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Letter, 21 December 1875
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William John Morris was born on October 17, 1832, in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, son of Col. Hon. William Morris (1786-1858), Receiver-General for Canada and brother of Alexander Morris (1826-1889), Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories.
He was a mining engineer, surveyor, merchant, and businessman. He was a partner in the Canadian Bark Works, a factory that, from 1868 through 1874, extracted tannin from hemlock bark for use in tanning leather. He also served as a Postmaster of Perth in the 1860s.
In 1860, he married Sarah Louisa Radenhurst (1837–1920). He died on March 6, 1907, in Toronto, Ontario.
Letter from W.J. Morris to John William Dawson, written from Perth.