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Robert A. Lockhart fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1853.

Reference:

R3875-0-7-E, MG24-H79

Type of material:

Textual material

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Item ID number:

100267

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Robert A. Lockhart fonds
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Date(s):

1853.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.9 cm of textual records (90 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of Lockhart's journal which describes his first visit to Canada in 1853. Included in the volume are accounts of his trip from Glasgow, the Atlantic voyage to Boston, a stay in Montreal, and a two month tour of the principal towns of Canada West. Lockhart had letters of introduction to prominent men across the colony and considered large-scale farming as well as business opportunities there, pp. 1-81. A letter from Lockhart on board the Europa, 20 July 1853 to his fiancée, Annabella Wilson, pp. 82-87, and two poems: "Oh! Can You Leave Your Native Land?" and "The Emigrant's Farewell", pp. 88-90, are also found in the fonds.

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Lockhart, Robert A., 1832-1904

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Lockhart, Robert A., 1832-1904 : Robert A. Lockhart, the son of John Lockhart and Lily Arthur was born in Glasgow in 1832 and educated at Glasgow University, where he won a prize in Botany. Following his 1853 visit to Canada, he married Annabella Wilson in 1857 and immigrated to Canada. In 1860, however, Lockhart returned to Glasgow where he started a business; in 1870 he moved to Edinburgh and worked at the Waverly Oil Mills for twenty years. Lockhart was an active volunteer soldier, Justice of the Peace for 20 years, and an elder in the United Free Church. He was a prominent committee member and a City Councillor from 1900 until his death in 1904.

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Received in 1982 from General Sir Robert Lockhart through his son Neil Lockhart of Gillingham, Dorset.
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Robert A. Lockhart - Journeys, 1853 Glasgow (Scotland), 1853

Robert A. Lockhart - Diaries, 1853 Boston (Mass.), 1853

Glasgow (Scotland) - Description and travel, 1853 Montreal (Quebec), 1853

Boston (Mass.) - Description and travel, 1853 Europa (ship), 1853

Montreal (Quebec) - Description and travel, 1853 Annabella Wilson, 1853

Canada West - Description and travel, 1853

Farming - Canada West, 1853

Business enterprises - Canada West, 1853

Europa (Ship) - Travel, 1853
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MG24-H79
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Volume [MG24 H 79] 1

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