Legal Career
Starting in 1822 he studied law under Thomas Ward in Port Hope. He then moved to Cobourg, and finished his articles in the office of George Strange Boulton. In 1828, Draper was called to the bar of the Law Society of Upper Canada. In 1829, he secured a position in the office of John Beverley Robinson and then partnered with Christopher Alexander Hagerman, then solicitor general.
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