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Richard Cartwright fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1779-1794.

Reference:

R3241-0-9-E, MG23-HI7

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100676

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Richard Cartwright fonds
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Date(s):

1779-1794.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

20 p. of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of "A Journey to Canada" which details a journey from Albany to Montreal, 1779, 16 pages; a commission appointing Richard Cartwright as first Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of the District of Mecklenburg, 1788, 2 pages; and a grant of 3000 acres in Prince Edward County to Richard Cartwright, 1794, 2 pages.

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Cartwright, Richard, 1759-1815

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Cartwright, Richard, 1759-1815 : Richard Cartwright was born at Albany, New York. During the American Revolutionary War he was Secretary to Colonel Butler of the Queen's Rangers and about 1780, he settled at Niagara, Upper Canada. He later moved to Kingston. In 1788, he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Mecklenburgh, later Midland, District; in 1792, he became a member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, he was Commandant of the Midland District.

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General note:

Account of a trip, 1779, received in 1938.___
Land grant, 1794, received in 1975 from Mrs. A.B. Hillman through the courtesy of Mr. Thomas Hillman of Ottawa, Ont.
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Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of the District of Mecklenburgh (Upper Canada) - Selection and appointment, 1788 "A Journey to Canada", 1779

Richard Cartwright - Journeys, 1788

Prince Edward (Ont.) - Land grant, 1794

Judges - Upper Canada, 1788

Albany (N.Y.) - Description, 1779

Montreal (Quebec) - Description and travel
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MG23-HI7
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