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John Abraham letterbook, 1848-1857
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CA RBD MSG 1112-D-12
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1848 - 1857 (Creation)
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- Abraham, John, 1813-1881
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(1813-1881)
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John Abraham was the second child named John of Thomas and Orpah Abraham, the first having died in infancy the year preceding John A.’s birth in Carlisle, Cumberland. He married Maria Hayes Tyerman. He was the younger brother of one-time Montreal Gazette newspaper owner and editor, Robert Abraham. John died in Grassendale, Lancashire, at the age of 66.
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File consists of a scrapbook containing various documents relating to the Montreal Gazette, including family correspondence on the subject of its finances, as well as Robert Abraham's transition into a career in law. A later letter to John Greenshields of Montreal describes Robert Abraham's illness and subsequent death.
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Quarto, 477 pages; Tight, in worn calf half-binding, with handwritten label on front board: ‘Private, John Abraham’. Ticket on front pastedown of George Philip, South Castle Street, Liverpool; unused thumb index at front
General note
John Abraham’. Ticket on front pastedown of George Philip, South Castle Street, Liverpool; unused thumb index at front