Series 30 - Lt Thomas Traill letter

Identity area

Reference code

P/P155/71/30

Title

Lt Thomas Traill letter

Date(s)

  • 27/03/1836 (Creation)

Level of description

Series

Extent and medium

3pp

Context area

Archival history

Kerby A. Miller created this transcript from a letter held in the Traill family collection, Library and Archives Canada (reference number R5652-0-0-E, MG29-D81).

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Abstract of a letter from Lieutenant Thomas Traill in Upper Canada to his wife or sister-in-law in Orkney discussing his son's prospects in Canada and predicting American annexation of the province. Traill was Scottish, not Irish.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

    Script of material

      Language and script notes

      Physical characteristics and technical requirements

      Finding aids

      Allied materials area

      Existence and location of originals

      Existence and location of copies

      Related units of description

      Related descriptions

      Alternative identifier(s)

      Access points

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Name access points

      Genre access points

      Description identifier

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      Status

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Accession area