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Charles Peers Davidson fonds [textual record]

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Fonds

Date:

1914

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R18229-0-1-E, MG55/30-No121

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Item ID number:

106438

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Charles Peers Davidson fonds
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Date(s):

1914

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No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.4 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Correspondence, memoranda and notes accumulated by Sir Charles Davidson (1841-1929), Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec, while investigating the use of shields or armour by the Indians. His interest in this subject was aroused by a memorial to Champlain at Plattsburg, New York, which depicts an Indian with a shield. Originals, 64 pages.

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Davidson, Charles Peers, 1841-1929

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Davidson, Charles Peers, 1841-1929 : Chief Justice

Honourable Sir Charles Peers Davidson was Chief Justice of the Superior Court in Quebec from 1912 to 1915 and was a late professor of criminal law at McGill University in Montreal.

Davidson was born in Huntingdon, Quebec in January 1841. He was the son of Captain Alexander Davidson. In 1868, he married Alice, the daughter of William Mattice of Cornwall, Ontario.

Davidson was educated at Victoria College in Cobourg, Ontario and at McGill University. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1865, to the Queen's Council in 1878 and to the Supreme Court Bench in 1887.

Before his legal career, Davidson was on service during the Fenian Raids, 1866-1867, and received a medal for his service. He was also Lieutenant-Colonel of the Victoria Rifles in Montreal in 1887.

Throughout his life, Davidson was an ardent sportsman. He was President of the Victoria Skating Club from 1879 to 1883 and a commodore of the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club in 1902. After a long and very successful career, Davidson died in 1929.

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Documents created in: Québec
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Indians of North America - Warfare, [16-] Plattsburgh (N.Y.), 1914

Samuel de Champlain - Monuments, 1914

Indians of North America - Social life and customs, [16-]

Indians of North America - Armor, [16-]

Indians of North America - Research, 1914

Monuments - New York (State), 1914

Judges - Quebec (Province), 1914

Shields, [16-]
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MG55/30-No121
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