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Listing of the contents of the Almon family scrapbook
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Description of the item
Engraving entitled “Increase Mather”
Early vital statistics of the Almon family (hand-written)
Newspaper article entitled “Two Fair Tories: Boston Belles who remained
loyal to King George” (provides information about Dr. Mather Byles’ two
daughters – ca. 1775.
Broadside for book “Milk for babes: drawn out of breasts for both
Testaments” / John Cotton, B.D. and teacher to the Church of Boston in New
England, 1646.
Lithograph of Richard Mather
Lithograph of Rev. S. Mather
Engraving of Richard Mather
Lithograph of J. Cotton
Lithograph of Samuel Mather
Engraving of Crescentius Mathewius, 1724.
Lithograph of the Hon. William Johnston Almon, M.D.
Photograph of elderly gentlemen with dog – caption reads: “Under the trees at
Rosebank with Monda, Uncle Charley’s St. Bernard”
Lithograph of Mather Byles, A.M. et UDM
Silhouette – unknown
Watercolour of the birthplace of General Williams – Annapolis Royal, Nova
Scotia
Sketch of Dr. William Almon, the first Dr. Almon in Halifax, drawn by his
young sister-in-law when he was courting her sister, Rebecca “Becky” Byles,
daughter of Mather Byles II.
Architectural drawing of the Byles Estate – removed to the map collection??
Letter from J. Watts to Rev. Wm. Biles [sic]. – 2 April 1737. – 1 leaf of
textual records
Newspaper death notice of Rear Admiral M. Byles.
Transcription on mural tablet in St. George’s Parish Church, Grenada, West
Indies to the memory of Mather Byles.
Lithograph of Mather Byles.
Newspaper clipping entitled “Good double pun” – n.d.
Silhouette – unknown
Letter from Rebecca Byles to her sister, Katy sent from N. London – January
1762
Photograph of the mural tablet in St. George’s Parish Church, Grenada, West
Indies to the memory of Mather Byles.
Newspaper clipping stating that Captain Mather Byles, C.B. (retired) is to be a
Rear Admiral on the Retired List. – n.d.
Painting of an unidentified gentleman.
Newspaper clipping stating that Rev. Dr. Byles is to be Chaplain at Halifax,
Nova Scotia. Mather Byles II, a United Empire Loyalist, and father of the
first Dr. Almon’s wife, Rebecca. – n.d.
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Photograph of Rev. Charles Inglis, D.D. / Walker & Boutall, London after a
painting by Robert Field
Broadside: “Earthquakes tokens of God’s power & wrath: being a solemn
warning to the wicked” – 18 November 1755.
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Broadside: poem entitled “The bitter effects of sin. Verses on the execution
of Phillis Hammond at Boston, a Negro girl aged about seventeen years for
poisoning her master’s child. – 16 May 1751.
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Broadside: copy of the song “Lection Day. Peace, Independence and Liberty
Triumphant!!!”
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Broadside: poem: “Some excellent verses on Admiral Vernons’s taking the
forts and castles of Carthagenea, in the month of March last”. – [ca. 1742].
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Broadside: Predictions for the year 1783.
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Broadside: poem “A full and true account how the lamentable wicked French
and Indian pirates were taken by the valiant English men”. – n.d.
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Missing
David’s victory over Goliah [sic].
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Broadside: “The carrier’s of the Royal Gazette New-Year’s verses, to his
masters customers. – 1 January 1799.
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Key or explanation of the figures in the panting “Landing of the Forefathers”
(1818-1822) by Henry Sargent
Letter with envelope from the Duke of Wellington to Robert Wainwright,
Esq. – 30 April 1838.
Engraving of Benedict Arnold; reverse side: Major André (1750-1780)
Reproduction of a letter from Benedict Arnold. – 22 September 1780
Letter from Benedict Arnold. – 14 July 1800
Newspaper clipping “Raise sloop after lapse of 160 years” [Sloop
Philadelphia from the bottom of Lake Champlain]. – [ca. 1935]
Letter from Benjamin Franklin concerning the character of Rev. Mather
Byles. – 6 July 1765. – 1 leaf of textual records
Unpublished letter (copy) from B. Franklin to Rev. Byles. – January 1788.
