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William Walker

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Item (Accession level)

Date:

[before 1863].

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Accession number: 1958-019 NPC, Box number: 5346

Type of material:

Photographs

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Item ID number:

3222091

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Allan M. Mitchell collection

William Walker
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Date(s):

[before 1863].

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1 photograph: b&w

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Portrait of William Walker, legislative councillor of Canada (born in Scotland in 1793). He emigrated to Canada in 1815 ; and became a partner in the famous mercantile house of Forsyth, Richardson, and Co., of Montreal, which later became Forsyth, Walker, and Co., of Quebec. He was part owner of the Royal William, the first steamship that crossed the Atlantic. In 1838 he was appointed a member of the Special Council of Lower Canada; and in 1842 he was called to the Legislative Council of Canada. He retired from business in 1848, and he died at Quebec, on May 18, 1863. He was the first chancellor of Bishop's College, Lennoxville; and he received from this college the degree of D.C.L.

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Photographer: Ellisson & Company

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Described by the RECON project.
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Portraits

Walker, William, 1793-1863
Source:

Private

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1958-019 NPC

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1958-019 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [UNTITLED 1958-019] 5346

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1958-019 NPC] C-052383

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Ellisson & Company / Allan M. Mitchell collection / Library and Archives Canada / C-052383
Copyright: Expired
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