Peter Lawson (1821-1911) was born in Woodstock, Connecticut, and died in
Port Dover, Ontario, Canada. His family moved to the Province of Upper Canada in 1830,
and he married Sarah Lawson (b. Ladd) in 1842. Lawson ran a tannery in Port Dover and
was a member of the first Parliament of Canada after Confederation (1867-1872). He was a
member of the Methodist Church (Canada). Lawson wrote to Mary Baker Eddy in 1887 to
request a copy of
Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures, as well as a variety of her pamphlets.
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