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Thomas Galt fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1861-1869.

Reference:

R4585-0-8-E, MG27-II44

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103360

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Thomas Galt fonds
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Date(s):

1861-1869.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

0.3 cm of textual records (12 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a telegram from Sir John A. Macdonald to Sir Thomas Galt, jurist, regarding his appointment to the High Court of Ontario, 1869; and receipts and bills, 1861-1868.

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Galt, Thomas, Sir, 1815-1901

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Correspondent: Macdonald, John A. (John Alexander), 1815-1891

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Galt, Thomas, Sir, 1815-1901 : Sir Thomas Galt was born and educated in England. He was first employed by the Canada Company and as chief clerk in the office of the Attorney General for Upper Canada. He was called to the bar in 1845 and practised law in Toronto. In 1852, he entered a partnership with John Ross, Q.C. and was himself made a Q.C. in 1858. He became a judge of the Court of Common Pleas 1869, and chief justice of the same 1887. He was knighted in 1888 and retired in 1894.

See: Morgan, Canadian Men and Women of the Time, 1898, p. 363.

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General note:

Telegram, 1869, received in 1964 from Alexander T. Galt of Toronto, Ont. Receipts and bills, 1861-1868, received in 1971.
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Receipts (Acknowledgements), 1861-1868

Telegraph - Canada, 1869

Sir Thomas Galt - Correspondence, 1869

Judges - Canada - Selection and appointment, 1869

Bills of sale - Canada, 1861-1868
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Private

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MG27-II44
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