Copy of a report of a Committee of the Honorable and Executive Council dated May 6, 1859 approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council
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Copy of a report of a Committee of the Honorable and Executive Council dated May 6, 1859
approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council. This is in regard to charges made by
Joshua Manly of Port Colborne against Mr. Woodruff, the superintendent and other persons
connected with the Welland Canal. The accusations have been substantiated by the committee.
This is accompanied by a petition accusing Mr. Woodruff of gross corruption and jobbery [the
practice of using a public office or position of trust for one's own advantage]. This was signed by
a number of petitioners on July 2, 1858 (2 pages, handwritten), 1859.