Fonds F 639 - Alexander Grant fonds

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Alexander Grant fonds

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    CA ON00009 F 639

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    • 1807-1963 (Creation)

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    8 cm of textual records
    5 photographs : prints and negatives

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    Alexander Grant (1774-1848) was a fur trader, office holder and early settler of Longueuil (now L'Orignal), Prescott County, Upper Canada.

    Custodial history

    This fonds was recovered by the Montreal Police in 1977 following a fire and robbery at Douglas Urquart's home. The owners of Dulgragen Hall, Dr. and Mrs. Drummond Smith, donated the records to the Archives Nationales, Montreal, Quebec, who in 1985, gave them to the Archives of Ontario.

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    Fonds consists of the records of Alexander Grant of Duldragen Hall, L'Orignal, Prescott County . Fonds includes correspondence from political acquaintances and Grant children such as Catherine, Ellen, Allen, and John. References made include: politics, the militia, the weather, and family matters. Fonds also includes receipts, commissions, a deed of sale, invitations, accounts, as well as Grant genealogical materials. Also included are 5 photographs of Alexander Grant, his daughter Catherine (later Mrs. Andrew Shaw), and a baby.

    For a more detailed description, use this link to the Archives of Ontario's descriptive database: http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PROV/PROV/REFD+F+639?SESSIONSEARCH

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        Copyright held by creator. These materials cannot be published without permission of the copyright holder.

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        For a more detailed description, use this link to the Archives of Ontario's descriptive database: http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PROV/PROV/REFD+F+639?SESSIONSEARCH

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