Notice bibliographique du document

Créateur

Botsford, Amos, 1744-1812

Titre

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

Identificateur

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 original

Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Notes

1763/1839

Langue

anglais

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