Edward Mortimer fonds

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Edward Mortimer fonds

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    • 1789-1820 (Creation)
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      Mortimer, Edward

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    2 cm of textual records

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    (1767-1819)

    Biographical history

    Edward Mortimer was a prominent merchant in the Town of Pictou. He was born circa 1767 at Keith, Banffshire, Scotland. He came to Nova Scotia circa 1788 and worked for the firm of Liddells in Halifax, working on a trading schooner. Several years later he settled at Pictou, established a very successful trading business, which dealt mainly in timber, and became a substantial land owner. He married Sarah Patterson, the daughter of Squire John Patterson. He was named as judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, Chief Magistrate of Pictou and was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1799 and served there until his death in 1819. Sarah died in 1835 and the couple did not have any children.

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    Fonds consists of receipts, notes, survey receipt and one agreement related to Mortimer's involvement in the timber trade.

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        See also the Marguerite Sutherland Collection and James Patterson fonds.

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        General note

        A credit note from Edward Mortimer to Rev. Thomas McCulloch.

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