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Letter from Simeon Perkins to William Cahoon

MS-2-221, SF Box 31, Folder 3
Item
1794

1794 letter to William Cahoon of Port Medway from Simeon Perkins of Liverpool regardling the law surrounding the worrying or killing of sheep by dogs.

Cahoon, William

Letter from Sam Cunard to Thomas McCulloch

MS-2-40, SF Box 16, Folder 11
Item
September 7, 1815

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item is a typed copy of a letter from Sam Cunard to Thomas McCulloch concerning students, likely Cunard's sons, John, Henry and Thomas, which Cunard sent to McCulloch in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

Letter from Thomas McCulloch to the Senate of the University of Edinburgh

MS-2-40, SF Box 15, Folder 9
Item
[18--?]

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item is a letter concerning Thomas McCulloch's donation of a North American insect specimen (from Nova Scotia) to the University of Edinburgh, via Professor Jameson, for the university's museum. The letter discusses Nova Scotia's Scottish connections, Presbyterian religion, the Pictou Academy, and the advocates for the conference of honorary degrees on the Honourable Sampson Salter Blowers, the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia; the Honourable James Stewart; and the Honourable Brenton Halyburton.

Letter from Thomas McCulloch to Lord Dalhousie

MS-2-40, SF Box 16, Folder 13
Item
November 4, 1823

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item contains a letter concerning the foundation of Dalhousie College in Halifax, Nova Scotia and the Presbyterian Church in Nova Scotia.

Letter from Lord Dalhousie to W. Smith

MS-2-69, SF Box 18, Folder 22
Item
1823

Item is a letter (1823) from Lord Dalhousie to W. Smith, requesting that two barrels of Pictou oatmeal be shipped to Quebec on the next available vessel as a sample of Smith's produce.

Smith, W., fl. 1823

Letter from Jonathan Sewell to his daughters, Maria and Henrietta

MS-2-66, SF Box 18, Folder 21
Item
1828

Item is a letter (1828) from Jonathan Sewell to his daughters, Maria (the eldest) and Henrietta, addressed to the care of their uncle, Stephen Sewell, in Montreal. Sewell describes the recent departure of Lord and Lady Dalhousie and exhorts his daughters to travel by steamboat and meet him at Three Rivers, which he calls "The Modern Seat of Science, Literature & Fashion."

Sewell, Jonathan, Justice, c. 1766-1839

Letter from Lewis Williams to John McGregor

MS-2-97, SF Box 41, Folder 16
Item
1840

Item is a letter to John McGregor from Judge Lewis M. Williams of Windsor, Nova Scotia regarding his assistance in forwarding items to Liverpool.

McGregor, John

Letter to A.M. Uniacke from John Inglis, third bishop of Nova Scotia

MS-2-76, SF Box 18, Folder 27
Item
1847

Item is a letter (1847) from Reverend John Inglis to A.M. Uniacke regarding a Mr. Botsford Viets' letter of application for an excise appointment.

Uniacke, A.M., 1808-1895

Letter from A.C. Macdonald to Liberal candidate Robert Murray regarding 1847 election meetings

MS-2-283, SF Box 35, Folder 10
Item
1847

Item is a letter from A.C. MacDonald to Robert Murray. MacDonald was Secretary to the Liberal Party Committee in Pictou County and Township. The letter refers to the benefits of candidates attending constituency meetings prior to the 1847 election.

MacDonald, A.C.

Minute book of the Sons of Temperance, Columbia Division No. 24

MS-2-14, SF Box 13, Folder 11
Item
1848

Item is the division's minute book from 1848 to 1862, which include a letter dated 1864 regarding a charge against Jasper Journeay for violating the Sons of Temperance constitution.

Sons of Temperance, Columbia Division No. 24.

Letter to William Henry Harris from John Crevar of Liverpool, Nova Scotia

MS-2-148, SF Box 25, Folder 1
Item
1864

Item is a letter from John Crevar to William Henry Harris, dated March 15, 1864, regarding escorting "Miss Maggie" (probably Harris' young daughter, Margaret) on her journey home.

Harris, William Henry

Letter from James Ross to Hugh Campbell regarding the recovery of his son John from an unspecified illness

MS-2-12, SF Box 13, Folder 10
Item
1865

Item is a letter from James Ross, principal of Dalhousie College (1863-1885), regarding the recovery of John, the son of Hugh Campbell, from an unspecified illness.

Campbell, Hugh

Letter to Mrs. William Clarke from her cousin

MS-2-150, SF Box 27, Folder 4
Item
1878

Item is a black-bordered letter written to [Maria?] Clarke from her cousin in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia relating the news of her sister's death and funeral.