[Found in the possession of William Bruce Almon, M.D. of Halifax, Nova
Scotia]
Writing card with a maple leaf and crown representing Canada
Broadside: “Predictions for the year 1783”
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Portland. – 1799.
North. – 1766.
George III. – 1799.
Note written by the Duke of Clarence with the notation, “This is written by
the Duke of Clarence, now my King William the Fourth. Presented to me by
my kind friend E.G. Stafford Esq. – C. Byles. – 7 February 1837. [Includes
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the seal of the Duke of Clarence]
Promissory note – Halifax Bank with a promise to pay the bearer on demand
one pound, one shilling in cash or bank note, value received. – 31 May 1806.
Document with “Two lines of unaccountable characters found on the
perpendicular side of a large rock that stands on the brink of a Tideing River,
(part in and part out of the river) near the Town of Taunton, in New England”.
Notice of a five dollar reward for run-away slave named Pompy from John
Mowatt, cabinet and chair maker, New York. – 3 May ?
Bill for two shillings and six pence. – 3 April 1772.
Bill for three pence. – 20 June 1744.
Shade cut by Charles H.H. Billings, aged 11 years, from his mother. – 30 May
1803
Shade cut of a man and reindeer.
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Engraving of Capt. James Cook, FRS (1728-1779) – “Painted at the Cape of
Good Hope by G. Webber. – F. Bartolazzi R.A., sculp. – published as the act
directs by G. Webber, No. 312, Oxford Street. – 4 Jun3 1784.
Maps of New England. – 1688. – 2 leaves of cartographic materials
Plan du Port de Chibouctou. – 1746. [Removed to the map collection]
Back of page 46.
Hue and Cry, no. 24 offering information about lost horses and ponies. – 19
April 1856. – 1 leaf of textual records
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The Daily Leader (Vol. 1, No. 23) Regina, Saskatchewan with article re:
hanging of Louis Riel. – 17 November 1885.
Poem entitled “The Johnstone Legend”
Engraving entitled “A north view of Fort Johnson drawn on the spot by Mr.
Guy Johnson, Sir William Johnson’s son.
Tracing of the crest marked “The King’s American Dragoons”.
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A drawing marking the types of food served at the supper table of the Queen’s
Ball in Halifax. – 18 January 1785.
Letter from James Almon, adventurous younger brother of Dr. William G.
Almon who traded out for British Columbia and two or three gold rushes who
died unmarried. -- 21 November 1855. [Includes a sketch of the General
Store]
Letter of invitation to celebrate Shakespeare’s Anniversary [250th anniversary
of his death] sent to John Livesey, Esq. from F.W. Hamstede, Hon. Sec. – 10
April 1866. – 1 leaf of textual records
Print showing the receipt of Lieutentant Governor [Adams George] Archibald
at the Court House in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia – presentation of members of
the press and others. – 9 July 1875.
Unidentified print.
Cartoon sketch: “Electioneering against Johnny Blue Nose”. – 1823.
Sketch entitled “The Editorial Chair” by R. Balfour Brown.
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Broadside: cartoon sketch “Humours of the Campaign: the “Mayflower Man”
on the stump”. [Includes a hand-written key to identifying the men]
Signature of Dalhousie.
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Article concerning the career of Sir Admiral Provo Wallis (1791-1892)
Engraving of General Lawrence.
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Engraving of Carolus Linnaus (1707-1778).
Print of Sir James Henry Craig (1748-1812), Governor of Lower Canada from
1807 to 1811.
Three pence note of Massachusetts. – 20 June 1744.
Broadside: poem entitled “The voice of the Churchwoman’s Missionary
Association – Easter week”. – 28 April 1886.
Broadside: poem entitled “The garret: a reverie” written by Martin Griffin (b.
1847), Parliamentary Librarian (1885-1920) – Ottawa. – 23 December 1878.
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Convocation photographs from King’s College, Windsor, Nova Scotia. – n.d.
Newspaper clipping entitled “Druggists and Chemists” which describes the
discoveries and use of chloroform and creosote by J.D. B. Fraser of Pictou,
Nova Scotia. – n.d.
