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Letter, 3 December 1881
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CA MUA MG 1022-2-1-171-0003
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3 December 1881 (Creation)
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- Davidson, C. P. (Charles Peers), 1841-1929
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- Montréal (Québec)
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(1841-1929)
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Sir Charles Peers Davidson was born in January 1841, in Huntingdon, Lower Canada.
He was a lawyer, judge, and author. He was educated at McGill University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1863, a Master of Arts degree in 1867, a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1873, and a D.C.L. in 1875. He was awarded an honorary LL.D. from McGill in 1912. Davidson was appointed to the Quebec Bar in 1864 and was made a Queen's Counsel in 1876. In 1887, he was appointed a puisne judge of the Superior Court of the province of Quebec. From 1912 to 1915 he was Chief Justice of the Superior Court of the Province of Quebec. In 1913, he was made a Knight Bachelor. He was the author of "Statutes Relating to Banks and Banking" (1876).
In 1868, he married Alice Harriet Mattice (1844-1915). He died on January 29, 1929, in New York, New York.
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Letter from C.P. Davidson to John William Dawson, written from Montreal.
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- Dawson, John William, Sir, 1820-1899 (Recipient)