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R. Kay [textual record]

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Date:

1845.

Reference:

R3831-0-5-E, MG24-H71, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100261

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R. Kay
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Date(s):

1845.

Place of creation:

England

Extent:

1.5 cm of textual records (74 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Item is a diary of [R. Kay's] round trip from Yorkshire to Canada West via New York, 15 April - 29 July 1845. Included are detailed accounts of the voyage across the Atlantic from Liverpool, and of the overland journey by river boat and railway. There are also careful descriptions of agricultural conditions, mainly for the townships of Clarke and Nelson, relating to soil, crops, stock, wages, prices, pests, and markets, as well as notes of the writer's conclusions on the feasibility of immigration and the areas best suited to an English farmer of moderate capital.

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Kay, R., fl. 1845

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Kay, R., fl. 1845 : R. Kay appears to have been a Yorkshire farmer of moderate capital, who visited Canada West in the early summer of 1845, in order to investigate the feasibility of immigration.

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General note:

Received in 1979.
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R. Kay - Journeys, 1845 Yorkshire (England), 1845

R. Kay - Diaries, 1845 New York (N.Y.), 1845

Canada West - Emigration and immigration, 1845

New York (N.Y.) - Description and travel, 1845

Yorkshire (England) - Description and travel, 1845

Liverpool (England) - Description and travel, 1845

Ship - Voyage and travel, 1845

Clarke (Ont.:Township) - Agriculture

Nelson (Ont.:Township) - Agriculture, 1845

Farming - Upper Canada, 1845
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MG24-H71
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