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Charles Westley fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1852, [ca. 1907].

Reference:

R11106-0-4-E, MG55/24-No157

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105536

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Charles Westley fonds
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Date(s):

1852, [ca. 1907].

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

0.3 cm of textual records (7 p.).

Language of material:

English

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The fonds comprises a letter from Donald McPherson to Charles Westley, 1852, and a note from Emily Westley to her cousin Donald MacPherson Jr. (Dan), ca. 1907. The letter from "forty-niner" Donald McPherson (1816-1905) to Charles Westley, sent from Quartz, California, gives an account of conditions in California during the gold rush, and compares such matters as the climate, agriculture and wages in California with those in Glengarry County, Canada West (Ontario), where McPherson had farmed the family property, Point Farm. The letter is dated 21 June 1852 and is four pages in length, plus the original envelope.

The note from Emily Westley (1844-1920) of Lancaster, Ontario, to her cousin Dan (Donald Macpherson Jr.) originally had enclosed the above letter from his father, which she had found among old letters to her father, and had thought that Dan would prize. It is dated 26 April, ca. 1907, and comprises two pages.

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Westley, Charles, 1821-1903

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Westley, Charles, 1821-1903 : Charles Westley was a farmer at Lancaster, Canada West, whose heavy loss in August 1851 is mentioned in this document. He was the son of Charles (1777-1853) and Isabella (1791-1870) Westley.

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Textual records (Paper) This fonds is available in the General Index (or, card cabinets) in the Reference Services room, 2nd floor, 395 Wellington in Ottawa. These cards are arranged alphabetically by collection and include names, places and subjects. The collections are from various time periods between the 1600s and the early 1980s. (90: Open)
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/genealogy/Pages/general-index.aspx

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Custodial history:

Received in 1980 from Bessie I. M. Francis of Victoria, B.C., granddaughter of Donald McPherson.
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Farmers - Lancaster (Canada West), 1851 Dan (Donald MacPherson, Jr.), ca. 1907

Gold rushes - California, 1852 Emily Westley, ca. 1907

California - Climate - Observations, 1852 "forty-niner" Donald McPherson, 1852

Wages - California, 1852 Quartz (California), 1852

Agriculture - California, 1852 Lancancaster (Ont.), ca. 1907

Glengarry County (Canada West) - Climate - Observations, 1852 Glengarry (Canada West: County), 1852

Wages - Glangarry County (Canada West), 1852 Point Farm (Glengarry County, Canada West), 1852

Agriculture - Glengarry County (Canada West), 1852
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Private

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MG55/24-No157
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