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Simon James Dawson fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1859-1873.

Reference:

R4465-0-2-E, MG29-C67

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101485

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Simon James Dawson fonds
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Fonds includes:

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Date(s):

1859-1873.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

2.8 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of notes of the proceeding of the negotiations of the North West Angle Indian Treaty, 30 September-3 October 1873, with the Saulteaux tribe of Ojibway Indians. The representatives of the Crown were S.J. Dawson; Hon. Alexander Morris, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba; and J.A.N. Provencher. Original, 1874, 41 pages. Copies of fifty invoices and receipts relating to salaries and outfitting costs of the Red River Expedition, dated 1859, photocopy, 90 pages.

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Dawson, S. J. (Simon James), 1820-1902

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Dawson, S. J. (Simon James), 1820-1902 : Simon J. Dawson born in Scotland, immigrated to Canada as a young man and became a civil engineer. As a member of the Canadian exploring expeditions sent to the Northwest in 1857 and 1858, he surveyed a water and land route from the head of Lake Superior to Fort Garry. In 1868, the Macdonald Government decided to act on his recommendations and Dawson was appointed to supervise construction of the route to Red River, now known as "The Dawson Route". He was subsequently involved in treaty negotiations with the Saulteaux Indians who inhabited the region. Dawson represented the area in the Ontario Legislature from 1875 to 1878 and in the House of Commons from 1878 until 1891, as a Conservative.

See also: The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985.

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Location of originals note:

Originals (invoices and receipts) with Ken Lawless, Spencerville, Ont.

Dates of creation note:

Original invoices and receipts photocopied in 1982.
Subject heading:

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Ojibwa Indians - Treaties

Civil engineers - Canada

North West Angle Treaty no. 3 (1873)

Indians of North America
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Private

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MG29-C67
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