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Gustavus William Wicksteed Fonds
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CA RBD MSG 476
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1825-1841 (Creation)
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- Wicksteed, G. W. (Gustavus William), 1799-1898
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5 cm of textual records
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Gustavus William Wicksteed was born in Liverpool, England, and came to Canada in 1821. He was called to the bar of Lower Canada and was named Queen's Counsel in 1854. Wicksteed was appointed assistant law clerk to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in 1828 and in 1838 law clerk to the Special Council of the Province. He also became law clerk of the Legislative Assembly of the United Provinces in 1841 and law clerk to the Canadian House of Commons in 1867. In 1887 Wicksteed retired and he died in Ottawa in 1898. He was also a poet and published Waifs in verse (Montréal, 1878). As well, he published several indexes to the statutes of Canada.
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This material consists of a journal kept at St. Giles de Beaurivage.
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CH208.S186, New MSS