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Collection Neilson [document textuel, document iconographique, document philatélique]

Date(s)

1666-1912

Lieu de création

Québec (Province)

étendue

10.36 m of textual records.
7 drawings : pencil and wash.
2017 postal covers.

Portée et contenu

Collection consists of many documents, distributed in the following series: John Neilson senior and his family; Brown and Gilmore, printers; Quebec Gazette, and various documents (correspondence, reports, newspaper clipping, etc. and 1837 promissory note) in Historical Miscellenea and Addenda series. The complete collection has been microfilmed and this material is located on microfilm reels C-13100, C-15611 to C-15618, C-15676 to C-15679, C-15769 to C-15787 and H-1829. Collection also consists of a sketchbook illustrating the Chaudière Falls, Lake Tsigonomi, the Saguenay and Lake Saint-Jean regions. Works by Samuel Neilson Jr. Collection also consists of 2017 postal covers for the period 1766 to 1858.

Conditions d'accès

Modalités d'utilisation

Graphic material: No restrictions. Copyright: expired. Credit: National Archives of Canada.
Textual records: Access to the collection is unrestricted, but as the complete collection has been microfilmed as a protective measure, researchers must use the microfilm reels.
Philatelic record: Access to the collection is unrestricted, but as the complete collection has been microfilmed as a protective measure, researchers must use the microfilm reels.

Instrument de recherche

Textual records The introduction to Finding Aid 119 includes a table of contents, a general description of the collection, a categorical summary of the family and business records, and a microfilm shelf list. The finding aid, with the microfilm shelf list, is also available on reel C-15618. MSS0119-1 90 (Électronique)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001699.pdf

Textual records This is Part One of the finding aid. It provides a descriptive list of contents, arranged alphabetically, for volumes 1 to 18. MSS0119-2 90 (Électronique)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001700.pdf

Textual records This is also Part One of the finding aid. It contains a description of volumes 19 to 193 including an alphabetically arranged description of the correspondence. MSS0119-3 90 (Électronique)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001701.pdf

Textual records This is Part Two of the finding aid. It contains a chronological list of correspondence in volumes 1-14, 18, 20, 32 and 35-38. The list identifies the date, author, volume and page for each letter, in chronological order. MSS0119-4 90 (Électronique)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001702.pdf

Textual records This is a continuation of Part Two of the finding aid. It continues and completes the chronological description of the correspondence. MSS0119-5 90 (Électronique)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001703.pdf

Philatelic records The finding aid is a list that describes the postal covers. CPA-263 90 (Électronique)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001809.pdf

Créateur / Provenance

Neilson (family)

Biographie / Histoire administrative

John Neilson 1775-1848, emigrated from Scotland in 1790 to join his brother Samuel Neilson (1771-1793), who had succeeded their uncle William Brown (1738-1789) as proprietor of the Quebec Gazette. John Neilson succeeded as proprietor in 1797. He gradually assumed a number of public offices and responsibilities, including membership in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada, 1818-1834 and 1841-1844, and a seat on the Legislative Council, 1844-1848. He was an active Reformer, in association with Louis-Joseph Papineau and Denis-Benjamin Viger, until 1834, and was a delegate to London in 1822 and 1828 with other Reformers and in 1835 on behalf of the Lower Canada Constitutional Association.

Information additionnelle

Vedette-matière

1. Governmental investigations, 1834-1835
2. John Neilson Sr., 1834-1835.
3. Prisoners and prisons, 1834-1835
4. Marie Neilson, [1666-1912]
5. Neilson family, [1666-1912]
6. John Neilson Jr., [1666-1912]
7. Seignorial tenure - Lower Canada, [1666-1854]
8. Laura Moorhead Neilson, [1666-1912]
9. Property, [1666-1834]
10. Mrs. John Moorhead, [1666-1912]
11. Land titles - Lower Canada, [1666-1854]
12. Marguerite Moorhead, [1666-1912]
13. Landowners - Lower Canada, [1666-1854]
14. Francois-Xavier Garneau, [1666-1912]
15. Mortgages, [1666-1854]
16. Robert Christie, [1666-1912]
17. Deeds, [1666-1854]
18. Louis-Joseph Papineau, [1666-1912]
19. Actions and defenses, [1666-1854]
20. Denis-Benjamin Viger, [1666-1912]
21. Actions and defenses - Cases, [1666-1854]
22. John Bennett, [1666-1912]
23. Politics and government - [1666-1912]
24. William Gowan, [1666-1912]
25. Education, [1666-1912]
26. Commission of Inquiry into Penitentiary Systems, 1834-1835.
27. Indians of North America, [1666-1912]
28. Dominique Mondelet, 1834-1835.
29. Agriculture, [1666-1912]
30. William Brown, [1763-1768], 1789-1790.
31. Poll books, 1827
32. Thomas Gilmore, [1763-1861]
33. Social welfare, [1666-1912]
34. William Dunlop, 1763-1768.
35. Public welfare, [1666-1912]
36. "Trifles from My Portfolio", 1839-1841.
37. John Neilson - Diaries, [1666-1912]
38. Quebec Gazette, 1768-1846.
39. Business enterprises, [1666-1912]
40. James Allison, 1823-1849.
41. John Neilson - Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc., [1666-1912]
42. N. Radiger, 1814-1815.
43. Inventories, [1666-1912]
44. Joseph Ballingall, 1817.
45. Estates (law), [1666-1912]
46. Edward Laws, 1817.
47. Philadelphia (Pa.) - Printers, 1763-1768
48. La Gazette de Québec, 1768-1846.
49. Philadelphia (Pa.) - Printing industry, 1763-1768
50. John Barrow, 1823-1826.
51. Printing - Accounting, [1763-1768]
52. Capt. Robert Barrie, 1823-1826.
53. Executors and administrators, 1789-1790
54. Walter Henry, 1839-1841.
55. William Brown - Estate, 1789-1790
56. John Neilson, [1813-1911]
57. Philadelphia (Pa.) - Apprentices, 1763-1768
58. G. M. Fairchild, [1813-1911]
59. Newspapers - Sections, columns, etc. - Letters to the Editor, [1793-1846]
60. Great Britain. Royal Navy. Acting Commissioner, 1823-1826.
61. Québec (Québec) - Canadian newspapers (French), 1768-1845
62. Kingston (Upper Canada), 1823-1826.
63. Québec (Québec) - Canadian newspapers (English), 1768-1845
64. Quebec County (Quebec), 1827.
65. "Trifles from My Portfolio" - Authorship, 1839-1841.
66. Walter Henry - Authorship, 1839-1841.
67. Surgeons, 1839-1841.
68. Shipping - Accounting, [1763-1861]
69. Québec (Québec) - Printers, [1763-1861]
70. Printing industry - Records and correspondence, [1763-1861]
71. Booksellers and bookselling - Colportage, subscription trade, etc., 1839-1841.
72. Montreal (Quebec) - Emigration and immigration, 1823-1849.
73. Immigration agents - Montreal (Qué.) - Investigation, 1823-1849.
74. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.), [1813-1911]
75. Valcartier (Quebec) - Settlement, [1813-1911]
76. Valcartier (Quebec) - History, [1813-1911]
77. Great Britain. Royal Navy - Storekeepers, 1814-1815, 1817.
78. Great Britain. Royal Navy - Officers, 1823-1826.
79. Kingston (Upper Canada) - Navy yards and naval stations, 1823-1826.

Source

Privé

No de contrôle d'autres systèmes

MAINS23322

No MIKAN

104724