Clarke, Mrs. William, fl. 1878

Note from Dalhousie professor John J. MacKenzie regarding a class cancellation

MS-2-44, SF Box 18, Folder 14
Item
1878

Item is a note from J.J. MacKenzie to a colleague cancelling his class due to illness and referring to an upcoming guest lecture by Sir W. Young.

Mackenzie, John James

Arthur H. Whitman's diary of a trip to England

MS-2-487, SF Box 11, Folder 28
Item
1888-1889

Item is a diary that describes a trip to England between November, 30 1888 and January 17, 1889. The diary contains daily entries that describe Whitman's activities, church attendance, meals, business and social visits, and letters sent and received. Many entries describe his meetings about apples. The diary also records money received and paid.

Whitman, Arthur Hanfield

Letter from Rev. D.B. Blair to Mr Farquharson

MS-2-228, SF Box 33, Folder 28
Item
1892

Blair's letter discusses the spread of the Evangelical ministry amongst the Gaelic people of Cape Breton.

Blair, Duncan Black, The Reverend, 182?-1893

Letter from Elias Sampson to Lemuel Publicover

MS-2-105, SF Box 50, Folder 4
Item
January 1, 1894

Part of Lemuel Publicover's miscellaneous business records

Item is a handwritten letter from Elias Sampson announcing that he has sold his ship and enquiring whether anyone in the LaHave area is looking for someone to run their vessels.

Reference letter from F. L. Fuller

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 126, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
October 10, 1900

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains a reference letter from Dr. Melville Cumming's past employer, F.l. Fuller, who was then Superintendent of Farm & Provincial Agricultural Farms.

A tribute of sympathy and affection written to Mrs. James Harris on the death of her husband

MS-2-108, SF Box 23, Folder 6
Item
1902

Item is a tribute of sympathy and affection written by officials at Halifax's Charles Street Church to Mrs. James Harris on the death of her husband in 1902.

Harris, Eliza

Letter from W.E. Faulkner to his Aunt Jessie in Pictou, Nova Scotia

MS-2-140, SF Box 27, Folder 6
Item
1904

Item is a letter from W.E. Faulkner to his Aunt Jessie in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The letter makes reference to the mining strikes of the previous year, as well as correspondence with other family members in Moncton, New Brunswick, Boston, and Manila.

Faulkner, W.E.

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 1
Item
February 20, 1910

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 4
Item
November 29, 1910

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 3
Item
April 6, 1910

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Gilbert S. Stairs to E. Forbes, the Chairman of the Halifax Football Championship Committee

MS-2-330, SF Box 37, Folder 6
Item
1910

Item is a letter written by Gilbert S. Stairs to E. Forbes, Chairman of the Halifax Football Championship Committee at Dalhousie College, regarding some criticisms of the game and suggestions for improvements.

Stairs, Gilbert S., 1882-1947

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 2
Item
March 18, 1910

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 5
Item
November 21, 1911

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 8
Item
November 21, 1912

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 9
Item
December 26, 1912

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 6
Item
January 20, 1912

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Envelope from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 7
Item
April 18, 1912

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Correspondence to Melville Cumming from the Office of the Commissioner for Works and Mines Nova Scotia

UA-43, Box 2, Folder 17, Item 2
Item
1913

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is correspondence from the Office of the Commissioner for Works and Mines Nova Scotia (E. H. Armstrong) to Melville Cumming, dated 5 November, 1913. It references an enclosed contract (two copies) for signature by W.K. Murray - contractor, in regards to the construction of the headhouse to the greenhouse.

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 10
Item
November 24, 1913

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Edith MacMechan to Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey

MS-2-30, SF Box 16, Folder 4, Item 3
Item
[191--?]

Part of Correspondence of Daniel C. Harvey

Item is one sheet of paper. The item is folded to create two additional pages, with only the right page having any text. The letter is from Edith MacMechan, Archibald MacMechan's wife, to Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey.

Correspondence to Melville Cumming from Murray (contractor)

UA-43, Box 2, Folder 17, Item 1
Item
1913

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is correspondence to Melville Cumming from Murray (contractor) regarding their offer to build the headhouse, dated November 4, 1913. Attached is a document prepared by M. Cumming entitled "Changes in Specifications for Headhouse to Greenhouse for Agricultural College".

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 11
Item
November 26, 1914

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter of support for Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey from Archibald McKellar MacMechan to Edwin Laftus

MS-2-30, SF Box 16, Folder 4, Item 1
Item
March 30, 1915

Part of Correspondence of Daniel C. Harvey

Item is three sheets of paper. The first sheet is folded to make two additional pages. The letter is Archibald MacMechan's recommendation to Edwin Laftus, that Daniel Harvey should receive the position of lecturer in History at Dalhousie University. A P.S. note by MacMechan also recommends an article that Harvey wrote for the Rhodes Foundation.

