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Dawson, George Mercer, 1849-1901
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Letter, 23 December 1869

Letter, 23 December 1869

Letter from George Mercer Dawson to Margaret Mercer Dawson, written on the last day of laboratory before the Christmas holiday. Letter mentions an English church.

Dawson, George Mercer, 1849-1901

Pocket notebooks, 1869-1871, 1882

Pocket notebooks, 1869-1871, 1882

File consists of two bound pocket notebooks, one dated 1882 and one between 1869-1871. The notebook beginning 21 June 1869 is a small red pocket notebook with gold clasp and contains geological observations and drawings of a cave at Murray Bay in Quebec (1869), Grange Quarry and Burntisland (summer 1870) and a British Geological Association excursion (1871). The 1882 notebook contains poems and notes on France and Germany written while traveling .

Dawson, George Mercer, 1849-1901

Diaries, 1869-1871, 1872

Diaries, 1869-1871, 1872

File consists of two diaries, one dated 1869 and one dated between 1871-1872. The 1869 diary begins 11 September 1869 contains entries describing his first year in England and contains remarks on sailing from Montreal to Ireland (September-October 1869), Edinburgh (October), church attendance, sightseeing and trips, accounts, etc. 1871-1872 notebook contains notes on geological findings, descriptions of Middlesbrough-on-Tees (July 1872), and coal mining in Pictou county, Nova Scotia.

Dawson, George Mercer, 1849-1901

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