Fonds Acc2967 - John Lefurgey Read fonds

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John Lefurgey Read fonds

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CA PCA Acc2967

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  • 1915 (Creation)
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    Read, John Lefurgey

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.001 m of textual records

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Read, John Lefurgey (1878-1950)

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John Lefurgey Read was born in 1878 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. He was the son of captain, merchant, and politician Joseph Read (1849-1919), and Sarah Carruthers (?-1911). Having sailed his father's ships in the coastal trade, John was commissioned by the Canadian government to deliver the ice-breaker "S.S. Minto" to the Russian government during the first World War. He was later appointed captain of the ice-breaker "S.S. Prince Edward Island," and the "S.S. Charlottetown," which sailed between Borden and Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick. Read also operated a dairy farm in Borden. He died of leukemia in 1950 and is buried in the People's Cemetery, Summerside. He married Nellie Hilson (1880-?) on 19 June 1901. They had five children: Georgie, Nellie, Sadie, Adele, and John.

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The fonds consists of a diary written by John Read master of the S.S. Minto on his journey from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Arkhangelsk, Russia. The diaries indicate the difficulties he experienced on the high seas as well as stops made in Iceland and Norway during the journey.

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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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NO FURTHER FINDING AID AVAILABLE

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For information of the "S.S. Minto" see: Acc3466/HF74.278 Items 16,17; Acc4400; Acc2614/5; Acce2967/1; Acc2817/2; Acc3003/12 (postcard)

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