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Letters to Lord Elgin [textual record]

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Date:

1847-1848.

Reference:

R977-9-7-E, MG24-A16

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

127134

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James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, and family fonds

8th Earl of Elgin - Public Life

Letters to Lord Elgin
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Date(s):

1847-1848.

Place of creation:

Various places

Extent:

0.3 cm of textual records (18 pages).

Language of material:

English

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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).

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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

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MG24-A16
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