Zone du titre et de la mention de responsabilité
Titre propre
Townsend Coffin Muncey collection
Dénomination générale des documents
- Document textuel
Titre parallèle
Compléments du titre
Mentions de responsabilité du titre
Notes du titre
- Source du titre propre: Title based on provenance of collection
Niveau de description
Collection
Institution de conservation
Code de référence
CA PCA Acc2561
Zone de l'édition
Mention d'édition
Mentions de responsabilité relatives à l'édition
Zone des précisions relatives à la catégorie de documents
Mention d'échelle (cartographique)
Mention de projection (cartographique)
Mention des coordonnées (cartographiques)
Mention d'échelle (architecturale)
Juridiction responsable et dénomination (philatélique)
Zone des dates de production
Date(s)
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1886-1903 (Production)
- Producteur
- Muncey, Townsend Coffin
Zone de description matérielle
Description matérielle
.035 m of textual records
Zone de la collection
Titre propre de la collection
Titres parallèles de la collection
Compléments du titre de la collection
Mention de responsabilité relative à la collection
Numérotation à l'intérieur de la collection
Note sur la collection
Zone de la description archivistique
Nom du producteur
Muncey, Townsend Coffin
(1847-1904)
Notice biographique
Townsend Coffin Muncey, youngest child of John Frances and Ann (Madden) Muncey was born on 2 January 1847, on the Magdalene Islands, Quebec. In 1865, Townsend moved with his family to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, where his father opened a store. Townsend and his brother Singleton were employed by a telegraph company in Charlottetown before Townsend moved to Cape Traverse to work as a linesman. He learned telegraphy at the cable hut in Cape Traverse on the farm of Captain Lewis Muttart, married Muttart's daughter Anne, and became the third telegraphic operator at Cape Traverse. Townsend and Anne had five children: Susan M. (1875-?), Frank E. (1878-?), Singleton W. (1880-?), Leigh (1885-?), and Nancy (1888-?). Townsend moved his family moved to Kensington in 1875 when the PEI Railway opened its first office there. They moved back to Cape Traverse in 1877, when the office of the Anglo American Telegraph Co. was moved to Carleton. This telegraph office was located within the Muncey home. Townsend died of pneumonia in 1904. The Anglo American Office at Carleton was sold by Anne Muncey in October of 1921, to Charles Doull.
Historique de la conservation
Présentation du contenu
The collection consists of a journal (1886-1895), and a letter book (1897-1903), which was collected at the Cape Traverse boat house and telegraph office by Townsend Muncey. The journal documents the winter mail service from Cape Traverse, PEI, to Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick. The weather, ice conditions, and the time of the ice boats arrival and departure with the mail were recorded by the individuals making the crossings and were kept at the boathouse by Townsend Muncey. The letter book contains copies of letters sent to the Marine and Fisheries Department in Charlottetown, lists of boatmen and their respective positions, statements of tickets, and financial statements of the boathouse and telegraph office.
Zone des notes
Classement
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
Localisation des originaux
Disponibilité d'autres formats
Restrictions d'accès
NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER
Instruments de recherche
NO FURTHER FINDING AID AVAILABLE
Éléments associés
See also: Acc2859; Acc4211
Éléments reliés
Accroissements
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
Zone du numéro normalisé
Numéro normalisé
Points d'accès
Points d'accès sujets
Points d'accès lieux
Points d'accès Noms
- Muncey, Townsend Coffin (Producteur)
Genre access points
Zone du contrôle
Identifiant de la description du document
Identifiant du service responsable de la description
Niveau de détail
Langue de la description
- anglais