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dc.contributor.authorCameron, Chantal
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-22T14:52:04Z
dc.date.available2022-03-22T14:52:04Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-22
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/15666
dc.descriptionThe letter was likely written by William Basil Hamilton, a Penetanguishene fur trader and Collingwood pioneer. He was born in England but came to Canada in 1829, where he became involved with the lumber business. Miller & Boomer was a partnership of attorneys and insurance agents with offices at Niagara and St. Catharines.en_US
dc.description.abstractA letter by W.B. Hamilton, Penetanguishene, to Richard Miller, St. Catharines, of Messr. Miller & Boomer. The letter concerns land values and hopes of a railway in the Penetanguishene area and is dated May 25, 1853. Hamilton mentions an enclosed agreement concerning Jacques Parisian [Praisien], one of the Drummond Island Voyageurs who had settled at Penetanguishene. However, the agreement is no longer attached.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;RG 721
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/*
dc.subjectRichard Milleren_US
dc.subjectMiller & Boomeren_US
dc.titleLetter by W.B. Hamilton, Penetanguishene, to Richard Miller, St. Catharines, May 25, 1853en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
refterms.dateFOA2022-03-22T14:52:04Z


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