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1848-1855, 1921 (Creation)
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- McKenna, Matthew D.
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1 microfilm reel
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McKenna, Matthew D. was the superintendent of Sable Island from 8 November, 1848 - 5 September, 1855. M.D. McKenna arrived on the island with his wife and four children. During their stay, his wife had another child, a boy, born on July 15, 1854. The child passed away on 3 September, 1854 due to dysentery.--McKenna created a high state of order and efficiency on the island. He introduced Captain Marryat's code of signals to Sable Island, and adopted to the mercantile marine Sir Home Popham's system of signaling.
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Loaned to the Nova Scotia Archives for microfilming in 1980 through the courtesy of Mrs. J. Drummond MacGregor.
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Consists of M.D. McKenna's Journals from 8 November 1848 to 5 September 1855, pertaining information on his time as the superintendent of Sable Island. Also consists of a typescript of the journals, a summary of shipwrecks on Sable Island from 1849-1855, a typescript entitled "Reminiscences of Sable Island", a biography of Maurice Noonan, dated 11 March, 1921, and a newspaper clipping entitled "Sable Island".
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Available on microfilm 10880-x
Digitized documents available from the Sable Island collection online.
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No photocopying of any kind.