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Legislative Assembly & BELL, Robert [1808-1894] (provenance)

Bill. An Act to Incorporate "The Massawippi Valley Railway Company." No. 94] [1862]

Place Published: Quebec
Publisher: Printed for the Contractors by Hunter, Rose & Lemieux
Date Published: 1862
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: No binding

RARE - ONLY ONE OTHER COPY FOUND

Quarto, 5 p. Disbound, small holes and tears in margin.

No. 94.

At head of title: 1st Session, 7th Parliament, 25 Victoria 1862

Bill

An Act to Incorporate the Massawippi Valley Railroad Company.

Received and read, 1st time, Tuesday, 29th April, 1862 Second reading, Thursday, 1st May, 1862

(Private Bill)

Mr. Knight

Québec: Printed for the Contractors by Hunter, Rose & Lemieux, St. Ursule St.

Incorporation of that Railroad Company to construct a Railroad from some point on the Grand Trunk Railway between Lennoxville to Stanstead, the Province Line.

Robert Bell was a printer, businessman, office holder, politician, justice of the peace, and militia officer. He ran successfully as a reform candidate in the general election of 1847-48 which he represented in the Legislative Assembly until 1851. Throughout his life Bell maintained his residence in Carleton Place. In the elections of 1854, 1857–58, 1861, and 1863 he won the Lanark North seat.
Very Good. Item #8073

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