 Strettell also provided goods to other Canadian merchants, notably John Paterson and Charles Grant of Quebec, William Grant of St. Roch, and Richard Dobie of Montreal.These men were the richest of the pre-Revolution merchants in Canada.When the London merchants petitioned Parliament in late 1774, expressing their concerns about political developments in America, Strettell, along with Brook Watson and Robert Hunter, signed on behalf of the merchants with interests in Canada.