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Duncan McDonald, correspondence and papers
Part of John McDonald of Garth
Collection of incoming correspondence and personal papers of John McDonald. Includes 4 letters and a receipt for an admission fee to the Law Society of Upper Canada for Duncan McDonald, son of John, dated 6th November 1843.
McDonald's correspondence, 1791-1860, mostly concerns business and property matters, but also includes personal correspondence. There are statements of account with McTavish, Frobisher & Co., 1799; with McTavish, Fraser & Co., 1803-1804; with McTavish, McGillivray & Co., 1808-1809. There are two volumes of autobiographical notes assembled in 1859 and covering the period 1791-1816.
There is a second copy of the autobiography, probably transcribed in the late 19th century. Written on the front fly leaf is the name: A.E. MacDonald. It has 63 leaves, and there are minor textual variants.
McDonald, John, 1771 or 1772-1866