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Article: From the Hamilton Public Library Archives.
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- Ontario History
- Article date:
- March 22, 2006
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Buchanan Papers
The Buchanan Papers cover a variety of topics relating to the Buchanan clan in Scotland and in Canada. The collection consists mostly of business papers from the Canadian branch of the family, but there are some rare and unusual items contained within it.
There are three letters from Sir John A. Macdonald, including two confidential notes to the Hon. Isaac Buchanan (1861, 1864) concerning contentious political issues. A confidential letter dated October 10, 1864 touches on Canadian policy in the American Civil war, the Confederation conference, the 13th Battalion from Hamilton, Sir Edward Dalton Shea and the Hamilton and Port Dover Road ...