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Select Committee on the Petition of Christians of all Denominations in Upper Canada
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Upper Canada. Legislature. House of Assembly. Select Committee to which was referred the petition of Bulkley Waters and others entitled the petition of Christians of all denominations in Upper Canada
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Select committees are ad-hoc committees of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada with terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This committee was appointed February 7, 1838 and presented its report on March 15, 1838. The chairman was Marshall S. Bidwell.
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The Select Committee on the Petition of Christians of all Denominations in Upper Canada examined and reported upon a petition received from Bulkley Waters and 219 others of different Christian denominations in the counties of Lennox and Addington, concerned with the establishment of a university in Upper Canada and state support for the Church of England.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792 to 1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.
Bishop, Olga B. Publications of the Government of the Province of Canada, 1841-1867. Ottawa, 1963.
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Not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24.
Archivist(s):
Tom Belton, Bob Krawczyk