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The fonds consists of correspondence regarding royalties; a response letter from the Globe regarding a publication; a letter from Rev. Kennedy Hunter Palmer of the St. Paul's Presbyterian Church; and a poem on Dr. Sneath, Superintendent of Education in Ontario. Of particular note is a letter regarding the Lecture tour of Mr. Walter McRaye. Walter McRaye was a lecturer and entertainer born in Merrickville, Ontario in 1876. He was the great grandson of Major Thomas Smyth, founder of Smiths Falls. He acquired through his lecture and informal talks the title "The Apostle of Canadianism." McRaye toured in Britain, Canada and the United States from 1901 to 1909.