Fonds Acc2900 - Thomas Halliday fonds : 1815-1818

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Thomas Halliday fonds : 1815-1818

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CA PCA Acc2900

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  • 1815-1818; Photocopied 1976 (Creation)
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    Halliday, Thomas

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.01 m of textual records

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Halliday, Thomas (fl.1806-1818)

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Thomas Halliday immigrated to Prince Edward Island from Scotland in 1806 accompanied by his wife, children, and Mary Cochrane (1799-1859), believed to be the only daughter of Thomas Douglas (1771-1820), the Earl of Selkirk. A farm was granted to him in the Belfast area, Prince Edward Island, which was then part of the large Selkirk Estate. He was also a skilled stone mason. He and his wife had six children. Mary Cochrane later married one of Thomas Halliday's sons.

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Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, Earl of (1771-1820)

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Thomas Douglas, the Fifth Earl of Selkirk, was born on the 20 June 1771, on St. Mary's Isle near Kirkudbright, Scotland, seventh son of Dunbar Hamiliton Douglas and Helen Hamilton. With the death of his father in 1799, Thomas became the Fifth Earl of Selkirk. He married Jean Wedderburn in Inveresk, Scotland, on the 24 November 1807, and they had three children. Shocked by the effect of the highland clearances in Scotland, Douglas proposed to the British government the emigration of Highlanders to Prince Edward Island. The first ship of settlers set out in July of 1803 and arrived on PEI the following month, settling on land in Lots 57, 58, 60, and 62. Thomas Douglas died in Pau, France, on the 8 April 1820.

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This fonds consists of three letters relating to Thomas Halliday and his emigration to Prince Edward Island. The first letter, dated 28 October 1815, from Thomas Halliday to the Earl of Selkirk relays the difficulties Halliday encountered upon arriving on Prince Edward Island in that he did not receive the grant of land, located near present day Belfast, promised to him by Selkirk. The remaining letters, dated 4 July 1818, are written by the Earl of Selkirk who attempts to address the problem and are addressed to Thomas Halliday and to William Johnston, Selkirk's agent.

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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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See also: Acc3043/171

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