- Call Number:
- HIL-MICL FC LFR .B5S3L4
- Category:
- Family
- Creator:
- Blowers, Sampson Salter, [1743]-1842.
- Material Description:
- 1 electronic textual records
- Background:
Sampson Salter Blowers, born in Boston, Massachusetts, was the son of John Blowers, a lieutenant who died at the siege of Louisbourg. He was raised by his grandfather Sampson Salter, graduated from Harvard with a Master of Arts degree in 1765, studied law in the office of Thomas Hutchinson, and became a successful barrister in the Massachusetts Superior Court. During the American Revolution he went to England for a short period, and when he returned to America he was employed in the Vice-Admiralty Court in New York.
In September 1783, he sailed for Halifax where he resumed his law practice. Many political appointments were to follow: Attorney-General of Nova Scotia and Speaker of the House of Assembly in 1785; first Loyalist member of the Legislative Council in 1788; Chief Justice as well as President of the Legislative Council in 1797; and Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court, 1821-1833. In 1833 he retired from public life and died in Halifax on 25 October 1842.
- Contents:
A letter from Sampson Salter Blowers, Attorney-General of Nova Scotia, to Ward Chipman (1754-1824), Solicitor-General of New Brunswick, discussing prize ships and other Admiralty cases dealing with captured shipping, providing a personal account of the intricacies and complication of prize courts. Forgery, libel, and the Solicitor General are mentioned, and the letter closes with personal sentiments.
- Originals:
The original records are held by the Nova Scotia Archives.
- Archival Ref. No.:
NSA 2015-022
- Finding Aids:
See Electronic Finding Aid field for electronic copy of letter. No microfilm version.
- PDF Finding Aid:
- BlowersLetter.pdf
- Notes:
Image of letter posted with the permission of the Nova Scotia Archives.