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David Laird was born on March 12, 1833, in New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island. He married Mary Louisa Owen, and they had six children. He founded, edited, and published Charlottetown Patriot. David Laird originally opposed confederation, but was sent to Ottawa to negotiate the admission of Prince Edward Island. Treaty number 7 On October 1877, on the banks of the river, all the Indians of southern Alberta met. David Laird and Commissioner Macleod of the Mounted police sat together in a tent. D