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                  City Bank, Montreal
                      Toronto, 23d August 1864

My dear Sir,
             I have much pleasure in sending
you the enclosed acknomt of your Reports
presented to the Canadian Institute here,
which I am certain will be much valued
for the information they contain -- I only
regret you had not an opportunity of
seeing the President Dr. MCaul who is so
well known for the attention paid by him to
every means for promoting the education
and instruction of the people.
     Should you at any time have
occasion to pass in their direction allow
me to state that nothing will give me
greater pleasure than to see you here and
thereby trust it in my power to show you
any attention which I am anxious to do
from the fact of so accidentally making
the acquaintance of one descended from the
same stock and name as myself.
     I only came to this country some [eleven?]
years ago having then been obliged to travel
with my paternal property, which had been
a distinct family property in the direct male
line for exactly 300 years, and it was a great
trial as you may imagine, but such is life.
I became security for a speculating Brother in
law - hence the mischief. The property sold
for upwards of 20,000 [pounds] [?] [then thus]
been resold for upwards of 30,000[pounds]. I am
indirect descent from the family of Gartur
a younger son of that family. David Graham
having married the only child & heiress of
Blairchoille in 1564 thro whom that
property latterly called Leitchtown or Leichtown
came down to me.  It got the name of Leech-
town - that is the Town of the Leech from
a succession of the owners having been bred
medical men, the common name for
such in Scotland during the olden times.
Pray excuse this explanation in reference
to myself.
        You mentioned being connected
with the Gartur & orchill families. The
Gartur family is now extinct - the last heir male
in the direct line having died beginning of the
present century & the property now in the hands
of Erskine of Cardross an adjoining proprietor.
The Orchill family still exist but the property of orchill now
possessed by a female descendant of the last
heir male who died some 40 years ago.
   Again allow me to express the
pleasure I experienced in shaking hands
not only with a namesake but with one
claiming kindred by the same Head
of the Family as I did myself and
belive me to remain with much regard
              My Dear Sir,
              Yours very Sincerely
                James Graham

To Lt. Col. J. D. Graham
          U.S. Engineers
                Boston