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David Lewis Macpherson fonds [textual record]
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Date:[ca. 1863]-1896.Reference:R4038-0-3-E, MG27-ID12Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:103239Date(s):[ca. 1863]-1896.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:5 cm of textual records.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of commissions as Speaker of the Senate and Minister of the Interior; correspondence regarding the awarding of a K.C.M.G.; certificates of identity; a succession duty declaration; a letter conferring a power of attorney; an address from the residents of Glengarry County, 1878, concerning a verbal attack on Highlanders by the Hon. R. J. Cartwright, ca. 1873; a small notebook containing miscellaneous addresses and other notes, ca. 1863-1875; a book containing letters, from Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir A. T. Galt and others, 1884-1885; book and newspaper clippings, 1896. The address from the residents of Glengarry County, 1878, is in horizontal storage, container 2.Provenance:Additional name(s):Biography/Administrative history:Macpherson, D. L. (David Lewis), 1818-1896 : David L. Macpherson, born in Scotland, came to Canada in 1835. He became a railway contractor and director of numerous companies, chiefly railways and banks. He was the author of several pamphlets on finance. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Canada, 1864-1867, and of the Senate, 1867-1896, serving as minister without portfolio, 1880-1883, minister of the Interior, 1883-1885. He was also speaker of the Senate, 1880. See: Johnson, Directory of Parliament, p. 436-437.Additional information:General note:Book and newpaper clippings were transferred from National Archives Library in April 1966.Subject heading:- Canada. Parliament. Senate - Biography, ca. 1863-1896 K.C.M.G., ca. 1863-1896
- Cabinet ministers - Canada, ca. 1863-1896 Highlanders, ca. 1863-1896
- Canada. Speaker of the Senate - Selection and appointment, ca. 1863-1896 Hon. R.J. Cartwright, ca. 1863-1875
- Canada. Parliament. Senate - Speaker, ca. 1863-1896 Glengarry County (Ont.), 1878
- Power of attorney - Canada, ca. 1863-1896
- Canada 1867-1896
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Parlementaires Canada
- Legislators Canada
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG27-ID12 -
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