Map of Pictou Harbour. Includes the text: Surveyed by Captain W.H. Bayfield, assisted by Lieutenants J. Orlebar and G. A. Bedford; London, published according to Act of Parliament a the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty March 25, 1850.

Letter from Margaret A. Y. Mercer, 6 Windmill Street, Edinburgh, to John William Dawson, Pictou, Nova Scotia
Thanks him for the Mocassins and magazines and preserves. Speaks of her brother's recent death. Asks William if he ever intends to come back to Scotland.

Letter from John William Dawson, Pictou, Nova Scotia, to Margaret A. Y. Mercer, 6 Windmill Street, Edinburgh
Remarks that he was grieved by the news of Mr. Boyd's death. As b her request, he has destroyed her letter of December 1st, although she has no reason to feel ashamed of her sentiments.

Letter from Margaret A. Y. Mercer, 6 Windmill Street, Edinburgh, to John William Dawson, Pictou, Nova Scotia
Encloses half a sovereign together with the list from Peter Lawson's catalogue, and would like Margaret to buy him some seeds, which she could send to him with Mr. Crerar or Mr. Purves. Speaks of an ingenious gentleman inventing a machine in which he proposes to fly to America in 24 hours.

Letter to Margaret Mercer Dawson from David Walker.

Letter to T. S. Brown, St. Augustine, from J. B. Browne, Key West, Florida, May 1843. Topics include Florida election contest between David Levy and George T. Ward.

Letter to T. S. Brown, St. Augustine, from A. H. Cole, Washington, D.C., 30 August 1843.

Letter to T. S. Brown, St. Augustine, from J. K. Tefft, Savannah, Georgia, September 1843. Items 21 and 22 were originally in same envelope.

File consists of an autograph letter from Abraham to 'Henderson', describing an 8-day journey across the northern United States and Canada, made in order to undertake research into purchasing of the Montreal Gazette newspaper.

File consists of a copy of the Montreal Gazette, vol. LI number 50.