Notes from books: Typescript copy of Osler's notes found in Shelley's "Queen Mab," 1813. He received the book as a gift from Mabel Simkins(?).

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Hon. Justice Featherston Osler, 80, Crescent Road, Rosedale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Featherston Osler explains that William Osler brought their aunt, Miss Mary Anne Pickton, to Canada in 1884. Miss Pickton lived with Osler's parents on Wellesley Street in Toronto until her death in February 1886. William Osler and Miss Pickton were very close; she may have helped fund Osler's studies in Germany. He mentions his aunt Lizzie [Elizabeth Osler], his father's youngest sister.

Letter to Elizabeth Osler from Featherstone Lake Osler, Monte Video, Uruguay. Reflections on the life of a sailor. Featherstone offers to lend his sister money for a trip to Swansea. He expresses his admiration for religion, but confesses that he does not often have the opportunity to attend church services.

Letter to Edward(?) Osler from Featherstone Lake Osler, Falmouth, England. Featherstone Osler appeals to a friend [or his father?] for advice. Some years earlier he fell enamoured with a girl named Caroline, who refused him. Then, after a year at Falmouth, he found that all the women were already engaged. On his recent return to Swansea, he discovered that Caroline is now interested in marriage, but he is presently engaged to someone else. He will do as his father(?) advises him.

Letter to Edward Osler from Featherstone Lake Osler. Featherstone Osler writes of Admiral Dundas. Featherstone had been very agitated by a recent incident at Swansea [involving an old love, Caroline]. He urges his father to travel to Falmouth. He reports on his sister's improved health.

Letter to Featherstone Lake Osler from H. Atkinson. Atkinson offers advice on how to enter into the clergy. He suggests that Featherstone would have to return to school and master Greek and Latin. Includes manuscript notes.

Letter to Bishop of Toronto from Featherstone Lake Osler, Tecumseth Parish, Upper Canada. Featherstone Osler asks to be relocated to parish in an area where his children will have access to a good education, somewhere that would not require constant traveling. Two of his children have already received a good education, but there are six others that he cannot afford to send to school.

"Horrible Accident on the Toronto Hamilton Railroad," from the New York Tribune, March 13, 1857. Typescript copies of articles concerning a train accident near Hamilton.