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1813-1835 (Creation)
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- Archibald, S.G.W., 1777-1846
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10 cm of textual records
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Lawyer, politician, and judge Samuel George William Archibald was born at Truro, N.S. on 5 February 1777, son of Samuel and Rachel (Duncan) Archibald. He was raised by his grandfather until the age of fifteen when he left for Massachusetts to study at Haverhill and Andover Academies followed by Glasgow, Scotland. He was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1805 and served as solicitor general, 1826-1831, attorney general, 1831-1838, advocate general in the Court of Vice-Admiralty, 1831-1841, and master of the rolls and judge of the Court of Vice-Admiralty, 1841-1846. He was also a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1806-1841. Archibald married his first wife Elizabeth (Dickson) in 1802. They had fifteen children, nine of whom survived to adulthood. After Elizabeth died in 1830, Archibald married widow Joanna Brodley in 1832. He died at Halifax on 28 January 1846.
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Item 261, a letter from Fraser to Judge Patterson, gives the provenance of the letters finding their way to Fraser. They were found in the attic of what in 1895 was the New Victoria Hotel, (Halifax, corner Hollis and Morris streets). Fraser having been a student, at a boarding school, in that building, once the residence of Archibald.
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Fonds consists of letters received by Archibald, mainly concerning political affairs or seeking legal opinions, together with legal documents including briefs, dockets, and a bill for the establishment of schools in Nova Scotia. Of special interest is a letter from John Young (aka “Agricola”), dated at Halifax, July 19, 1819, discussing a bill before the house which dealt with agricultural societies, and Young’s suggested revisions. He also has news of the formation of agricultural societies at Yarmouth and elsewhere.
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Most of the fonds was donated by Judge George Patterson, Truro, Nova Scotia in 1932. The 1819 Young letter was purchased from a private dealer in 2008
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