Archives Catalogue

MS-2-28, Item 3
Item
September 19, 1840 - August 18, 1843

Testimony by James C. Marsh on Thursday 21st March, 1844, re. the township of Pictou election

MS-4-28, Box 1, Folder 9
Item
1844

This file consists of a witness account of the election day in the town of Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1844 where voters were attacked and stopped from voting at the polls.

Sermon by Joseph Outram

MS-2-61, SF Box 27, Folder 8
Item
1844

Item is a sermon on Mormonism written by Joseph Outram in Halifax, 1844.

Outram, Joseph, fl. 1844

Photograph of Charles Fenerty

MS-2-785, Oversized Box 7, Folder 10, Item 7
Item
[ca. 1844]

Part of Dougald MacGillivray's photographic portrait collection

Item is a photograph of Charles Fenerty, a native of Lower Sackville, NS. A caption is printed on the photograph which reads: "Charles Fenerty: Inventor of the process of producing paper from spruce wood pulp, he made his method public in 1844. Born in Upper Sackville, N. S., January 1821, he died at Lower Sackville, N. S., June 1892 at the age of 71."

Benjamin Bell -- New Brunswick Land Grant

MS-14-61, MS-14-OS Box 4, Folder 21
Item
May 29th, 1844

Item is a land grant : New Brunswick, Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain… give and grant unto Benjamin Bell (lis?) Heirs and assigns, a tract of Land situated in the parish of Srysex (Sussex?) in the county of Kings in our Province of New Brunswick… No. 3217 Registered the 29th day of May 1844 ... by his Excellency’s command Wm F. Odell(?)

Bell, Benjamin, II, Born Feb 07 1806 in Ballintra, Drumholm, Co. Donegal, Ireland, Died Dec 23 1876 in New Brunswick, Canada (http://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/familytree?uid=nbell&surname=Bell)

James Patterson's correspondence, invoices and other papers

MS-4-47, SF Box 47, Folder 2
File
1792 - 1844

File contains invoices, correspondence, agreements and miscellaneous papers.

Patterson, James

William and Robert Lawson's business ledger (1829-1833) and journal (1842-1845)

MS-4-8, Item 1
Item
1829 - 1845

Lawson, William

Daniel McNeil Parker fonds

MS-13-31
Fonds
1842-1846

Fonds consists of student tickets and certificates from the University of Edinburgh. Several obituaries from different sources are located in the case file.

Parker, Daniel McNeil

Captain Isaac Rayne's handwritten promissory notes

MS-2-657, SF Box 61, Folder 26
File
1836 - 1846

Part of Captain Isaac Rayne and family fonds

Photograph of skutching flax

PC2, Box 101, Folder 115
Item
1847

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Item is a copy of a photograph annotated: "(Skutching Flax) Pictou Co. 1847". The photograph shows three individuals, full pose. One individual is wearing a hat and pressing flax on a wooden machine, and two individuals are wearing scarves on their heads and working with flax inside a wooden building. Print copy is available: PC-2-333-69.

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.

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

Daybook for the Pharmacy J.D.B. Fraser

MS-2-28, Item 4
Item
May 1845 - June 1, 1847

Part of J.D.B. Fraser fonds

Certificate admitting and enrolling James Thomson as attorney and barrister of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia

MS-2-73, SF Box 23, Folder 2
Item
1848

Item is a parchment certificate admitting and enrolling James Thomson as an attorney and barrister of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, sealed and signed by Brenton Halliburton, Chief Justice of Nova Scotia.

Halliburton, Brenton, Sir, 1774-1860

Letter from Joseph Howe to D.O.C. Madden of Arichat, Nova Scotia

MS-2-779, SF Box 80, Folder 12
File
August 10, 1849

Part of George Robertson's historical documents collection

File contains a letter from Joseph Howe to D.O.C. Madden of Arichat, Nova Scotia, written on 10 August 1849. The letter discusses a petition from Peter Furrier, Master of the Brig Superb, to have his vessel released from quarantine.

