File includes a letter addressed to Mackenzie, Oldham & Co. from Parker, Gerrard, Ogilvy & Co., ordering three to four hundred quintals of biscuit to be delivered at the End of the Island.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, 56, Mackay Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Osler compliments Abbott on her splendid work and on her growing reputation among the men of the Faculty as a valued member of the McGill staff.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, 56, Mackay Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Sorry to have missed her today, but he was busy with the new Montreal General Hospital. Delighted with the prospects of the new Museum. It will be a unique opportunity for her and he is sure she will succeed. The men in the Faculty realize now the quality work she had done. Her reputation is of great value to the school. Compliments on her work.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from Gerhard R. Lomer, Librarian, Library of McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Lomer sends photocopies of a notice regarding the formation of the McGill Graduates' Society and a Memorandum from the Graduates' Society concerning a scheme to commemorate Dr. Dawson's 25th year as Principal of McGill University. [See CUS417/72.14 and CUS417/72.17]
Letter to Mr. N. from William Osler, 20, Radegonde Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Osler offers an account of the illness and death of Mr. N.'s son. He describes the symptoms Mr. N.'s son displayed, his diagnosis of smallpox, and the doctors who cared for him. Published in Cushing, vol. I, p. 136. [Names have been omitted on Lady Osler's request, see CUS417/71.36]
Letter to (Mrs. Barrett) Edith G. (née Greenough) Wendell from William Osler, 1351, St. Catherine Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Cushing's manuscript notes regarding Edith Wendell and her first impressions of Osler when they met in Tadoussac in 1877 [see CUS417/73.5]. Includes letter from Osler to Wendell [née Greenough], in which he expresses his sympathy upon the death of her sister. He sends a small volume that will recall pleasant memories of Tadoussac.
Letter to Oxford University Press from Walter H. Perram, 603, New Borks Building, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Perram informs the Press that his father's name is misspelled in Cushing's "Life of Sir William Osler" as Perrin, and he requests that it be changed. [See CUS417/57.67]