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1806-1839, 1904 (Creation)
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40 cm of textual records
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John Galt (1779-1839) was a novelist and a founder of the Canada Company.
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Fonds consists various records of John Galt. Fonds includes correspondence, poetry and songs, plays, prose writings, notebooks, and other records. Correspondence includes letters regarding: compensation for losses suffered in the War of 1812; land deals with the British Colonial Office; exploration and road building; the settlement of Guelph; and Galt’s writing career. Galt’s poetry includes long format poems, sonnets, short poems, and printed poems, including ‘Judith,’ and ‘The Burial of St. Joseph’. Plays include full copies and portions of various plays, including ‘The Vassal,’ and ‘The Wallace - a Tragedy’. Galt’s prose writing includes works entitled ‘The Divorce,’ ‘Antiquity,’ ‘American Diplomacy,’ ‘Dirk Glades,’ 'The wonderful fish,’ and ‘Journal of a witness to the Truth.’ Also included are writings concerning: T. Paleologus; commerce in the reign of Elizabeth I, and the history of English commerce.
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Photocopies of records were donated to the Archives of Ontario in 1977 by Sir Edgar Vaughan of London, Great Britain. Additional materials were loaned to the Archives of Ontario in 1980 for copying purposes by Margaret Clingen. Further materials were donated to the Archives of Ontario in an unknown accession.
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Copyright held by creator. These materials cannot be published without permission from the copyright holder.
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Records of the Canada Company are available at the Archives of Ontario. See F 129.
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