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Sketches of Canadian Legislators and Bank Monopoly Backers
A historical note discusses 1841 Upper Canada Bank paper being exchanged at high cash rates as a result of a bill supported by the Legislative Council and Head. It notes named figures Hopkins MIntosh Sheriff Mdonnell Glen garry Parke among those who opposed the bill, and cites Commissary General Routh attributing the move to the instigation of the U S Bank.
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Legislative Council
Upper Canada
M’micking
Thorburn
Hopkins
M’intosh
M’donell
Glengary
Parke
Routh
U. S. Bank
Mr. Thorburn
Hamilton
Dr. S
London
Inishman
Pat