Alexander McDonell to Messrs. LeRoy, Bayard and McEwers, Merchants, New York, 1802 November 8
Scope and Contents
McDonell asks the merchants to forward his enclosed letters (not present) to Lord Selkirk and two to New York.
Dates
- Creation: 1802 November 8
Creator
- From the Collection: Barrett, Clifton Waller, 1901-1991 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
McDonell was a Scottish Roman Catholic Bishop in Canada (deceased 1840). He was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He attended Scots College at Paris and Valladolid; and was ordained a priest in 1787. He returned to Scotland and spent five years as a priest at Braes of Lochaber. He was the first Catholic chaplain in the British Army since the Reformation, as part of the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles Regiment. In 1804, he appealed to the Government to give the men a tract of land in Glengarry, Canada. Later in life he established Churches, schools and the Regiopolis College in Kingston. He died in Dunfries, Scotland in 1840.
Extent
1 letters
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States