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Alexander Stewart fonds : [1805]

  • CA PCA Acc2657
  • Fonds
  • 1805

The fonds consists of a two-page, typed transcription of a letter written by Alexander Stewart on 12 October 1805 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, to his parents in Scotland. The letter provides information about weather conditions and the...

Stewart, Alexander

Allan MacDonald (Orwell) fonds

  • CA PCA Acc4594
  • Fonds
  • 1823-1861

The fonds consists of letters of recommendation for Allan MacDonald and letters to him from Rev. Robert MacGregor and his son Alexander from Kilmuir, Scotland in the 1830s. The latter contain news of family and friends and touch on the current st...

MacDonald, Allan

Catherine St. John collection : [1834-1970]

  • CA PCA Acc3023
  • Collection
  • 1834-1970

This fonds consists of the correspondence of brothers David (1769-1852) and Robert Bruce Stewart, (?-1846) originally of Perthshire, Scotland, who worked as surveyors and land agents in London, England, to William Buchanan (1800-?). Correspondenc...

St. John, Catherine

Eric L. Harvie collection

  • CA PCA Acc4640
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1747-1844]

The collection consists of 9 items which pertain to Prince Edward Island's early history. Included are 4 maps of the maritime provinces, a circa 1767 description of the Island of Saint John, Prince Edward Island land grant reports for 1769 a...

Harvie, Eric L.

From clan to clearance : history and archaeology on the Isle of Barra, c. 850-1850 AD / by Keith Branigan with J. M. Bumstead . . . [et al.] ; and contributions from E. Campbell . . . [et al.] . Oxford: Oxbow Books

  • CA PCA Acc4881
  • Collection
  • [ca. 2005]

The fonds contains Keith Branigan's book "From Clan to Clearance: History and Archaeology on the Isle of Barra, c. 850-1850 AD". The work is the result of over fifteen years of historical and archaeological research into the histor...

Branigan, Keith

James P. Lawson collection : [1768-1772; 1990-1994]

  • CA PCA Acc4326
  • Collection
  • Photocopied 1993, 1996

The collection contains copies of articles on passengers on the "Alexander" and the "Princetown pioneers" written by Rev. Lawson which appeared in the "Island magazine". Also included are research notes re. Scottis...

Lawson, James P.

McDougall family fonds

  • CA PCA Acc3163
  • Collection
  • 1793-1857

The collection consists of forty-six letters written to or by members of Alexander and Elizabeth McDougall's family from 1793 to 1857. Approximately fifteen of these letters were written to Elizabeth from her Campbell family members in Scotl...

McDougall (Family), Belfast (P.E.I.)

Murdock MacLeod fonds : [1831-1839; 1851]

  • CA PCA Acc2727
  • Fonds
  • Copied 1974

This collection consists of four letters written to Murdock MacLeod. Three of the letters in this collection are from Murdock's wife Effy MacDonald and his friend John Campbell between 1832 and 1839. There is also an unsigned letter written...

MacLeod, Murdock

Rankin, Morrison family fonds

  • CA PCA Acc2716
  • Fonds
  • 1821-1918

This fonds consists of eight letters written between members of the Rankin and Morrison families of Scotland and PEI. Neil, Coun Douly, and George are the three generations of Rankin family whose correspondence is documented in this fonds. Roderic...

Morrison (Family)

Selkirk Settlers 200th Anniversary collection

  • CA PCA Acc4974
  • Collection
  • 2003

This collection consists records of the 200th anniversary celebration of the "Selkirk Settlers" sponsored by the Belfast Historical Society in August 2003. Material includes a copy of "Selkirk settlers : 200th anniversary commemora...

Belfast Historical Society

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