payment order for expenses
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| Nom de l'objet : | payment order for expenses |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Communication Artifacts |
| Discipline : | History |
| Matériaux : | paper |
| Support : | paper |
| Numéro d'accession : | 2005 087 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1823 |
| Description : | Document with handwriting in pencil at top of document reads: 'Baby, Campbell, Maitland'; above printed text reading: 'Sir PEREGRINE MAITLAND, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Upper-Canada, and Major General Commanding His Majesty's Forces, &c. &c. &c. To The Honourable JOHN HENRY DUNN. Receiver General of the said Province. YOU are hereby Directed and Required, out of such Monies as are in, or shall come to your Hands for defraying the Civil Expenditure of this Province, to pay or cause to be paid unto'; followed by handwritten script written with brown ink, reading: 'Mr. William A Campbell Clerk of Assize Lb 29"12"7 Canada Currency' followed by ' } or to' in text, followed by 'his' in handwriting, followed 'Assigns, the sum of' in printed text, followed by handwriting reading: 'Twenty nine pounds twelve shillings and seven pence Currency Equal to L26"13"4 Sterling Being his allowance of travelling Expenses as Clerk of Assize on the Niagara and Newcastle Circuits for the year 1823. Which you will charge against the Fund appropriated by An Act of the Provincial Parliament passed in the 4th year of His Majesty's Reign Chapter 12' with handwriting below and to the left of this reading: 'Entered J Baby Insp. Gl.' above printed text reading 'And for your so doing this with the Acquaintance of the said' above 'Mr William A. Campbell' above 'or his Assigns, shall be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge. GIVEN under my Hand at York this 1st Day of December 1823 By His Excellency's Command.', all except 'his', 'York', '1st', 'December' and '3' printed; above printed 'By His Excellency's Command.'; signed at the bottom '*G. Hillier' and 'P Maitland'; [where 'Mr William A Campbell' is written, the 'A' appears to have been added at a later date, in a darker ink] document mounted in a cream-coloured mat, in a moulded maple frame; back of frame with rectangular cut-out section revealing back of document with handwritten text in brown ink reading: 'Warrant' followed by 'Z 5', underlined and in lighter ink, followed by dark brown script reading 'to Mr. William A Campbell being his allowance of Travelling Expenses as Clerk of Assizes on the Niagara and NewCastle Circuits for this Year 1823 dated 1 December 1823 Lb29"12"7 ****'; with spiral flourish separating date from monetary amount; above a signature consisting of 3 indistinct initials, in light brown ink; with signature at bottom in dark brown ink, possibly reading 'Sir Maitland 59.' Previous number: lost number120 |
| Commentaires : | In Upper Canada the judges of The Court of the King's Bench, based in the provincial capital, York, presided over the assizes held once a year in the capitals of the, by 1821, 11 outlying administrative districts. Aside from the Home District assizes, which were usually held in April, the other districts were visited by the judges between the spring and fall. These assizes were organized into an eastern and western circuit, with the judges sharing the assize duties, often taking turns on the two circuits. Civil cases were argued before the judge alone, whereas in criminal cases he was accompanied on the bench by associate judges chosen from the local magistracy. For example, in 1825 Chief Justice Campbell began the western circuit in Sandwich (Windsor) on August 1st, finishing at Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake) on September 16th . (This information is from Campbell's entry in The Dictionary of Canadian Biography.) This document is a payment order for expenses incurred on the Niagara and Newcastle assize circuit by William Alexander Campbell in 1823. W. A. Campbell was a grandson of Sir William. Called to the bar in 1826, he worked as a Clerk of the Assize. Sir Peregrine Maitland was a British General, a hero of the Napoleonic Wars, and Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada from 1818 to 1828. George Hillier was an army officer and civil secretary to Maitland. He was a friend of Sir William Campbell and a founding member of St. Andrew's Masonic Lodge, attending the founding meeting at Campbell House in 1822. John Dunn was the Receiver General of Upper Canada from 1820 to 1841. He was also a founding member of St. Andrew's Lodge of Freemason's and attended the founding meeting at Campbell House in 1822. John Baby was Inspector General of Upper Canada from 1815 to 1833. |
| Hauteur : | 31.60 |
| Largeur : | 19.30 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | frame height: 47.2, width: 33.8, thickness: 2.1 |
| Sujet ou image : | payment order for expenses |
| Établissement : |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Toronto |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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