Archival Collections Catalogue

Letter, 4 June 1843

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4 June 1843

Part of Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds

Letter from W.E. Logan to John William Dawson, written from Amherst.

Logan, William E. (William Edmond), Sir, 1798-1875

Lease, 20 October 1843

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20 October 1844

Part of Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds

Lease, James Dawson and Thomas Beattie.

Letter, 20 February 1844

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20 February 1844

Part of Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds

Letter from R. Dawson to James Dawson.

Dawson, R.

Notebook, 1844

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1844, 1884

Part of Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds

File contains small softbound notebook kept by Margaret Dawson. Includes entries on religious subjects ("morning disciplines") and some food and and household topics. Most entries date from 1844, with one later entry from 1884.

Invitation to tea, 20 March 1844

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20 March 1844

Part of Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds

Invitation to tea sent to Margaret Mercer Dawson from Dr. and Mrs. Gordon.

Letter, 18 April 1844

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18 April 1844

Part of Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds

Letter from George Mercer to his daughter, Margaret Mercer Dawson, written from Edinburgh.

Mercer, George, 1786-1850

Letter, 29 November 1844

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29 November 1844

Part of Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds

Letter from John William Dawson, Pictou, Nova Scotia, to Margaret A. Y. Mercer, 6 Windmill Street, Edinburgh
States that their letters could form a book of travels if the came into the hands of an imaginative bookwriter. Remarks on going to the little province of Prince Edward Island to attend lectures of the Divinity professor of his Church. States that he does not intend to give up geology because his love of nature is too great.

Dawson, John William, Sir, 1820-1899

Letter, 13 April 1844

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13 April 1844

Part of Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds

Letter from John William Dawson, Pictou, Nova Scotia, to Margaret A. Y. Mercer, 6 Windmill Street, Edinburgh
Has visited Halifax, the provincial seat of the government, with over 25,000 inhabitants. States that he gave three lectures there at the Mechanics Institute. sent one of his papers to the London Geological Society. Mr. (Charles) Lyell said that it excited some discussion.

Dawson, John William, Sir, 1820-1899