Welcome to the Sarah Strech Through Her Letters website. This site offers you an opportunity to get to know Sarah through a huge collection of letters that she sent to her mother-in-law, Martha Harris. To get started, click on the "Sarah Stretch" tab.

Sarah Stretch Harris and her husband Critchlow Harris, along with their five children, immigrated to Charlottetown from England in 1856. The seven Harrises were joined by Sarah's brother, Joseph Stretch, his wife Emma Chadwick, and their five children as well as by Jane, the Harris's serving girl.^{ref 0} Joseph Stretch and Emma Chadwick hired a tutor jointly with the Harrises to provide their children with a proper British education in the new country. For the first year, the tutor, Mr. Hodgson, and his wife shared the cramped quarters with the two families.^{ref 4} The close quarters soon led to some tension...^{ref 1} For more information about the families', click on the tab labelled "The Family".

Sarah wrote prolifically to her mother-in-law, Martha. The 179 letters still in existence are presented on the website, the first one dated January 21, 1857, one year after her arrival.

Rather than present an edited and pre-packaged narrative, this site offers you the ability to navigate the collection of letters in the manner you find most interesting, whether it be by date, by subject, by cross-reference, or by reading through each letter chronologically. For more information about this approach, click on the "About the Site" tab. To dig right in to Sarah's life, click on the "Sarah Stretch" tab.