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Richard Arthur Preston fonds
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Fonds
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1844-1860 (Creation)
- Creator
- Preston, Richard Arthur
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0.05 m of textual records
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Name of creator
(1910-)
Biographical history
Richard Preston is a historian based in Kingston, Ontario and Durham, North Carolina.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds consists of notes on Kingston families, arranged alphabetically, prepared by Preston during writing of his book, Kingston during the War of 1812. Page proofs, photographs and printed copies of Preston's book. For friends at home : a Scottish emigrant : letters from Canada, California and the Caribou, 1844-1860.
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Donated by Margaret Angus and McGill-Queen's University Press - 1978
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- English
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3072
3136
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Open
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Public domain
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No further accruals are expected