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(733" Rev. P. Watson Currie)

Copy of letter mailed to twenty~ nine officers of the P. E. I. Presbyter- ial and also a copy of reply from Murray Harbor North.

19 Greenﬁeld Ave. 1* - Charlottetown, _ _ , . _ . Nov. 17th, 1930 Dear Fellow-Worker:

The Historical Society of The Pres- byterian Church in Canada; is endeav- oring ‘to secure information relative to the early days of the ﬁesbyteriaa Church, also Women's Missionary So— cieties inP. E. Isl and and has e asked me to undertake the work here. I: you have any information statistics or relics such 'as tablets, pictures, communion cups or any church emf-- blems or know of any personmor per- sons having, such 121-: their posses- sion would you kindly communicate‘ with me as soon as~~ifefossiblé and

iige. . . MRS. W. it. STEWART 'The Reply: ‘Murray Harbor North, _ ‘ P. E. Island, _ i

_ _ » Nov. 28th,19231 Mrs. W. A. Stewart, 19 Greenﬁeld Av'e.. Charlottetown, P. E. I. Dear Madam:

Your letter 01' the 17th inst to Mrs George T. McClure hasnbcen handed over to me for consideration and l beg to say that I am glad this matter has made. a beginning in this inter- ':

ting part of' Canada. You will havei a. large tcsr, as this Lian d was one:

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of the iirst of the -. cortices to .c calm ministers of the Presbyterian, 1 faith and to send 0 1: 21.521 to c .21er3"? 2cm. to the, fa .ei'l'iii

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I have, in my ministry‘in Ontarioﬁ been rer' closely in touch with the ‘HLstorical Committee of the General Assembly as the Conrenor thereof.; Rey. Austin T.'Budge of Hagersvllleﬂ Ont, is a'IOrmeriellow-student at Toronto University and Knox Col-u lege, and since coming here I havel been gathering useful data. with a view to publication in the Guardian. Among many others I haresecured a. copy of "The History of Presbyten ian‘sm in Prince Eduard Island” by ‘13:". John McLeod wnich sketches th erar‘rous congregations up to the beginning 0f the present century. The annual reports of the W. M. S. (East- Iern) “S xty Years of Mission Work,” .hesides many tr,acts tokens, pictiii— es of min7sters and church buildings etc, that are plentiful andgood. I might say here, that it is only the hard pressure of pastbral and other duties that has prevented my plan of im- i ing up the history of the charge {here in the columns of the Guardian. '50 that errors, if e ,rnay be detect- ed and former residents of this 10-,

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lcality, who are scattered all or er the; .1 ~world may m disco» ere-d and interest— .

ed in 1.3.12: me assure you that I shall do all in my power, to prombtc‘ your undertaking for there is much,

material that may perish if not soon gathered up, and carefully collated. .

Berri ces here were held as early as

the year 180 6 by the late Rev. Dr. I‘MacGregor of Pic.ou.

I remain, Your Sincerely ’ 3°. WATSON .

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Pastor Presbyterian Church

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