Template:Did you know nominations/John Solomon Cartwright
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 02:23, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
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John Solomon Cartwright
- ... that when John Solomon Cartwright, MP, was dying he sold his law library cheaply to a rising local lawyer, John A. Macdonald, future prime minister of Canada, so it would stay in the Kingston area? Dictionary of Canadian Biography: CARTWRIGHT, John Solomon
- ALT1:... that Tory MP John Solomon Cartwright sat on the Canadian court martial which convicted Nils von Schoultz of leading an American invasion of Upper Canada in 1838, sentencing him to be hanged? Dictionary of Canadian Biography: CARTWRIGHT, John Solomon Dictionary of Canadian Biography: SCHOULTZ, NILS VON
- ALT2:... that John Solomon Cartwright, MP, wanted French Canadians to participate in the government of the new Province of Canada, but opposed the use of French in the provincial Parliament and courts? Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography: CARTWRIGHT, John Solomon
- ALT3:... that Tory MP John Solomon Cartwright refused a request by the Governor-General of the Province of Canada to join the government, because he would not sit in Cabinet with radical Francis Hincks? Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography: CARTWRIGHT, John Solomon
Improved to Good Article status by Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk). Self-nominated at 02:56, 18 August 2021 (UTC).
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New GA. All points check out, all hooks are sourced, ready to go with any of them. I like ALT1 most, but all pass muster. Moonraker (talk) 13:34, 20 August 2021 (UTC)