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John Macdonald fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1794.

Reference:

R5174-0-6-E, MG23-E8

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

99274

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John Macdonald fonds
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Date(s):

1794.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.3 cm of textual records (59 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of papers relating to the quit rent dispute, sent to Captain John Macdonald while in London during presentation of the judicial case. The papers were bound under the title "Mr. Graham's opinion on Mr. Drummond's case as to the distress of quit rent, 1794" and consist of Governor Walter Patterson's defence of the charges against him, 1786, with marginal comments and summation by Mr. Drummond, and an opinion by Robert Graham of Lincoln's Inn.

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Macdonald, John, fl. 1772-1794

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Macdonald, John, fl. 1772-1794 : John Macdonald was a native of Scotland. He became a promoter of settlement and agent for some of the large landed proprietors; he brought his first party of settlers to the Island of St. John in 1772.

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General note:

Received in 1934.
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Legal documents, 1794 "Mr. Graham's opinion on Mr. Drummond's case as to the distress of quit rent, 1794"

Actions and defenses, 1794 Governor Walter Patterson, 1794

Robert Graham, 1794
Source:

Private

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MG23-E8
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