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Letter from John A. Macdonald to Thomas Swinyard [textual record]

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Date:

1864.

Reference:

R6271-0-3-E, MG24-C28, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Textual material

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Item ID number:

100533

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Letter from John A. Macdonald to Thomas Swinyard
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Date(s):

1864.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.2 cm of textual records (4 p.) photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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Item is a letter from John A. Macdonald to Thomas Swinyard, concerning his views on the St. Alban's raid and estranged Canadian-American relations, dated 19 December 1864.

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Swinyard, Thomas, fl. 1864

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Correspondent: Macdonald, John A. (John Alexander), 1815-1891

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Swinyard, Thomas, fl. 1864 : Thomas Swinyard, Esq., was hired by the Federal Government in 1873 to investigate the railway between Charlottetown and Summerside, P.E.I. His subsequent study entitled Reports to the Hon., the Minister of Public Works by Thomas Swinyard on the Prince Edward Island Railway 1874-75 contains a great deal of information about the first railway stations in P.E.I. Allan Graham, "One Every Two and a Half Miles: A Brief Look at the Railway Stations on the Prince Edward Island Railway (Part One)." Working paper. 1999. Trainweb.org. 27 Feb. 2001. 1046

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General note:

Copied in 1964 from the original held by the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.

Location of originals note:

Originals with the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
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Thomas Swinyard - Correspondence, 1864

United States - Foreign relations - Canada, 1864

Canada - Foreign relations - United States, 1864

Saint Alban's (Vt.) - Confederate Raid, 1864

United States - History - Civil War. 1861-1865 - Campaigns, 1864
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MG24-C28
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