Howe, Joseph

Letters from R.D. George and Joseph Howe to Andrew Madden

MS-13-75, SF Box 81, Folder 2
File
1847 - 1849

File consists of letters sent from R.D. George and Joseph Howe to Andrew Madden.

Howe, Joseph

Reproduction of a pastel drawing of Thomas McCulloch

PC1, Box 16, Folder 97, Item 1
Item
[after 1850]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a reproduction of a pastel drawing of Thomas McCulloch, the first president of Dalhousie University. The drawing was produced by Munro of Pictou, Nova Scotia. The original drawing was created by Daniel Munro in 1850, after an older drawing hanging in Wellington Presbyterian Church in Glasgow, Scotland. The drawing was given to Dalhousie as a centennial gift by Isabella McCulloch in 1939.

Autograph of Louis Moreau Gottschalk

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 61
File
June 13, 1850

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains an autograph of the American composer and pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk, addressed to Mr. L.J. List(?). Included on the page are three measures of monophonic music in G minor. This autograph would have been purchased or given to John Daniel Logan as a gift.

Captain Isaac Rayne's handwritten deeds

MS-2-657, SF Box 61, Folder 25
File
1836 - 1850

Part of Captain Isaac Rayne and family fonds

Map of West Canada

MS-2-756, OS Folder 14
Item
1851

Part of The Pullen Map Collection

Item is a map of West Canada drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin. Illustrations on the map were drawn by H. Warren and engraved by Robert Wallis. The map was published in J. & F. Tallis' Illustrated atlas, and modern history of the World in 1851.

Map of East Canada and New Brunswick

MS-2-756, OS Folder 15
Item
1851

Part of The Pullen Map Collection

Item is a map of East Canada and New Brunswick drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin. Illustrations on the map were drawn by H. Warren and engraved by Robert Wallis. The map was published in J. & F. Tallis' Illustrated atlas, and modern history of the World in 1851.

Map of British America

MS-2-756, OS Folder 13
Item
1851

Part of The Pullen Map Collection

Item is a map of British America drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin. Illustrations on the map were drawn by H. Warren and engraved by Robert Wallis. The map was published in J. & F. Tallis' Illustrated atlas, and modern history of the World in 1851.

Timothy Messenger

MS-4-191
Fonds
1804-1851

Messenger, Ebenezer

Sanford Fleming's handwritten report on the Garrison Reserve in York, Ontario

MS-2-658, SF Box 28, Folder 16
File
1851

Part of Sir Sandford Fleming fonds

File also contains a related manuscript by an unknown writer.

Correspondence between Sandford Fleming and the president of the Canadian Institute

MS-2-658, SF Box 28, Folder 13
File
[1853?]

Part of Sir Sandford Fleming fonds

File contains two handwritten letters reporting on the railway in Toronto, Ontario.

Catalogue of the officers and students of the Brown University

MS-2-749, Box 1, Folder 25
File
1851 - 1854

Part of Patricia Monk fonds

Photograph of Sir Charles Tupper

PC1, Box 61, Folder 215
File
[after 1855]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Letters from Alfred Austin to Stephen Tobin

MS-2-74, SF Box 18, Folder 24
File
1854-1855

File consists of four letters from Alfred Austin to Stephen Tobin. Austin was Tobin's schoolmate at Stonyhurst College from 1849-1852 and later served as Poet Laureate of England (1896-1913).

Austin, Alfred

Handwritten correspondence sent to Captain Isaac Rayne

MS-2-657, SF Box 61, Folder 24
File
1827 - 1855

Part of Captain Isaac Rayne and family fonds

File contains correspondence sent by various people, including Mrs. Elizabeth Mason, William Gregor, and others senders.

Sanford Fleming's handwritten preliminary report on the projected north-west railway of Canada

MS-2-658, SF Box 28, Folder 12
File
1856

Part of Sir Sandford Fleming fonds

Handwritten receipts of payments done by Captain Isaac Rayne

MS-2-657, SF Box 61, Folder 27
File
[ca. 1820] - 1856

Part of Captain Isaac Rayne and family fonds

File contains handwritten receipts regarding innumerous transactions made by Captain Isaac Rayne, including with James Collupy relating the acquisition of a farm in Nova Scotia.

