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Jonathan Sewell and family fonds [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1650-1950.

Reference:

R6199-0-9-E, MG23-GII10

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102528

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Jonathan Sewell and family fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1650-1950.

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

1.629 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of family papers, including correspondence, estate records, poetry, account books and a genealogical chart, documenting the lives of Jonathan Sewell Senior and his descendants. The fonds contains letterbooks, case notes and correspondence relating to Jonathan Sewell Junior's careers as Attorney General of Quebec and as member of the Legislative Assembly. Also included is correspondence from Rev. Henry Sewell that describes his life as an Anglican minister and his travels.

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Sewell, Jonathan, 1766-1839

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Sewell, Jonathan, 1766-1839 : Jonathan Sewell Sr. (d. 1796) was Attorney General of Massachussetts. He fled to England in 1775 and in 1778 settled at Halifax as a Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

His son, Jonathan Sewell Jr. (1766-1839) studied law under Ward Chipman and settled at Quebec in 1789, becoming Solicitor General in 1793, Attorney General in 1795 and Chief Justice in 1808. He was also a member of the Legislative Assembly, 1796-1808, President of the Executive Council, 1808-29, and Speaker of the Legislative Council, from 1809. He married Henrietta, daughter of Chief Justice William Smith. Their son Henry Doyle Sewell, became an Anglican minister and lived in England and Constantinople.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid provides author list for the correspondence in volumes 2-8 and chronological lists of contents for volumes 2-8, 14-17 and 19-20. There is no detailed listing for other volumes. MSS0149 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001165.pdf

(Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_102528

(Electronic) Les documents décrits ont été complètement ou en partie numérisés et sont disponibles à l'adresse suivante : (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_102528?usrlang=fr

Textual records (Microform) Microfiches : 3 fiches (2 copies) MSS0149 (90: Open)

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General note:

The bulk of the Sewell papers were acquired in 1964. A letterbook of 1804 was acquired in 1938. Some miscellaneous documents were acquired in 1971 and 1972. Correspondence of Rev. Henry D. Sewell was presented in 1980 by Mrs. Jennifer Slack of Ottawa. Fifteen letters were purchased at an auction in 1992 from Bloomsbury Books, London, England.
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Jonathan Sewell - Family,1650-1950 Jonathan Sewell Sr.,( -1796),[1650-1950]

Sewell family - Genealogy,1540-1950 Jonathan Sewell Jr.,(1766-1839),[1650-1950]

Lower Canada - Politics and government,[n.d.,1681-1911] Rev. Henry Doyle Sewell,[1650-1950]

Clergymen's writings,1824-1851 "Appeal Book",1803-1805

Sermons, English, [1650-1897]

Prayers,[1650-1897] Lower Canada. Attorney General,1795-1805

Rev. Henry D. Sewell - Journeys,[1824-1851]

Administration of estates,[1650-1896]

Clergy - England,[1824-1851]

Clergy - Turkey,[1824-1851]

Poetry - English,[1650-1897]

Church of England - Clergy,1824-1851

Lower Canada. Attorney General - Records and correspondence, 1795-1805

Lower Canada, Administration of, [n.d., 1814-1864]

Jonathan Sewell Jr. - Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc., [n.d., 1814-1864]
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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120-020089-6

Former archival reference no.:

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MG23-GII10
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG23 G II 10] 1--22

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 149] 22

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Microfilm reel H-2553--H-2564

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Date modified:: 2024-04-09