| Title: | Caledon, U.S.A., to The Countess Of Caledon [England?] |
|---|---|
| ID | 3603 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | lord caledon/10 |
| Year | 1841 |
| Sender | Lord Caledon (James Du Pre Alexander) |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | politician |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Lake Superior, Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Barnet, England |
| Recipient | Countess of Caledon |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
| Source | D 2433/B/8/36: Deposited by the Trustees of the Caledon Estates. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office,N.Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9511088 |
| Date | 24/05/1841 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 17:11:95. |
| Word Count | 268 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Michipicaton Fort Lake Superior May 24 1841. My Dear Mother, We arrived at the station yesterday having been 3 weeks out today from LaChine we are nearly half way-We experienced the delay of a week moving ice in the Lakes Superior and Nipissing we travel generally about 18 hours a day and have about an hour for breakfast and dinner. I am however much afraid that the hunting party will be made up and that I shall have no chance of getting to the Plains before July - Lord HarGrave is of the party I shall however leave him at Red River there is a Russian gentleman and a secretary making four in all 2 canoes with 15 men, on our arrival at Fort William which will be in 4 or 5 days (Page 2) we got smaller canoes we expect to be at Red River if we have good weather in 16 or 18 days from this time we are all well and comfortable and have plenty of provisions the weather is mild the quantity of ice we have met with keeps us from being too hot the mosquitoes have not yet begun to bite - You will most probably hear from me from Red River if there is any canoes going back I shall hear no English news until I return which may be next month or perhaps not till September. If you see Selkirk you may tell him I saw the [lock?] yesterday he climbed up in Lake Superior at breakfast time (Page 3) the fault side of Michipicaton. [One?] of the Hudsons bay gentlemen who returns to [Fort?] [Pauloye?] will take charge of this letter. Yours affectionately Caledon Love to my Grandmother [Bell?] & c |
