Russell Family History
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- Format
- textual records
- Collection/Fonds
- Peter Hessel collection
- Description Level
- File
- Fonds No.
- 0021
- Series
- 1
- Subseries
- RUS
- Scope and Content
- File consists of:
- 1. Original handwritten letter to (Johnny?) Russell [“My dear brother”] by Archibald Russell, dated Montreal, May 9, 1857. ... “You will have earned quite a little pile of money this fall from McLachlin with which I presume you will be investing in real estate on the Madawaska. How has your land speculation turned out and how many acres have you got cleared?”
- 2. Photo of Horace Russell, Deputy Reeve (1916) and Reeve (1917-22) of McNab Township . Warden of Renfrew County in 1922. The photo by Peter Hessel is a copy from “Wardens of Renfrew County” by Barbara Sibbald.
- 3. Photocopies of fragments of an “Estate” book of Mrs. Harriet Russell, with real estate information. Handwritten note accompanying this by Peter Hessel.
- Related Material
- See also: Arnprior Chronicle, Oct. 23, 1930, p. 2: article under “This Week in 1900” about converting “the old Russell store” at the corner of Elgin and Daniel Streets into a creamery.
- Accession No.
- 1994-0021