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sIcelandic Canadian Diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey School District south of Glenboro, Manitoba during the settlement period.

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Icelandic Canadian diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey School District south of Glenboro, Manitoba during the settlement period.

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Icelandic Canadian diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey School District south of Glenboro, Manitoba during the settlement period.

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Icelandic Canadian diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey School district south of Glenboro, Manitoba during the settlement period.

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Icelandic Canadian diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey School District south of Glenboro, Manitoba during the settlement period.

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Icelandic Canadian Diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey School District south of Glenboro, Manitoba during the settlement period.

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Arni Sveinsson, born in 1851, came to Canada from Iceland in 1876 and eventually settled in the Grund District in Southern Manitoba. Arni was an ardent diarist and letter writer. This selection from his diary was translated by his grandson, Arni Sveinsson Jr.

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Icelandic Canadian Diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey Schol District south of Glenboro during the settlement period in Manitoba.

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Icelandic Canadian diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey School District south of Glenboro Manitoba during the settlement period.

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A series of letters dated 1916 to 1920 and originally copied into a page numbered ledger, the current images are taken from an photocopy with red lettered editors comments. The letters cover a variety of topics.

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