Letter from Victoria City Hall

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A letter from Victoria City Hall dated 9 June 1887 to some fire wardens of the Victoria Fire Department, including Frank Sylvester. The letter states the results of a decision by City Hall in regards to a report from the fire wardens given at a council meeting about a dispute over the ownership of furniture at the Tiger Engine House.

In Collection:
Subject Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 leaf ; 21 x 33 cm
Alternative title
  • Letter from Victoria City Hall, regarding ownership of furniture at the Tiger Engine house
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 48.4359, -123.35155
Physical repository Collection
  • Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
Provider Genre Archival item identifier
  • Acc. No.: 1998-071, 2001-006, 1.23
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • January 28, 2008
Transcript
  • Corporation of the City of Victoria City Hall. Vitoria, B.C. 9 June 1887. Mess. F. Sylvester, [j. Sears?] [J. Highsmith?] At the [regular?] meeting of the Council held last evening the Fire Wardens reported upon the question of Furniture removed from the Tiger Engine Home as follows. "We have examined the papers and documents in the hands of the Clerk and find that the property handed over to the City is mentioned in the report of the Chief Engineer dated September 1885, and does not include the Furniture above referred to, we also interviewed W. Pritchet who was Mayor at the time the apparatus was taken over and he by letter attached informs us, that the said Furniture was private property and was to be allowed to remain where is was until the City required the use of the room." The above extract will settle the disputed ownership of the property maintained.
Technical note
  • 600 dpi tif, Epson GT-15000 scanner, scanned by KSW, edited by CDW. Metadata by KD.
Rights
  • Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). Patrons may view the material through the Victoria's Early History Collection, but may not use images without permission of the University.
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