Jacob De Witt Goes to New York and The Obituary of a Christian Business Man.

Type of resource
Author/collaborator
Title
Jacob De Witt Goes to New York and The Obituary of a Christian Business Man.
Abstract
The American-born Jacob De Witt (1785-1859) immigrated to Montreal around 1802. He became a whealthy businessman (hardware, lumber, railroad, and real estate), banker (Bank of Canada, City Bank of Montreal, Banque du Peuple), politician (a reformer) and justice of the peace. He was one of the founders of the American Presbyterian Church in Montreal in the early 1820s. .
Place
Montreal
Publisher
Archives Committee of the Montreal and Ottawa Conference of the United Church of Canada
Date
1986
# of Pages
31-6p.
Language
en
Citation
Mair, Nathan H. Jacob De Witt Goes to New York and The Obituary of a Christian Business Man. Montreal: Archives Committee of the Montreal and Ottawa Conference of the United Church of Canada, 1986.
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