Item FC 3213 L55 019.049 - 1851 (May) from James Settee to Smithurst

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1851 (May) from James Settee to Smithurst

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    FC 3213 L55 019.049

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    • May 28, 1851 (Creation)

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    One sheet of lined paper with integral address face and red wax seal.

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    (born between 1809 and 1816 - died 1902)

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    One of the first Indigenous North Americans to be ordained by the Church of England, Rev. Settee worked as a missionary across much of what is now Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada.

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    Place: Lac La Ronge, C.M.L. Station

    From: James Settee

    To: The Reverend J. Smithurst,
    Indian Settlement (crossed out),
    Church Missionary House, Salisbury Square, London (crossed out),
    Middleton, Wirksworth, Derbyshire

    Details: 3pp and integral address face

    Notes: James Settee writes to Rev. Smithurst on a number of matters. He says that Thomas Cook brought Rev. Smithurst's last letter to him and told Settee that Rev. Smithurst was suffering badly from rheumatism. Settee says both he and his wife also suffer from rheumatism, which he blames on the cold climate. Settee is about to leave on a long journey to Norway House, and he mentions that the baptized Natives object to working on Sundays, but Settee feels that the portages would be impossible without the help of the Hudson's Bay Company boats and so they must work on the Sabbath to keep up. The mission at Lac La Ronge is doing well, and Settee hopes to writes to Rev. Smithurst again once he reaches Norway House.

    While written in May, this letter has a cancellation for Sault Ste Marie, C.W. in September. The letter then made its way to Church Missionary House in London, England where it was then redirected to Middleton, Wirksworth, Derbyshire.

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        Bruce Peel Special Collections is part of the University of Alberta Libraries.

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