- THE NOVA SCOTIA LETTERS -
Warming himself from the chilled coastal October air of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, William Munro in 1848 once again sat down to pen a few lines to his cousin Bendent Baird Munro, 900 miles away in Michigan. He reflected on the Munro family, the failure of his crops, and delved into matters of life and its impermanence. It is a thoughtful, warm letter, closing with wishing his cousin "health and happiness." A little more than thirty years after his death in 1876, his letter was found in old family desk in Novi, Michigan by Via Munro, a great niece that he would never know. Perhaps inspired by its timeless message she began crafting the family's genealogy, transcribing William's nimble pen in long-hand. In 2021 this letter was recovered along with small handful of others from Nova Scotia to the Munro family in Michigan, revealing the strong connection and importance of family transcending distance and time.
- January 27, 1827 letter to Solomon Munro from William Munro Sr., (typed transcript)
- October 9, 1848 letter to Bendent Baird Munro from William Munro Jr.
- July 29, 1850 letter to Bendent Baird Munro from William Munro Jr.
- April 3, 1851 letter to Bendent Baird Munro from Charles Hamlin