File contains two posters for Alex Leighton's teenaged presentation of his "motion pictures in color of a Porpoise Hunt ... taken locally, and of great interest," with the 25 cent admission ticket benefitting the Digby community hall, where the film was shown.
File contains an 1841 land grant to Isidore Theboult for land in Digby. Also includes correspondence between members of the Hardy family in Massachusetts and Digby, and two newspapers from Massachusetts and Nova Scotia with mentions of the Hardy family.
File contains letters written to Miss Hamilton (later Gertie) from A.O. Hamilton (also signed as AOL). The letters are largely written between from Dundalk, near the border between Northern and Southern Ireland, and begin in October 1902, after Archie met Gertrude when he was sent by his employer to Sligo to supervise the building of a post office. His letter dated 24 December, which includes Christmas greeting and reference to a gift, is sent from Belfast enroute to Islandmagee, where Archie's family lived.
File contains six letters written from Ballincar, County Sligo, and from the Independent Office in Sligo, variously addressed to Mr Leighton or Archie and signed Gertrude Hamilton, G. Hamilton or GH, and represent the earliest record of the couple's relationship. There are two slightly different versions of the first letter written by Gertie, dated 30 October 1902, but it's unknown which version she actually sent.
File contains letters written from Ballincar, County Sligo, and from the Independent Office (Sligo), addressed to Archie; earlier letters are signed G.A. Hamilton, which later gives way to "Gertie."
File contains letters written from Ballincar, County Sligo, and from the Independent Office (Sligo), addressed to Archie and signed G.H. Hamilton or Gertie. Letters are marked only with the day of the week, but were found alongside other correspondence dated 1903, now filed in Box 86, Folder 2.
File contains letters written to Gertie (also "Tawney mane") from Archie. The letters are written from Dundalk, near the border between Northern and Southern Ireland, and from Belfast. Some include stories and inked illustrations, and many contain references to impending or past visits to Sligo to see Gertie.
File contains letters to Archie from Gertie, written from Ballincar, County Sligo, and from Sligo. Letters are marked only with the day of the week, but were found alongside correspondence dated 1904, now filed in Box 86, Folder 4.
File contains three letters written to Gertie from Archie in January 1905 and one letter sent from Springbrook House, Ballycarry, County Antrim, in late October 1905.
File contains letters and postcards written by Gertie to Archie from Ballincar, Sligo, and, on occasion, from her brother Angus's house in Ballycarry, County Antrim.
File contains letters written by Gertie to Archie from Ballincar and Sligo. The letters are marked only with the day of the week, but were found alongside other correspondence dated 1905, which are now filed in Box 86, Folder 6.
File contains letters from John Leighton to his son Archie, in which he writes about his health, family, work, politics and money. The bulk of the letters are written after Archie has moved to America.
File contains letters written by Gertie to Archie from Ballincar, Sligo and Waterford; those dated from July 26, 1906 onwards are addressed to Archie in Philadelphia, PA.
File contains letters written to Gertie by her mother, Wilhemina Hamilton, commonly known by family as "Muddie," after Gertie's move to America. Some of her mother's letters are closely written on both sides of thin paper, making them challenging to read. Some are undated, but were stored in bundles so filed accordingly or according to legible postage marks on the (discarded) envelopes.
File contains letters written to Gertie from Archie from Philadelphia. Most of the letters are addressed to "Heather." The last letter, dated August 29, 1907, to his "dear little woman," was written in the hopes of Gertie receiving it before she set sail to join him in America. In it, he offers reassurance in the face of what he writes will be a difficult parting with her family.
File contains letters from John Leighton to his son Archie, in which he writes about domestic, family, political, community and work matters on a more-or-less weekly basis.
File contains letters written from the youngest of Gertrude's siblings, Ethel Jean Hamilton, who more commonly went by Ettie or Janie, to her sister Gertie, whom she often wrote to as "Snouty." The letters are written from Ireland after Gertie moved to America.
File contains letters written from Ethel Jean Hamilton, who more commonly went by Ettie or Janie, to her sister Gertie, whom she often addressed as "Snouty" or "wee Snouty." The letters are written from Ireland after Gertie moved to America, and include Ettie's reaction to the news of Alexander's birth, Gertie's later illness and the subsequent arrival of her sister-in-law, Katie, to nurse her.
File contains letters from John Leighton to his son Archie, in which he writes about domestic, family, political, community and work matters on a more-or-less weekly basis.
File contains letters written to John Leighton from his son, John, Archie Leighton's brother. The letters are written on his employer's stationary (J.W. Stewart, Contractors), from both Belfast and London, and refer primarily to work matters, his young family, and to Archive's success in Philadelphia.
File contains letters written to Gertrude before and after her move to America and marriage. Jane Greenham had worked in Archie's Belfast office and wrote to him during the same period.
File contains letters written by Archie from Philadelphia to Gertie ("blue eyes") in Ireland, where she and Alexander, aged 18 months old, returned for an extended stay after her recovery from typhoid fever. His letter dated July 2, 1909, refers to his own imminent departure for Ireland to see her; by 27 August he is again writing her from Philadelphia.
File contains letters written from Ethel Jean Hamilton, who more commonly went by Ettie or Janie, to her sister Gertie, whom she often addressed as "Snouty" or "wee Snouty." The letters are written from Ireland after Gertie moved to America, and include Ettie's response to learning about Gertrude's visit home to Sligo.
File contains letters written by Gertrude's mother—Wilhemina Hamilton, widely known as "Muddie"—to her daughter after Gertie's move to America. Some of her mother's letters are closely written on both sides of thin paper, making them challenging to read. Some are undated, but were stored in bundles so filed accordingly or according to legible postage marks on the (discarded) envelopes.
File contains letters from John Leighton to his son, Archie, in which he writes about domestic, family, political, community and work matters on a more-or-less weekly basis.
File contains letters written by John Leighton to his daughter, Kittie, when she was staying in Philadelpia to nurse Gertrude and take care of Alexander.
File contains letters from Gertie to Archie written primarily from Waterford and from the nearby seaside town of Tramore, where she rented a house during the spring and summer of 1910 for herself and Alexander, aged 18 months old, when they returned to Ireland for an extended visit after her recovery from typhoid fever.
File contains letters written from Ethel Jean Hamilton, who more commonly went by Ettie or Janie, to her sister Gertie, whom she often addresses as "Snouty" or "wee Snouty." The letters were written to Gertie during her extended stay in Ireland with Alexander and make reference to asking Gertie for money; Ettie would travel back to America with her sister later in 1910 and live with Gertie and Archie while pursuing her nursing training.
File contains letters written by Archie from Philadelphia to Gertie ("Heather" and "blue eyes") in Ireland, where she and Alexander, aged 18 months old, returned for an extended stay after her recovery from typhoid fever the previous year. In his letter of August 2, 1910, Archie refers to enclosing steamship tickets for her and her sister Ettie, who will accompany Gertie to America and train as a nurse. His letter dated September 7 is the last he writes before their return.
File contains letters from John Leighton to his son Archie, in which he writes about domestic, family, political, community and work matters on a more-or-less weekly basis.
File contains letters written to Gertie by her mother, Wilhemina Hamilton, widely known as "Muddie," after Gertie's move to America. Some of her mother's letters are closely written on both sides of thin paper, making them challenging to read. Some are undated, but were stored in bundles so filed accordingly or according to legible postage marks on the (discarded) envelopes.
