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Malcolm MacLeod fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1872-1898.

Reference:

R7353-0-0-E, MG29-A18

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

97892

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Malcolm MacLeod fonds
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Date(s):

1872-1898.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

8 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a manuscript by Malcolm MacLeod entitled "The Golden North", an appraisal of the economic resources and national importance of the Northwest and British Columbia prior to 1898, which emphasized the necessity for development of the region, n.d., 269 pages; a letter from MacLeod to J.A. Gemmill, a lawyer, discussing the manuscript, 8 July 1898,, 2 pages; and a copy of the pamphlet Peace River prepared for publication with "The Golden North" in a single volume in 1898, 121 pages. The doucments were created in Ottawa, Ontario.

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MacLeod, Malcolm, 1821-1899

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MacLeod, Malcolm, 1821-1899 : Malcolm MacLeod born in 1824 at Green Lake, Rupert's Land, was the son of a Hudson's Bay Company Factor. He was educated at Edinburgh and he studied law in Montreal. Called to the Bar in 1845, he spent most of his life as a practising lawyer in the Ottawa area. From 1874 to 1876 he was District Judge of the counties of Ottawa and Pontiac. He was named a Queen's Counsel in 1887. In 1872 he edited and published under the title Peace River, the journal of Archibald Macdonald, a Hudson's Bay Company Chief Factor, describing a canoe trip made in 1826 with Governor George Simpson, from Hudson Bay to the Pacific. He also published five pamphlets on the Canadian Pacific Railway (1874-1880), under the pseudonym "Britannicus", as well as The Problem of Canada (1880).

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British Columbia - Peace River - 1898

Natural resources - Canada, [18-]

Authors, Canadian, 1898

Canada 19th century

Canada 19e siècle
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Private

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MG29-A18
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