Unearthing the Scandal. Sir Hugh Allan was a prolific letter-writer. He kept records of his correspondence with Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George-Étienne Cartier.While Allan and his lawyer, John Abbott, were in England securing funds for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Abbott’s private secretary, George Norris, and an accomplice stole incriminating letters that Allan had left with Abbott …
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