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3 pages (1 folder)
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Sir Charles Tupper was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia on July 2, 1821. He was educated at Horton Academy in Wolfville and graduated with his M.D. from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in 1843. On his return to Canada he established a medical practice and pharmacy in Amherst. In 1846 he married Frances Morse, with whom he had six children.
Tupper’s political career began in 1855 when he was elected as a Conservative candidate in the provincial legislature. He went on to serve as Premier of Nova Scotia between 1864 to 1867 and is considered largely responsible for the province joining Confederation. In 1867 Tupper successfully ran for Federal Parliament and became an important figure in national politics, leading the Conservative Party from 1896 to 1901 and serving briefly as Prime Minister in 1896. Tupper died in England on October 30, 1915.
Custodial history
The 1887 letter was given to the Health Sciences Library by Elizabeth Green in 1969 and accessioned by the Archives in 2006. The 1911 letter was donated by Mrs. J. Ross Smith in 1929 and accessioned in 1971.
Scope and content
File consists of two handwritten letters by Charles Tupper. The earlier is an 1887 letter of introduction to Sir Andrew Clark regarding Mr. Freeborn, a Canadian medical student in London. The latter was written in 1911 to Mrs. J. Ross Smith in Amherst, Nova Scotia thanking her for an earlier correspondence regarding election results.
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English.
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There are no access restrictions on these materials. All materials are open for research.
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Materials do not circulate and must be used in the Archives and Special Collections Reading Room. Materials may be under copyright. Contact departmental staff for guidance on reproduction.
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Preferred citation: Charles Tupper letters, MS-2-75, SF Box 18, Folder 26, Dalhousie University Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- Canada--Politics and government
- Correspondence
- Medical education--Canada
- Nova Scotia--History--19th century
- Nova Scotia--History--20th century
- Personal archives
- Physicians
- Physicians--Canada
- Physicians--Canada--Correspondence
- Political campaigns--Nova Scotia
- Politicians
- Politics, Practical--Nova Scotia
- Premiers (Canada)
- Prime Ministers
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- Clark, Andrew, 1826-1893 (Subject)
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This file description comes from the Dalhousie University Archives Catalog. The complete, original description is available there.