File consists of an autograph letter addressed to Messrs Armour & Ramsay, Montreal, concerning sale of the Montreal Gazette newspaper and associated finances.
File consists of handwritten manuscript document summarizing research undertaken in relation to sale and purchase of the Montreal Gazette newspaper, including details on meetings with various professionals associated with the newspaper industry, including a journalist for the New York Morning Herald and owner of the New York Albion (John S. Bartlett).
Letter from John William Dawson, Pictou, Nova Scotia, to Margaret A. Y. Mercer, 6 Windmill Street, Edinburgh Is sending some books, among which is Alcott's 'Young Women's Guide'. Master Clarece Primrose, a boy sent by is father for education in Edinburgh, will deliver them.
Letter from John William Dawson, Pictou, Nova Scotia, to Margaret A. Y. Mercer, 6 Windmill Street, Edinburgh Describes his recent excursions. Wishes that Margaret could visualize the beauty of Nova Scotia. Wonders when he will see her again.
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.