The Golden Bridge Child Migration from Scotland to Canada 1869–1939

Writing Materials

Pen Nib Pen and Paper Pen and Paper

Much of the direct evidence that we have about the lives of Quarrier’s home children in Canada is drawn from letters published in the annual ‘Narrative of Facts’. In general the letters are full of admiration for their new home and gratitude to the Orphan Homes of Scotland for sending them. Few are critical. Each departing child was supplied with adequate writing materials but how many used them we simply do not know.

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