MacMechan, Archibald McKellar

Letter from Robert Glasgow, president and managing director, The Publishers Association

MS-2-35, SF Box 16, Folder 7, Item 10
Item
1915-10-29

Part of Charles William Jefferys fonds

Item is a letter from Robert Glasgow to C.W. Jefferys outlining the agreement of editorial and illustration work undertaken by Jefferys on a multi-volume series of the works of Haliburton.

Letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 12, Item 12
Item
November 28, 1916

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter by Jason M. Mack concerning the mental health of George Roy

MS-13-87, SF Box 49, Folder 8
Item
1916

Item is a letter written by Jason M. Mack addressed to any constables or police officers of the town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The letter involves the mental health of and the request for detainment of George Roy, a fisherman from Liverpool, who had been declared of unsound mind by two local medical practitioners. Item also contains an envelope addressed to William Winters.

Mack, Jason M.

Letter from James Baxter to Dalhousie's President MacKenzie

MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 15
Item
November 2, 1917

Part of James Baxter fonds

Item is a letter written by James Baxter to President McKenzie (Arthur Stanley), written in Chatham on 2 November 1917 on letterhead from the Dominion of Canada Quarantine Station of the Public Health Branch of the Department of Agriculture. The letter refers to Baxter's attendance at both the Presbyterian seminary in Truro and Dalhousie College in Halifax in the 1850s and 1860s, and mentions enclosed course tickets and notebooks.

Letter from Augusta E. Wolfe to her sister

MS-2-110, SF Box 23, Folder 8
Item
1919

Item is a letter from Augusta Wolfe to her sister about domestic matters.

Wolfe, Augusta E.

List of women Dalhousie graduates probably complete to 1917

UA-32, Box 9, Folder 1, Item 12
Item
[1919?]

Part of Dalhousie Alumni Association fonds

Item is a typewritten alphabetical list with the handwritten title "Women Graduates" and a note: "copied from calendars summer of 1919 (probably complete to 1917)." The list includes students' names, home towns, degree earned and date granted.

Letter from James to Lloyd regarding his family's quarantine due to influenza

MS-2-804, SF Box 90, Folder 6
Item
13 April 1919

Part of Weldon Guy Morash fonds

Item is a letter written from Rose Street, Dartmouth, from Charles to Lloyd, presumably Weldon Morash's brother.

Letter from M. Cumming to Chronicle with postscript and table

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 55, Item 5
Item
Dec.22, 1923

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a letter from Dr. Melville Cummings

Letter from M. Cumming to Chronicle enclosing the manuscript

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 55, Item 4
Item
Dec. 10, 1923

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a letter from Dr. Melville Cummings

Covering letter from M. Cumming to The Family Herald and Weekly Star

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 56, Item 2
Item
Dec.18, 1924

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a letter from Dr. M Cumming

Letter from Archibald McKellar MacMechan to Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey

MS-2-30, SF Box 16, Folder 4, Item 2
Item
April 3, 1928

Part of Correspondence of Daniel C. Harvey

Item is one sheet of paper. Sheet is folded to make two additional pages. The letter, sent from Halifax, is Archibald McKellar MacMechan's congratulating Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey for his recent successes and completion of his apprenticeship.

MacMechan, Archibald McKellar

The early Scotch settlers of Cape Breton : [manuscript]

MS-2-165, SF Box 25, Folder 43
Item
1931

Item is a manuscript of Daniel Morrison's unpublished article The Early Scotch Settlers of Cape Breton, which he presented to the literary branch of the Guild in Dominion, Nova Scotia. Attached is his letter to Mr. McIntosh, requesting the manuscript's return and the reader's spelling corrections of Gaelic words.

Morrison, Murdoch Daniel

List of Jewish students in attendance at Dalhousie University from 1926-1941

UA-32, Box 9, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
1941

Part of Dalhousie Alumni Association fonds

Item includes a covering letter from Dalhousie's business manager to Mrs. Heinish of Preston Street, Halifax, explaining that the list is sent at the request of Dr. Lehv.

Correspondence between Helen Balcom, Dalhousie Alumni Secretary, and Bertha G. Oxner, Director of Women's Work at University of Saskatchewan

UA-32, Box 9, Folder 1, Item 11
Item
1943

Part of Dalhousie Alumni Association fonds

Item is a letter from Dalhousie Alumni Secretary, Helen Balcom, to Bertha Oxner at the University of Saskatchewan regarding the latter's written query about the history of early women graduates of Dalhousie University. Her letter makes reference to recently made lists, which are likely those listed elsewhere in this file (UA-32, Box 9, Folder 1, Items 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9). Bertha Oxner's letter of response is also included.

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