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.
Item consists of a facsimile of a letter sent by Dr. A.P. Reid to an unknown issue of the Maritime Medical News, addressing the Provincial Board of Health's response to the smallpox epidemic.
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.
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.
Item is a letter from Edvard Grieg to an unidentifed person. Grieg wrote the letter at his Troldhaugen residence in Bergen Norway on February 10, 1902. It reads: "Dear Sir! Permit me, in bad English, to thank you for your songs & for your essay on my musical work. Both has [sic] given me much pleasure. I also congratulate you to your reputation in America as teacher and composer and beg you kindly to receive from me and my wife our best compliments. Yours faithfully, Edvard Grieg."
Item consists of a facsimile of correspondence submitted by A.P. Reid to the March 1903 issue of the Maritime Medical News (Vol. XV, No. 3), dated January 30, 1903, on the topic of a Jamaican asylum.
Item consists of correspondence submitted by A.P. Reid to the April 1903 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol. XV, No. 4) on the topic of a leper hospital in St. Jago de la Vega, Jamaica. Correspondence is dated February 28th, 1903.
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.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to the MacMechans, dated May 15, 1904 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, thanking them for past correspondence, and about catching up with friends and former classmates.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated Janaury 10, 1904 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, discussing MacMechan's suggestion that Stairs write exams in pursuit of a Rhodes scholarship.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to the MacMechans, dated April 19, 1904 in Brooklyn, New York, thanking both for their educational support, as well as providing updates of life at Harvard.
Item consists of facsimile of correspondence submitted by A.P. Reid to the June 1904 issue of the Maritime Medical News (Vol. XVI, No. 6), on the topic of Nova Scotia's medical board matriculation examination.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated February 7, 1905 while at Oxford University under a Rhodes Scholarship, discussing poor depictions of Oxford in Massachusetts paper and responding to accusations that America should annex Canada. He also discusses vacationing in Paris, extracurricular activities at Oxford, and visits with friends.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 12, 1905 in Dijon, France, addressing the rejection of typewriters, meetings with mutual friends, and travels in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland and eastern France. Stairs finishes with discussing his studies in the new semester at Oxford.
Item consists of a letter to Archibald MacMechan from Sara Jeanette Cotes [Duncan] dated Janaury 6 [1905], covering topics such as education, Canadianism, and travels in the Indian subcontinent.
Item consists of a letter to Archibald MacMechan from Sara Jeannette Cotes [Duncan] dated May 4 [1905], covering topics such as her publication of "The Imperialist" and the nature of New Brunswickers.
Item consists of a letter to Archibald MacMechan from Sara Jeannette Cotes [Duncan] dated April 26 [1905], covering such topics as Sara's reception as an author among Canadian readers, and a meeting with Rudyard Kipling discussing Wilfrid Laurier's policies.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Edith MacMechan, dated July 24, 1905 in Neuchatel, Switzerland, discussing learning French and traipsing through mountains while on vacation in western Switzerland, visits to exhibitions in urban England, and catching up with friends at Oxford and beyond.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 3, 1907, at Oxford University, discussing life at Oxford, rowing, visits with mutual friends, and upcoming travels to France.
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.
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.
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".
Item is a letter from George W. Robinson (representing the Committee on Fellowships and Dean Haskins of Harvard University), thanking MacMechan for his endorsement of Daniel Cobb Harvey, who qualified for the Bayard Cutting Fellowship, despite having not completed his Harvard residence.
Item consists of a letter sent by Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated December 20, 1915, discussing the discovery of a muddy copy of the Dalhousie Gazette in a trench in France during the First World War.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 18, 1915, in Montreal, Quebec, discussing the difficult decision to enlist in the war effort, and his training for the Canadian Grenadier Guards Overseas Battalion. He then discusses military exploits of mutual friends.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, likely in the spring of 1915, about apologies for not meeting up before Jones's overseas departure.
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