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  4. Lettre de B. W. Smith à Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine : Whithchurch . - 24 août 1841
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Lettre de B. W. Smith à Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine : Whithchurch . - 24 août 1841

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Ville de Montréal. Section des archives via Archives de Montréal (Ville de Montréal)
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24 août 1841 (indexed as 1841)
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Nomination de La Fontaine pour remplacer Robert Baldwin dans la circonscription de 4th York. Titre basé sur le contenu de la pièce. Le document est en anglais. La pièce portait originellement le numéro 000149.
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This is a handwritten letter on aged, cream-colored paper, written in brown ink in a looping copperplate hand. It is addressed to Montreal and is dated from Whitchurch in August 1841, and it is signed as clerk on behalf of a committee, with a printed or stamped note at the lower right. The text, in English, formally notifies a candidate that he has been nominated to represent a riding in the Province of Canada, and asks him to accept the nomination.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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Whitechurch 25th Aug. 1841Sir,We have the Honor to be SirYour most obt. Servt.By order of the committeeD. W. SmithClerkL. H. Lafontaine Esqr.MontrealAddress D. W. Smith Esqr. Newmarket P.O.Whitchurch 25th Aug. 1841L. H. La Fontaine Esqr MontrealAddressed B. W. Smith Newmarket EsqThe Committee of Vigilance of the Fourth Riding of the County of York in compliance with the unanimous desire of a very numerous & highly respectable meeting of freeholders of this Riding held on the 21st instant at Sharon have the honor of informing you that you have been nominated as their candidate to represent the Riding in the house of assembly of the Province of Canada, the seat of its representative being vacant in consequence of our late worthy & successful candidate Robert Baldwin Esqr. having elected to sit for the County of Hastings, for which place he was also returned.The sentiments of the Meeting on the occasion of your nomination have been forwarded to the Examiner & will appear in that paper to morrow.The Committee therefore request you will accept the nomination & do us the honor of communicating your wishes on the subject with as little delay as possible.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
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