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Emily French fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1839-1860.

Reference:

R5204-0-8-E, MG24-I188

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100754

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Emily French fonds
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Date(s):

1839-1860.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.8 cm of textual records (32 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence received by Emily French Bailey from various members of her family, contains a great deal of information regarding the large and geographically-spread French family; farm conditions in the Eastern Townships and the American mid-west in the mid-nineteenth century; and travel conditions on Lake Erie. The poetry and music enclosed in the letters, combined with a description of a trip to Mexico (18 January 1843) provide information regarding the cultural endeavours of a family who lived from the Eastern Townships to Wisconsin, U.S.A. Two pages of notes on the lineage of the French and Brown families are included.

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French, Emily, b. ca. 1821

Biography/Administrative history:

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French, Emily, b. ca. 1821 : Emily French married Cyrus Bailey in 1844. The couple resided in Eaton Township and together had a family of 10 children by 1861.

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(No finding aid)

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General note:

Received in 1980 from Mrs. Rhoda Ferguson of St. Laurent, Que.
Subject heading:

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Canada - Rural conditions, 1839-1860 Lake Erie, 1839-1860

United States - Rural conditions, 1839-1860

Mexico - Description and travel, 1843

French family, 1843

Wisconsin - Rural conditions, 1839-1860
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Private

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MG24-I188
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