letter

Two-page handwritten letter in ink, dated September 18, 1922, sent from Old Harry, Magdalen Islands (Îles-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec, and addressed to a Miss E.E. Johnson. The letter appears to be a response to an inquiry about a teaching position, providing details about the local school: approximately 30 pupils enrolled, up to grade five, instruction in English only, and a term of seven months beginning around the first of November. The writer notes a new schoolhouse under construction that will not be ready in time, offers board at $12.00 per month in a « good comfortable house » about 200 yards from the school, and offers a salary of $45.00 per month. The writer asks Miss Johnson to reply by collect telegram if she accepts, noting that another teacher has also applied. The letter is signed, with the signature reading (tentatively) « Archibald LeClerc[q], » followed by a second line that is difficult to make out with confidence.