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  1. Ville de Montréal. Section des archives
  2. Fonds Olivar Asselin. - 24 juin 1887 - 14 mars 1940, 20 avril 1962
  3. Correspondance. - [ca 1890], 2 février 1890 - 14 mars 1940, 20 avril 1962
  4. Correspondance. - 15 juin 1916 - 27 décembre 1916
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Correspondance. - 15 juin 1916 - 27 décembre 1916

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Ville de Montréal. Section des archives via Archives de Montréal (Ville de Montréal)
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15 juin 1916 - 27 décembre 1916 (indexed as 1916)
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Scope & content
Dossier portant principalement sur ses activités militaires en tant que major du 163e bataillon séjournant successivement au camp Prospect aux Bermudes et au camp Bramshott en Angleterre, ainsi que sur ses relations amicales. Dossier contenant principalement des lettres échangées avec Jules Fournier, Hormisdas Laporte, Robert Laird Borden; des lettres reçues de Robert Rogers, Louvigny de Montigny, Anne-Marie Gleason-Huguenin (Madeleine), Wilfrid Huguenin, Ferdinand Paradis, Aram Pothier; et des copies de lettres envoyées à Samuel Hughes, Pierre-Edouard Blondin. Titre basé sur le contenu des documents. Documents en français et en anglais.
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A typed letter on Canadian Northern Railway letterhead from Toronto, dated June 15, 1916, addressed to Major Olivar Asselin at Prospect Camp, Bermuda. The letter is a short business-style note of congratulations and an offer to discuss matters in person, signed at the bottom with a handwritten signature. A faint stamp in the lower corner reads Archives de la Ville de Montréal, and a handwritten reference number appears in the upper right corner.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAYTORONTOOFFICE OF THE PRESIDENTToronto, June 15, 1915.Oliver Asselin, Esq.,Major, 16th Battalion, C.E.F.,Prospect Camp, Bermuda.My dear Major Asselin:Toronto, June 15, 1916.Olivar Asselin, Esq.,Major, 163rd Battalion, C.E.F.,I have your letter of the 5th inst., written from Bermuda, and take this opportunity of congratulating you upon your success. I had hoped to see you before you left Canada, and discuss some of the questions we were talking about when last we met.I suppose that you have been too busy to have observed my efforts to secure fair-play for the French language in the Province of Ontario. I am very much interested in this subject, and would like to have discussed it, among other things, with you before you left.I wish you and your men the greatest of success and a safe return.Yours very truly,Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
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