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Cash Book
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Crothers & Price, Barristers, fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- January 14, 1897- January 17, 1906
- Accession Number
- 2003-17
- Storage Location
- R9 S4 Sh1 B1 F1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Crothers & Price, Barristers, fonds
- Creator
- Crothers & Price, Barristers
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2003-17
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R9 S4 Sh1 B1 F1
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- January 14, 1897- January 17, 1906
- Series
- Crothers & Price, Barristers, fonds- Cash Books series
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- History / Biographical
- Crothers and Price, Barristers, law firm was in existence from 1897 to 1914. Its office was located at 386 Talbot Street, St. Thomas. The two partners were Thomas W. Crothers and Samuel Price. Thomas Crothers had his own practice in St. Thomas from approximately 1881 to 1896. Samuel Price had his own practice in St. Thomas from approximately 1895 to 1896.
- Born in Northport, Canada West, Thomas Wilson Crothers was a lawyer and teacher before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the Ontario riding of Elgin West in the 1908 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1911 and as a Unionist in 1917. From 1911 to 1918, he was the Minister of Labour. In October 1921, he was called to the Canadian Senate representing the senatorial division of Ontario. He died in office just two months later in December 1921.
- Samuel Price was born in 1863, brought up on a farm in Caradoc, Middlesex County. Attended Strathroy and St. Thomas High Schools. Taught school for five years. Entered the study of law in St. Thomas in 1890. Called to the bar in 1895, with honours and a gold medal. Was the Mining Commissioner for Ontario between 1906 and 1912. He was the author of much mining legislation and of the Mining Tax Act and Ontario Eight-Hour Law for Miners and Vancouver Island Mining Troubles. Was employed to consolidate and revise the Dominion Railway Act. Was appointed Chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Board of Ontario in 1914.
- Scope and Content
- A cash book covering the time period of January 14, 1897- January 17, 1906. The cash book entries record on a daily basis cash amounts received and paid out.
- Name Access
- Price, Samuel
- Crothers, Thomas W.
- Crothers & Price, Barristers
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Lawyers
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