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Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds File
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Esssays written by J.W.D. as a boy, 1835-1836

Esssays written by John William Dawson as a boy, approximately 1835-1836, written at the Pictou Academy in Pictou, Nova Scotia. Sir William would then be 15 or 16 years of age (Found amongst old papers of Sir William's by his son W. Bell Dawson). Include sone letter dated 8 March 1929 from W. Bell Dawson regarding the Essays. The ten esssays written by John William Dawson as a boy are titled: 1) On intellectual powers as a means of Knowledge; 2) On the State of Nature; 3) On the existance of a Deity; 4) On Self Regard; 5) On the Knowledge of Christ; 6) No man can serve two masters; 7) On Crime; 8) On the thre Simple forms of Government; 9) On Judgment; 10) On the Immortality of the Soul

Educational & biographical scrapbook

File consists of large unbound scrapbook of newspaper clippings about education, science, and the life of John William Dawson, predominately from the 1840s through the 1860s. Includes a few sketches and handwritten notes.

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