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Field name | Value |
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Title | Meyer, R. Correspondence |
Author | Meyer, Dr Rudolph; Hauswirth, Mr |
Date | Feb 1885 - Feb 1887 |
Document Type | Correspondence; Report |
Reference | R194-63-4-E Volume 2396, Folder 1 |
Library / Archive | Library and Archives Canada |
Collection Name | Department of Agriculture: Immigration |
Description | Correspondence regarding German and Swiss emigration to Canada. Includes information on financing emigration and homesteads, claims of settlers, conditions in the colony, names of intending emigrants to Manitoba and voyage contracts. Transcripts of German letters are included. |
Series Description | Correspondence, memoranda, questionnaires, completed questionnaires by emigrant farmers, reports and returns relating to quarantine, cholera, natural resources, the Marine and Emigrant Hospital, pamphlet literature, appointments and private immigration schemes. |
Theme(s) | Motives for Emigration |
Country (from) | Germany; Switzerland |
Country (to) | Canada |
Places | Manitoba, Canada; Chicago, Illinois, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
Ports | New York, United States |
Nationality | German; Swiss; American Indian; European |
Keywords | colonisation, colony, farming, livestock, settlement, legislation, assisted emigration, wages, employment, emigrant, homestead, finance, agriculture |
Language | English; German; French |
Copyright | Library and Archives Canada |