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  4. Lettre de William Woodruff à Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine : St-Davids . - 11 décembre 1843
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Lettre de William Woodruff à Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine : St-Davids . - 11 décembre 1843

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Ville de Montréal. Section des archives via Archives de Montréal (Ville de Montréal)
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11 décembre 1843 (indexed as 1843)
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Lettre où William Woodruff félicite l'intégrité politique du Ministère La Fontaine-Baldwin dans leur démission en bloc et déplore l'attitude du Gouvernement britannique ayant causé cette résignation. Titre basé sur le contenu de la pièce. Le document est en anglais. La pièce portait originellement le numéro 000309.
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A handwritten letter in dark ink on aged, yellowed paper, headed with a place name and date at the top right and beginning with the salutation "Dear Sir." The dense cursive script runs across the full page in long lines, with a few words underlined and a signature at the bottom right corner. It is a close-up view of a single manuscript page, with no illustrations or printed elements apart from a small reference number written in the upper right margin.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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St Davids December 11th 1843Dear Sirprinciples of Responsible Government andThe extreme excitement ofmy feelings under the present stateof Political Affairs must be an apologyto you for this liberty I am now taking inaddressing you. At the present momentyour resignation to me and reformingwas unexpected and alarming, but youas high minded and Responsible mencould not hold Office longer and keep thegood opinion of those who understood theappreciated private virtue and publicworth, therefore your conduct shouldconvince the country that you seeknot hold Office either for its emolumentsor its empty honours; but on theRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
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