A student's letters, number 1 / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 15
Item
May 29 1857

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the July 1857 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 2), dated May 29th, 1857, discussing life as a medical student in London.

A student's letters, number 2 / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 16
Item
July 2 1857

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the August 1857 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 3), dated July 2nd, 1857, discussing orthopaedic surgery studies.

Self-examination

MS-2-42, SF Box 24, Folder 1
File
November 6, 1857

Part of Charles Macdonald fonds

File contains a sermon delivered at College Chapel on November 8, 1857.

A student's letters, number 3 / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 18
Item
November 25 1857

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the January 1858 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 8), dated November 25th, 1857, discussing clinical teaching methods in medical education.

Augustine Melanson, ledger

MS-4-203, SF Box 46, Folder 8
Item
1848-1857

Ledger 1848-1857 including accounts of the Schooner (later brigantine) Samuel Campbell

Melanson, [Augustine?]

Deed of confirmation from Sophia Catherine Brehm to Mary Jane Aitkin

MS-2-136, SF Box 14, Folder 6
Item
1857

Item is a deed of confirmation of land transfer from Sophia C. Brehm to Mary J. Aitkin of Pictou, Nova Scotia dated August 27, 1857.

Aitkin, Mary Jane

Photograph of Brown University

MS-2-749, Box 1, Folder 1
File
1857

Part of Patricia Monk fonds

File includes the negative and a photocopy of the photographed picture.

A student's letters, number 4 / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 19
Item
January 4 1858

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the February 1858 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 9), dated January 4, 1858, discussing qualifications for McGill medical students interested in pursuing the Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) (L.R.C.S.E.).

A student's letters, number 5 / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 20
Item
February 1 1858

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the March 1858 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 10), dated February 1st, 1858, discussing treatment of an otherwise healthy young man who is "[an] almost unique [case of being] deficient of a sternum".

A student's letters, number 6 / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 21
Item
March 1858

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the April 1858 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 11), dated March, 1858, discussing the differences between medical schools in London, Dublin, and Edinburgh.

Review of An inaugural dissertation on strychnia / A.P. Reid : [facsimile, clipping]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 22
Item
September 1858

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a review of A.P. Reid's thesis "An Inaugural Dissertation on Strychnia", as appeared in the September 1858 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 6, No. 4).

Ledger of Silas H. Crane

MS-4-151, SF Box 47, Folder 5
Item
1832-1858

File contains a financial ledger that records the business activities of Silas H. Crane.

Crane, Silas H.

Print of the brig "Europa"

MS-2-266, PB 4, folder 39
Item
1858

Part of Everett MacDougall fonds

Item is a print of a drawing of the brig Europa. Writing on back reads: Brig "Europa" of Maitland, N.S. entering (port of) Leghorn 1858. Alexander MacDougall, master. The above Alex MacDougall was father of Captain Everett MacDougall.

Correspondence between Dr. Lewis Johnston and E.P. Clarke regarding a cure-all Peruvian syrup

MS-2-725, SF Box 102, Folder 10
File
1856 - 1858

Clarke, E.P.

Lucy Cameron : [manuscript]

Part of Manuscript of Mary Herbert's unpublished novel Lucy Cameron and a transcription by Pilar Cuder

Item is the unpublished novel "Lucy Cameron" written by Mary E. Herbert.

Handwritten legal records regarding Captain Isaac Rayne's estate

MS-2-657, SF Box 28, Folder 17
File
1856 - [ca. 1859]

Part of Captain Isaac Rayne and family fonds

Annotated copy of Memoir of the Rev. James MacGregor, D.D.

MS-2-215, SF Box 32, Folder 6
Item
1859

Item is a memoir of the Rev. James MacGregor published in 1859 by George Patterson. Item includes corrections, annotations and loose notes made by Patterson.

Patterson, George, The Reverend, 1824-1897