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George Brown fonds
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1837-1880 (Creation)
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- Brown, George
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5 microfilm reels
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Biographical history
George Brown was born at Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland, on November 29, 1818. He was co-founder and editor of the Toronto Globe and sat in the Legislative Assembly of Canada from 1851 to 1857. Brown was one of the leaders of the Reform Party in Upper Canada and appointed to the Senate in 1873. On 9 May, 1880 he died at Lambton Lodge, his Toronto home, at the age of 61.
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Fonds consists twenty-five volumes of correspondence, commissions, addresses, draft speeches and articles, poll books and accounts. Of particular note is a diary kept by George Brown's father, Peter Brown, recording a trip from Edinburgh to New York, 24 April to 30 June 1837, volume 12 and poll books for Kent and Lambton counties, 1851, volume 23.
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Microfilm purchased from the National Archives of Canada with the kind assistance of the Chancellor Richardson Memorial Fund.
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- English
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MF 5136.1-5136.5
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Open
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