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English immigrant voices : labourers' letters from Upper Canada in the 1830s / edited by Wendy Cameron, Sheila Haines, Mary McDougall Maude.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Petworth Emigration Set
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- British--Ontario--Correspondence.
- British.
- Immigrants--Ontario--Correspondence.
- Immigrants.
- Working class--Ontario--History--19th century.
- Working class.
- Ontario--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
- Ontario.
- England--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (528 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Ithica, [NY] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2000.
- Summary:
- Collected from published, archival, and private sources, these letters place the Petworth immigrants in the context of their times and challenge the image of English immigrants to 1830s Upper Canada as officers and gentlewomen. Wendy Cameron, Sheila Haines, and Mary McDougall Maude have carefully annotated the letters to sketch the stories of individual writers, link letters by the same author or members of the same family, and explore the connections between writers. What eventually happened to some of the writers is also revealed in this engaging collection. English Immigrant Voices provides a valuable insight into the rural poor and their experiences in emigrating to a new land.
- Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Maps and Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Abbreviations; Editorial Note; LETTERS; ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE AND MEMOIRS; APPENDICES; Notes to Preface and Introduction; Sources; Acknowledgments; Letter-writers by Letter Number; Letters by Place of Origin; Index; 1832 [1-49]; 1833 [50-93]; 1834 [94-98]; 1835 [99-103]; 1836 [104-125]; 1837 [126-131]; 1838 AND LATER [132-144]; Wilson Correspondence [145-164]; Chantler Correspondence [165-173]; Frederick Hasted Letters [174-175]; Wells' Letter [176]; Knight Correspondence [177-179]
- Charles Adsett Autobiography [180]A Transcribed original manuscript letters; B Identification of People, Places, and Terms;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-423) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-85852-1
- 9786612858529
- 0-7735-6833-6
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