The Island family Harris: letters of an immigrant family in British North America, 1856-1866

Metadata

Model
Book
Contributors
Publisher
Ragweed Press
Place Published (Jurisdiction)
Prince Edward Island
Place Published
Charlottetown, P.E.I
Date Issued
1983
Mode of Issuance
monographic
Resource Type
Book
Form
print
Extent
159 p., [17] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Genre
biography
letters (correspondence)
genealogies (histories)
families (kinship groups)
Table of Contents

"A Liverpool, England, pier." 1856 -- "I had a hard time of it." 1813-1843 -- "'Tis not the way to scold at large." 1818-43 -- "Either farming or a situation" 1843-54 -- "I never was more pleased with a place." 1854-56 -- The Letters -- "The vessel reeled and rolled." 1856 -- "I quite rejoice at the exchange we have made." 1857 -- "I still think people may go further and fare worse." 1858 -- "Struggle on and hope for better days." 1859 -- "I should have some hopes if only I could get settled." 1860 -- "We have three large pigs in the cellar." 1861 -- "Did Grandmama ever see me?" 1862 -- "We wonder sometimes what we shall put Robert to." 1863 -- "The union of all under a British Viceroy." 1864 -- Epilogue -- "Sure to take me too." 1865.

Note

prepared and edited by Robert C. Tuck.

"The principal source for this book has been the family correspondence of Critchlow and Sarah Harris and their children, together with genealogical information reserached and collected by Robert Harris, his brother Edward ... and his sister Sarah. Most of this material is preserved in the Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown..." p. 159.

Subject (Topical)
Emigration and immigration
Social life and customs
History
Subject (Geographic)
Canada
Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown (P.E.I.)
Subject (Name)
Harris, Robert, 1849-1919
Harris, Martha Guest
Harris, William Critchlow, 1854-1913
Harris, Sarah Stretch, 1818-1897
Harris, Critchlow, 1813-1899
Harris family
Subject (Temporal)
19th century
Rights
In Copyright

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