Paperback book `A Very Fine Class of Immigrants` by Lucille H. Campey.
The Scottish emigrants in Prince Edward`s Island 1770-1850.
2004.206.7
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2004.206.8
Paperback book `After the Hector` by Lucille H. Campey.
Account of the Scottish pioneers of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton from 1773 to 1852..
2004.193.3
Black and white photograph of Mary and Mary Ann MacDonald, aunts of the donor.
Mary and Mary Ann MacDonald, sisters of Chrissie MacKechnie`s father. Mary emigrated to New Zealand where she dies in childbirth at the age of 40.
2004.182.2
Book `They Came From Tiree` by Gene Donald Lamont.
A history of Tiree from 7000 BC to 1851 AD with chapters on the economic situation in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the famine years and emigration to Canada.
2004.175.1
Photocopied letter dated 2/6/1885 from Donald Paterson in Patagonia to his brother John.
Letter dated 2nd June 1885 from Donald Paterson in Patagonia to his brother John in Tiree asking for his birth certificate to be sent so he can legally take possession of his land there.
2004.175.2
Photocopied letter dated 28/9/1885 from Donald Paterson in Patagonia to his brother.
Letter dated 28th September 1885 from Donald Paterson in Patagonia to his brother asking if there are any Tiree men who would work as shepherds on his sheep farm.
2004.175.3
Photocopied letter from Patagonia dated 5/6/1913 to George Paterson.
Letter from the accountant of `Compania Frigorifica de Patagonia` dated 5th June 1913 to George Paterson in Tiree sending £28 from his father Donald, the company`s stock approver, for two passages from Liverpool to Patagonia.
2004.175.4
Photocopied letter dated 14/7/1917 from Donald Paterson in Patagonia to his son.
Letter dated 14th July 1917 from Donald Paterson in Patagonia to his son promising to send him £30 for his fare to Patagonia where he can work as a shepherd and see his brother Dannie and his sister Sarah who is in the Falklands.
2004.175.5
Photocopied letter dated 26/2/1933 from George Paterson of Crossapol to his sister Sarah in the Falklands.
Letter dated 26th February 1933 from George Paterson of Crossapol to his sister Sarah in the Falklands giving family news and mentioning the youngest brother Hugh in Patagonia.
2004.167.3
Paperback book `The Long Farewell` by Don Charlwood.
Nineteenth century emigration to Australia.