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Lawrence Hartshorne (July 1, 1755 – March 10, 1822) was a Canadian
File:Lawrence Hartshorne, Old Burying Ground, Halifax, Nova Scotia 2.jpg, Lawrence Hartshorne, Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
File:Lawrence Hartshorne, Old Burying Ground, Halifax, Nova Scotia.jpg, Lawrence Hartshorne, Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Lawrence Hartshorne (July 1, 1755 – March 10, 1822) was a Canadian merchant
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as indust ...
and political figure based in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1793 to 1799. He was a Quaker
Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belie ...
who was the chief assistant of abolitionist John Clarkson in helping Black Nova Scotian settlers emigrate to Sierra Leone in 1792 He is recorded in the Book of Negroes for having freed four slaves.
He was born in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, the son of John Hartshorne and Lucy Saltar, and came to Nova Scotia during the American Revolution as a loyalist
Loyalism, in the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and its former colonies, refers to the allegiance to the British crown or the United Kingdom. In North America, the most common usage of the term refers to loyalty to the British Cro ...
in 1783. In 1780, he married Elizabeth Ustick. He became a hardware dealer in Halifax. Hartshorne built a grist mill and bakery around 1792. He married the widow Abigail Tremaine in 1802 after the death of his first wife. Hartshorne served as a member of Nova Scotia's Council
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from 1801 to 1804 and from 1807 to 1822. He resigned from Council in 1804 to protest the appointment of John Butler Butler to the Council. He was also a magistrate and commissioner of revenue. He died at his home in Dartmouth Dartmouth may refer to:
Places
* Dartmouth, Devon, England
** Dartmouth Harbour
* Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States
* Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
* Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia
Institutions
* Dartmouth College, Ivy League university i ...
in 1822 and was buried in the Old Burying Ground.
The home Lawrence built in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in 1837 is a protected heritage property. He also founded the Hartshorne-Tremain Grist Mill (1792). His son Lawrence also served in the provincial assembly.
References
* ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hartshorne, Lawrence 1755 births 1822 deaths Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs Canadian Quakers Loyalists who settled Nova Scotia Loyalists in the American Revolution from New York (state)