Finding aid no. 525 to the Amos Botsford and Family fonds

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Document Record

Creator
Botsford, Amos, 1744-1812
Title
Finding aid no. 525 to the Amos Botsford and Family fonds
Identifier
MIKAN: 100637
Reels/Bobines: H-1687
Archival Reference/Référence Archivistique: MG 23 D 4, R6527-0-3-E
oocihm.lac_mikan_100637
lac_mikan_100637
Document source
Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Notes
1763/1839
Language
English
Description
Amos Botsford was a native of Connecticut. With Samuel Cummings, Frederick Hauser and James Peters, he served as agent for the settlement of Loyalists in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. From 1785 until his death in 1812 he was a member of the New Brunswick Assembly, and its Speaker. His son William Botsford (1773-1864) was a member of the Assembly from 1812, Speaker and Solicitor General from 1817 until 1823, when he was named to the Supreme Court bench. He retired in 1854.
URL
https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_100637