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Letter, 21 December 1898
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John Sprott Archibald was born on September 8, 1843, in Middle Musquodoboit, Halifax County, Nova Scotia.
He was a lawyer, teacher, and politician. He was educated at Presbyterian Seminary in Truro, Nova Scotia and at McGill University (B.A.; B.C.L). He served as Judge (1893-1922) and Deputy Chief Justice (1915-1922) of the Superior Court of Quebec. He was also a Professor of constitutional law and criminal law at McGill University. He is the author of the essay "Relations of Two Races in Lower Canada" and co-author of several volumes of "The Lower Canada Jurist - Collection de Décisions Du Bas Canada".
In 1871, he married Ellen Jane Hutchinson (1850–1926). He died on January 16, 1932, in Montreal, Quebec.
Letter from J.S. Archibald to John William Dawson, written from Montreal.