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Title

Letters to Lord Elgin [textual record].

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Sub-series part of

8th Earl of Elgin - Public Life [textual record (some microforms), graphic material, cartographic material] (R977-4-8-E)

Date(s)

1847-1848

Place of creation

Various places

Extent

0.3 cm of textual records (18 pages).

Language of material

English

Scope and content

This sub-series consists of two documents: a letter to Major T. E. Campbell, Civil Secretary to Lord Elgin, 10 September 1847 from W. Macaulay of Picton, CW, concerning Carleton Island, the seat of Government and issues of defence (original, 4 pages, wanting half the text; with a 9-page typescript of the entire text); and a letter of introduction to lord Elgin from Lord [Ebrington] on behalf of Captain Richard Pattinson, 18 March 1848 (4 pages plus envelope 1 page).

Conditions of access

Textual records

90: Open

Volume
1

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R977-9-7-E

Former archival reference no.

MG24-A16

Additional information

Custodial history

Previous descriptions for these two documents omit mention of their source. The 1847 letter appeared first in the 1961 Preliminary Inventory. The 1848 letter was accessioned in 1976.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

127134