ALS : London, to Sir Alexander Gordon, 1806 May 7.

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ALS : London, to Sir Alexander Gordon, 1806 May 7.

Concerns local elections and the building of roads and bridges in Scotland. Mentions Sir Thomas Telford's plans for internal improvements.

1 item (3 p.) ; 23 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6794855

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Born at St. Mary's Isle, Scotland, June 20, 1771; studied at Edinburgh; succeeded his father as Earl of Selkirk, 1799; became interested in the Highlanders and convinced of necessity for emigration; settled a colony of eight hundred on Prince Edward Island, 1803, and started settlement of Baldoon in Upper Canada near Detroit. Returned home, 1804; chosen representative peer in 1806 and 1807; was an active Whig. published pamphlets on Army and Parliamentary reform. In 1807 he was appointed lord-li...

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