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Both these factories belonged to the former American senator Thomas Craig Fields (1825-1885), who had been accused of the embezzlement of public funds and corruption in a fraud masterminded by the New York politician William Magear Tweed, known as “Boss” Tweed (1823-1878). Fields fled the United States in 1872 and spent the rest of his life in Quebec.
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Newspaper clipping
Page from the Daily Graphic
Date
March 15, 1876
Dimensions1 textual record ; 50.6 x 33.9 cm
Origin
New York, New York, United States, North America
Object NumberS001/D2.2,3.2
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentAdvertising page from the New York newspaper The Daily Graphic that includes images of the Adams Tobacco Company and the North American Packing Company, located in Montreal. Both these factories belonged to the former American senator Thomas Craig Fields (1825-1885), who had been accused of the embezzlement of public funds and corruption in a fraud masterminded by the New York politician William Magear Tweed, known as “Boss” Tweed (1823-1878). Fields fled the United States in 1872 and spent the rest of his life in Quebec.
NotesSource of title: based on the nature of the document.
Arrangement: during inventorying, the document was placed in file PNF.182.1-4 of McDonald Bros & Co., Montreal tobacco manufacturers (1865-1885).
Arrangement: during inventorying, the document was placed in file PNF.182.1-4 of McDonald Bros & Co., Montreal tobacco manufacturers (1865-1885).
Status
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