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Creator: Stewart, John, 1758?-1834.
Title: Petitions from Prince Edward Island, addressed to the King : representing the conduct of Lieut. Governor Charles Douglass Smith, the defective state of the administration of justice and concluding with a prayer for his removal from office.
Published: [London? : publisher not identified, 1824?]
Identifier: oocihm.61725
61725
Subject: Smith, Charles Douglass,1761-1855.
Judicial corruption -- Prince Edward Island.
Land tenure -- Prince Edward Island.
Corruption judiciaire -- île-du-Prince-Édouard.
Propriété foncière -- île-du-Prince-Édouard.
Prince Edward Island -- Politics and government -- To 1873.
île-du-Prince-Édouard -- Politique et gouvernement -- Jusqu'à 1873.
Document source: Electronic reproduction.
Notes: Includes petitions from King's, Queen's and Prince Counties, and the Grand Jury of Prince Edward Island, to have the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, Charles Douglass Smith, recalled for abusing his position in the Court of Chancery in the matter of collecting quitrents. These petitions were collected by, among others, John Stewart.
Pref. signed and dated: J. Stewart, London, March 17th, 1824.
iv, 55 pages ; 20 cm. (8 vo.).
Collection: Monographs
Language: English
URL: https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.61725