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Red River journal of Alexander Begg, 1869-1870 [textual record]

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Item

Date:

1869-1870.

Reference:

R7427-0-4-E, MG29-C1, Volume number: 1--3, Microfilm reel number: C-400

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102730

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Red River journal of Alexander Begg, 1869-1870
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Date(s):

1869-1870.

Place of creation:

Manitoba

Extent:

15 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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The item is a daily journal in two volumes, 16 November 1869 to 23 July 1870, written by Alexander Begg at the Red River Settlement, and covering the events of the Red River Rebellion led by Louis Riel.

The journal was published by the Champlain Society in 1956 as "Alexander Begg's Red River journal: and other papers relative to the Red River resistance of 1869-1870", and was edited by W. L. Morton.

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Begg, Alexander, 1839-1897

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Begg, Alexander, 1839-1897 : Alexander Begg, born in Quebec City, established himself as a trader in the Red River Settlement in 1867 and also engaged in journalism. He entered into partnership with A. G. B. Bannatyne and carried on the business of general merchant and outfitter with him for a number of years. During the 1870s he published several trade magazines and edited the Daily Nor'Wester and the Daily Herald. Between 1877 and 1884 he held several positions in the Manitoba public service, including Deputy Treasurer, and Queen's Printer.

Begg was employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway as Immigration Agent in London, England until 1888. After working as a journalist in Seattle from 1888 to 1892, he returned to Canada, settling in Victoria. He edited the Victoria Daily News for a time and then wrote his three volume "History of the North-West". From 1895 until his death he edited the British Columbia Mining Record.

See the entries in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography and Encyclopedia Canadiana, and Madge Wolfenden, "Alexander Begg versus Alexander Begg", in British Columbia Historical Quarterly (April 1937).

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(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_102730

(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_102730?usrlang=fr

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General note:

Purchased in 1894 from Alexander Begg.

Availability of other formats note:

Photocopies of the the journal are available in volumes 1-2, and it is also available on microfilm reel C-400.

Copy/version note:

The journal may be a contemporary copy made by Begg himself.
Subject heading:

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Alexander Begg - Diaries, 1869-1870 Alexander Begg's Red River Journal and other Papers Relative to the Red River Resistance of 1869-1870, 1956

Alexander Begg - Autobiography, 1869-1870 William Lewis Morton, 1956

Red River region - History, 1869-1870

Journalists - Canada, 1869-1870

Businessmen - Canada, 1869-1870

Red River Rebellion, 1869-1870
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MG29-C1
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG29 C 1] 1--3

[Consultation 90 Open]

Microfilm reel C-400

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Originals stored in container 3 have been withdrawn from circulation. Researchers must use the photocopies in volumes 1-2 or the microfilms.

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Date modified:: 2024-05-10