MacKay_Letter_139
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Title
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MacKay_Letter_139
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Description
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The name of the sender and receiver are not included. It mentions a McKay who died in South Africa and heirs are being searched for. The letter ends abruptly and the rest of the letter is missing. No date.
Transcription:
Caledonia, N.Y. 189
This appeared in a Cleveland paper Nov. 4th 1894 Portland, Ore. Nov. 3. If the facts bear out the obligations then several persons in Portland Oakland and San Francisco, are heir to a South African estate of vast value. The estate in question is that of William McKay who is known to have died. Possessed of great wealth his own appraisement being it is said 15 millions McKay was a Scotchman of an adventurous turn of mind who lived at the Kimberly diamond fields and who in dying bequeathed his fortune to his brothers and sisters eight in number whos progeny are scattered almost to the four corners of the earth. They are well represented in Portland. Morrison a nephew of the deceased residing in St. Johns N.M. is looking after the interest of the heirs in this country it is said that the will was first brought to Schotland by John Collins one of the witnesses of the document was searching for Daniel McKay a brother of the
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Identifier
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MacKay_Letter_139.jpg
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Creator
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Kristen Walker
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Subject
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Letter
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Publisher
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Izzy Moyer; Kristen Walker; Jill Johnson; and Renee Guerin
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Date Created
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2023.10.30
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Type
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Correspondance
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Letter
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Format
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.jpg
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Medium
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Paper
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Rights Holder
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Genesee Country Village & Museum
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Rights
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