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© Greg Laws (CC BY-NC)
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1889 year| Tin-lead | 7.13 g | 29.5 mm |
| Location | Canada |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | The Toronto Mail |
| Type | Medals › Advertising medallions |
| Year | 1889 |
| Composition | Tin-lead |
| Weight | 7.13 g |
| Diameter | 29.5 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#385786 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
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A list of thirteen (the "noble thirteen" or the "devil's dozen") M.P.s (i.e., eight Conservatives and five Liberals) that supported a vote against the Jesuit Estates Act, followed by the date.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
Wm. E. O’BRIEN, M.P.
J. A. BARRON, M.P.
N. CLARKE WALLACE, M.P.
JOHN CHARLTON, M.P.
G. R. R. COCKBURN, M.P.
F. C. DENISON, M.P.
P. MACDONALD, M.P.
DALTON M' CARTHY, M.P.
ALEXANDER M' NEILL, M.P.
JULIUS SCRIVER, M.P.
JAMES SUTHERLAND, M.P.
RICHARD TYRWHITT, M.P.
J. W. BELL, M.P.
MAR. 28 1889
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Comment
LeRoux #1562“Bell experienced a moment of national prominence in March 1889, as one of the “noble thirteen” who supported William Edward O’Brien’s motion to disallow the Jesuits’ Estates Act [see D’Alton McCarthy*]. This Quebec legislation was particularly offensive to Ontario Orangemen because it authorized the pope to help adjudicate the settlement of the confiscated estates. Mass protest meetings swept Ontario; the Toronto Daily Mail [see Christopher William Bunting*] struck a medal commemorating the courage of the thirteen in defying their party caucuses.”
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bell_john_william_13E.html
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mccarthy_d_alton_12E.html
https://todayinottawashistory.wordpress.com/tag/jesuits-estates-act/
https://web.archive.org/web/20141025154452/http://www.humanities360.com/index.php/the-historical-significance-of-the-jesuit-estates-controversy-in-canada-30550/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesuit_Estates_Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Toronto_Mail
