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Adiel Sherwood fonds [textual record]

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Fonds

Date:

1836-1846.

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R6911-0-8-E, MG24-I65

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Item ID number:

98748

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Adiel Sherwood fonds
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Date(s):

1836-1846.

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Extent:

2.5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence, 1838-1846; a memoir of early settlement in Upper Canada; printed addresses to the lieutenant-govenors, n.d., 1836-1839; and election addresses, 1836.

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Sherwood, Adiel, 1779-1874

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Sherwood, Adiel, 1779-1874 : Adiel Sherwood, United Empire Loyalist and sheriff, was born 16 May 1779 at Fort Edward, New York. Sherwood's parents moved to Quebec in 1779 when he was still an infant and in 1784 settled in what was to become Leeds County. About 1804, he built and operated the first tavern in Brockville however, when he became sheriff, he brought his "mercantile affairs" to an end. Sherwood joined the 1st Regiment, Leeds militia, as ensign at the age of 17. He was militia paymaster from June 1813 through 1814 for the Johnstown and Eastern districts which involved also purchasing clothing and supplies for all classes of militia. He became colonel in 1830 and retired in 1846. In his long public career, Sherwood served the Johnstown District as deputy clerk of the crown, branch roads commissioner, land board member, commissioner of the peace (1818-1828), treasurer (1814-1841) and sheriff (1828-1841). He continued as sheriff for the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville from 1842 to 1864.

After the Rebellion, Sherwood investigated for the provincial government the activities of "Patriots" and of Hunter's Lodges suspected of raids across the St. Lawrence (some led by the "pirate" William Johnston) and of the invasion at Prescott in November 1838. Sherwood died 25 March 1874 and was mourned as the patriarch of the United Counties.

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Received in 1942 from Miss Eleanor Sherwood.____
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Frontier and pioneer life - Upper Canada, [1836-1846]

Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian
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MG24-I65
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