Series 10 - Rev. Charles Brough letters

21pp

The original manuscripts are held in the Papers of John Strachan, Archives of Ontario [series reference number F 983-1].

Copy of Lewis, R. M. (1956). 'The Manitoulin Letters of the Rev. Charles Crosbie Brough', Ontario History 48, no. 2, pp. 63-80. The article contains transcripts of seven letters written between 1838 and 1841 by Reverend Charles Crosbie Brough (1794-1873) pertaining to Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron.
Per Rundall M. Lewis: ‘Charles Crosbie Brough, the writer of the accompanying seven letters from and concerning Manitoulin Island, was born in 1794, in the County of Carlow, Ireland. A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, 1816, he was ordained a priest of the Church of England, probably in 1817. After nearly fifteen years in the ministry of the Church, he was advised by his doctor to turn to other employment; and he came to Canada to take up land and "go farming." On their arrival in York (now Toronto), in September 1832, the party from the Ann of Halifax separated and went their several ways… …The Broughs, together with Mr. Connor and Dr. Robinson, went to the Township of Oro, between the present towns of Barrie and Orillia… …When Lieutenant-Governor Sir George Arthur, in 1838, determined on forming an Establishment on Manitoulin Island for the civilizing and educating of the Indian Tribes who had settled there, he deemed it indispensable that a Clergyman of the Church of England should "form part of the Establishment," and he asked the Venerable John Strachan, Archdeacon of York, to recommend "a Gentleman best qualified and adapted to undertake the Mission."’
Following his time on Manitoulin Island, Brough was posted to St. John’s Church, Arva, Ontario, where he served until his death.