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From: "Thomas Rooney" <>
Subject: Re: [Can-Ont-Carleton] copy Justice File at National Archives
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 15:35:47 -0500
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Hi April,

How about I wait until I have to go to the Archives or near there, because I
live in the suburbs. Then I can check how big it is. How much are you
willing to pay for photocopies? I think it is usually less than 60c for a
page(maybe only 35c - I forget).

Joan

----- Original Message -----
From: "April Bell" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Can-Ont-Carleton] copy Justice File at National Archives


> Hello Joan
> You are the first reply. There seems to have been a "holdup" of messages
> on this list, as my copy of my inquiry to this list only came through
> today. I'm glad to discuss this file with you some more.
>
> If you have experience copying files at the archives, do you have an idea
> of what you are likely to charge?
> The Archives informed me that they would copy up to 250 pages at a time,
> but with no paper count of the complete file.
> An "informed" lister suggested that a murder trial file of that period
> would not probably be over 250 pages. I feel I would be "gambling" to
just
> order up 250 pages to be copied by the archives, so I'd rather have
someone
> there to check the file for me. Perhaps if you are at the archives for
> other purposes, you could order up the file and then have an idea of what
> is involved? I've no experience with this.
>
> I can scan you the National Archives letter if that is helpful (I found it
> a tad confusing!)
> The file is found on the NA Index as: Cook Teets (the convicted
> murderer)Department of Justice, RG 13, B1, Volume 1420, File 187A.
>
> I quote from the NA letter "The following is a list of the type of
> documents that you can expect to locate within the file: correspondence,
> petitions, order-in-council, transcript of evidence, newspaper clippings
> and coroner's inquest." I suppose that the file may only contain some of
> these articles.
> All of these items would be of interest, and in particular the coroner's
> inquest (of the murder victim - there was also a coroner's inquest after
> the hanging - normal procedure I think) and of most interest the
> transcript of evidence. If the file is extremely large, then I would need
> to determine how much of the file I could afford to copy.
>
> Thanks for your response and I look forward to hearing from you.
> (the murder victim is my gg aunt -- I have reason to believe the convicted
> husband is not the murderer and that the actual murderer is the aunt's
> mother - my gg grandmother!)
> April Bell
>
>
>
> At 02:37 PM 3/31/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi April,
> >
> >I would be willing to do this job for you. You can contact me at
> > for further discussion.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Joan
> >Ottawa
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "April Bell" <>
> >To: <>
> >Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 4:19 AM
> >Subject: [Can-Ont-Carleton] copy Justice File at National Archives
> >
> >
> > > Hello List, I'm in BC
> > > Hoping someone on this list would be available to go to the National
> > > Archives and copy a Justice File (I have the reference information).
It's
> > > an interesting capital case in 1883/84. I'd be willing to pay the
copy
> > > charges, postage, and a reasonable amount for your time.
> > >
> > > It's been suggested to me that even though it's a murder case, that
back
> >in
> > > those days the files weren't overly large, unlike today. Even if
someone
> > > could eyeball the file and give me an estimate of how many pages that
> >would
> > > help.
> > >
> > > Any advice?
> > > April
> > >
> > >
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