found: United States. President (1817-1825 : Monroe). Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of applications, by the British minister, in behalf of certain subjects of Great Britain ... 1819:p. 8, etc. (James Crooks; resident of Niagara, Canada; joint owner of the schooner Lord Nelson with his brother William)
found: Dictionary of Canadian biography, v. 8, 1985(Crooks, James; businessman, militia officer, office holder, justice of the peace, politician; son of William Crooks and Margaret Ramsey; emigrated to Canada in 1791; served in militia from 1794; joint owner of the Lord Nelson; served in House of Assembly and Legislative Council; b. 15 April 1778 in the parish of Kilmarnock, Scotland; d. 1860 at his home in Crooks' Hollow)
found: Appletons' cyclopaedia of Amer. biog., 1888(Crooks, James; Canadian merchant; b. 1778, Kilmarnock, Scotland; d. 1860, West Flamborough, Ontario)
