Collection search - Samuel Rollin Hesson [textual record, philatelic record, object]

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Samuel Rollin Hesson [textual record, philatelic record, object]

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Sous-fonds

Date:

1851-1915.

Reference:

R10892-2-6-E

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Item ID number:

206729

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Samuel Rollin Hesson and family fonds

Samuel Rollin Hesson
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Sous-fonds includes:

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

1851-1915.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

2.5 m of textual records.
1 postal stationery item.
7 postal covers.
1 medal.
1 collage: silhouette portrait.

Language of material:

English

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The sous-fonds consists of records that document Samuel Rollin Hesson's personal, political, financial, business and legal activities. The records are arranged in five series: Correspondence, (Vols. 1-8; 17); Financial Papers, (Vols. 8-10; 17); Legal and Business Papers, (Vols. 10-12); Political Papers, (Vol. 13); and Personal Papers, (Vols. 13; 17).

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Hesson, Samuel Rollin, 1829-1915

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Hesson, Samuel Rollin, 1829-1915 : Samuel Rollin Hesson, the youngest of seven children, was born to John Hesson and Elizabeth Hesson née Dunbar on September 25, 1829, in Kilray, County Antrim, Ireland. In 1831, he moved with his family to Ogdensburg, New York and the following year the Hesson family settled between Hamilton and Dundas, Upper Canada. Hesson was educated at the Dundas Grammar School. On June 4, 1843 the Hesson family became one of the first families to settle in Stratford. Hesson exercised a variety of professions from 1843 to 1856: he was successively a lumberjack, a teacher and a merchant. He married Margaret Jane Polley, daughter of John Polley and Abigail Polley née Currey on November 21, 1855. In 1856, he was appointed postmaster in Sebringville, Canada West and was named justice of the peace. After having served as director of the Stratford Gas Co. and as chairman of the Stratford, Lake Huron and Georgian Bay Railway Trustee Board, Hesson was elected town councillor and mayor of Stratford, Ontario in 1876.

He was first elected to the House of Commons for North Perth, Ontario in 1878 and was re-elected in 1882 and 1887. He was defeated in 1891.

A strong proponent of Sir John A. Macdonald's national policy and a staunch supporter of protectionism, he advocated the need for greater trade subsidies and lobbied for agricultural and mercantile interests. As the representative of a riding with a strong German background, he also pressed the government to encourage German immigration to Canada.

He died on November 19, 1915 in Stratford, Ontario.

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Volume [R10892]

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1--13;

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17;

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