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Letter, 24 June 1869
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Alexander Taylor Machattie was born in 1842, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
He was an analytical chemist in London, Ontario. Around 1868 he founded and operated the Ontario Chemical Works, a subsidiary of the British company, Western Canada Oil Lands, producing sulphuric acid. In 1878, it was taken over by the Canada Chemical Manufacturing Company.
In 1868, he married Mary Ann Craig (1845-). He died in September 1879, in Manchester, Lancashire, England.
Letter from Alexr. Machattie to John William Dawson, written from London, Ontario.