Record

CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelFile
Ref NoMS 3850/4/3/3/3
TitleLetitia Hargrave: copies of letters
Date1838 - 1852
Extent3 files
Administrative HistoryLetitia MacTavish (1813 - 1854), married James Hargrave
Josephine Elizabeth Carter or Ogston (1886-1962)
DescriptionThree files containing typed copies (mid 20th century) of Letitia Hargrave's letters:
1838 - 1840: letters written in Edinburgh and on her journey to Canada, mainly to her mother
1840 - 1843: letters from York Factory, Canada, to her mother
1843 - 1852: letters from York Factory, Canada, to her mother

The typed copies may have been made by Josephine Ogston's husband Walter Henry Ogston (1873 - 1957) from the papers held by the Scottish Records Office. The letters are numbered and with some annotations on reverse.

Inserted loose in the first folder:
Typed copies of two letters by James Hargrave: from Red River 3 Jan 1826 to 'My dear Lockie', and from Fort Garry 9 Jan 1827 to his parents
Letter from the Curator of Historical Records, Scottish Records Office, to Mrs J[osephine] Ogston, 14 July 1961, requesting the return of Hargraves and MacTavish papers borrowed by her husband in 1947
Access StatusOpen
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