Robert Randal

Robert Randal (ca 1766 – May 2, 1834) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada and the United States.

Biography

Born Robert Randall in Maryland (Virginia in some sources) around 1766; after 1809, he spelled his surname Randal. In 1795, he was part of a partnership which wished to buy the lower Michigan peninsula from the United States government. In 1795, Randal was part of a partnership with Ebenezer Allen and Charles Whitney of Vermont and several British subjects in Detroit including John Askin and William Robertson, which planned to buy the entire lower Michigan peninsula from the United States government.[1] He was cited for contempt for attempting to bribe members of the United States Congress in conjunction with this scheme.

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