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McKaig family fonds
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Fonds
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CA PCA Acc4371
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1831-1889 (Creation)
- Creator
- McKaig, John (Family)
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16 textual documents
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Name of creator
McKaig, John (Family)
Biographical history
Custodial history
The McKaig letters were preserved by Margaret Ann (Nicholson) Darrach (Mrs. Angus), step-daughter of John McKaig Senior. The MacLeod letters were preserved by Annie (Darrach) MacBeth (Mrs. Alexander), grandniece of the author of the letters. All the documents were handed down through the Darrach family until their placement in the Public Archives and Records Office.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of 12 documents of the McKaig family and 3 letters from Angus MacNeill MacLeod (1859-1866) re his life in New York to his brother Donald in P.E.I. The McKaig letters are mostly from family and friends in Scotland and Halifax and concern family matters, weather, happenings in Britain such as the cholera epidemic, the building of tramways in Glasgow, and the Edinburgh exhibition. Some mention is made of John McKaig's crops in the early years. The fonds also contains a draft of a petition from the tenants of Lot [31]? to the House of Assembly that an act be passed disallowing the collection of arrears of rent by the landlords until the report of the Land Commissioners is made.
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- English
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NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
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PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER
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- McKaig, John (Family) (Creator)
- MacLeod (Family), New Haven (P.E.I.) (Subject)
- McKaig, John (Family) (Subject)
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- English