R7849-0-1-E, MG29-E37

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101371

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John Louis Hubert Neilson fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1870-1903.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

10.1 cm of textual records (some photocopies)

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of personal correspondence with parents and friends, medical reports, official correspondence and a journal relating to Wolseley's expedition in Manitoba, 1870-1871; a journal of an expedition in the Middle East, 1884; and additional correspondence, 1902, 1903.

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Neilson, John Louis Hubert, 1845-1925

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Neilson, John Louis Hubert, 1845-1925 : Colonel John Louis Hubert Neilson, the grandson of John Neilson, was born in Quebec and educated at St. Mary's College, Montreal, Laval University and Royal Victoria Army Medical School. He served as a surgeon with the 2nd Quebec Battalion of Riflemen during Wolseley's expedition to the Red River in 1870 to 1871. In 1884 he went to Egypt as surgeon major with the Canadian Voyageurs in the Gordon Relief Expedition. From 1898 to 1903, he was director-general of medical services in the Canadian militia.

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General note:

The majority of these papers were received in 1944. One letter was received in 1972, and the photocopy was made from an original held by the Archives nationales du Québec.

Location of originals note:

Photocopy : Original with the Archives nationales du Québec.

Related material:

See also: Morgan, Henry James, ed. Canadian Men and Women of the Times: a hand-book of Canadian biography. Toronto: William Briggs, 1912, p. 846.
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Military surgeons - Canada, 1870-1902 Colonel G. Wolselely, 1870-1871

John Louis Hubert - Diaries, 1870-1884 Middle East, 1884

Canada - History - Middle East, 1884

Red River Rebellion, 1869-1870

Rébellion de la rivière Rouge, 1869-1870
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Private

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MG29-E37
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