These letters were donated to StFX’s Angus L. Macdonald Library by George and Elizabeth MacKenzie in the summer of 2023. They were transcribed and encoded, with permission, by the students of Dr. Laura Estill’s ENGL 226: “From Tablets to Tablets: Texts and Technologies,” with the support of Laurinda Matheson and Margaret Vail (Library).

Note on transcription practices

• Unclear words are marked with curly braces and question marks.
• Page breaks are marked with square brackets.
• Damage to the paper is only noted when it impedes legibility.

Transcriptions were undertaken by students in Dr. Laura Estill’s ENGL226 class, “From Tablets to Tablets: Texts and Technologies” (2023). If anyone would like an XML transcription of a letter, please get in touch with Dr. Estill.