Article from the Nova Scotia Medical Bulletin entitled “Tablet unveiled” in
memory of Senator W.J. Almon in St. Paul’s Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia. –
[Item provides genealogical details].
Engraving of the Prince’s Lodge – published at Halifax, Nova Scotia for
proprietor by C.H. Belcher, Hollis Street, [Halifax]
Copy of the newspaper The Royal Gazette (Vol. VI, no. 25) – Halifax, Nova
Scotia. – 23 June 1852.
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Water colours – drawings: landscape and soldiers
Newspapers articles re: the retirement of the Hon. William Johnston Almon
(1816-1901), M.D., Senator, etc. as Chairman of the Medical Board of
Victoria General Hospital. – June 1891. – [Item gives an outline of his
career].
Commission appointing William J. Almon, M.D., as Assistant Surgeon in the
5th Halifax Regiment Militia. – 27 April 1839.
Document stating the arrangement of burial for Dr. William Bruch Almon, in
St. Paul’s Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. – 20 June 1854.
Newspaper article giving death dates of Almon family members buried in St.
Paul’s Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. – [after 1842].
Medical degree received by William Bruce Almon (d. 1840). – 1809. [Note:
Dr. Almon is the grandfather of William Bruce Almon III, MDCM, FRCP,
Canada (d. 1940).
Newspaper clipping entitled “Puritan letter written in 1682.” – n.d. – [Item
was found in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and was written by Cotton Mather]
Newspaper clipping entitled “Was last pirate hanged in Canada”. – n.d.
Newspaper clipping entitled “London’s unseen curiosities”. – n.d.
Letter sent to the Honorable Sentaro Almon, M.D. from the Governors of
King’s College, Windsor, Nova Scotia. – 12 December 1892.
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Images of two unidentified men. – 2 photographs : b&w
Image of Henry Buckingham Witton (1831-1921), M.P. for Hamilton, Ontario
Image of Dr. Fraser, father of Dr. Fraser who for many years with
Superintendent of the School for the Blind in Halifax, Nova Scotia. – 1
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photograph : b&w
Engraving of Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
Image of the five sons of Dr. John Ritchie of Cape Town, South Africa, who
was a son of the Hon. John W. Ritchie, Esq., of Nova Scotia. – 1 photograph :
b&w
Image of William Bruce Almon, M.D. (son of Cotton Mather Almon). – 1883.
– 1 photograph : b&w
Image of William Bruce Almon, Lt. Col. R.C. Y. A. (son of Dr. J.R. Almon).
– 1883 – 1 photograph : b&w
Image of Mrs. Ritchie, wife of Dr. John Ritchie with her thousandth doll. –
1935. – 1 photograph : b&w [Note: Mrs. Ritchie sold dolls to assist with the
building of a Mission Church in Cape Town, South Africa].
Image of George Alexander. – n.d. – 1 photograph : b&w
Engraving of the late John Prescott Mott of Halifax, Nova Scotia after an
image by William Notman & Son.
Images of members of the Confederate Army
a. Robert E. Lee (1807-1870)
b. General John Bell Hood (1831-1879)
c. General Sterling Price (1809-1867)
d. General Joseph E. Johnson , C.S.A. (1807-1891)
e. General Richard Stoddert Ewell (1817-1872)
f. Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863)
g. General Ambrose Powell Hill (1825-1865)
h. General Fitzhugh Lee (1835-1905)
i. General James Ewell Brown Stuart (1833-1864)
j. General Ambrose Powell Hill (1825-1865)
k. General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1818-1893)
l. General James Henry Lane (1833-1907)
m. General Braxton Bragg (1817-1876)
Pass from Head Quarters – Department of Henrico – Richmond, [Virginia],
issued to W.B. Allmon [sic] for 30 days. – 26 January 1864.
Letter to Dr. W.B. Almon from F.T. Miles, Surgeon, Recorder of the Army
Medical Board, in Charleston, [South Carolina], stating that Dr. Almon has
been accepted for duty. – 17 August 1864.
Military passport issued at Wilmington, North Carolina to allow Dr. Almon to
travel to Richmond, Virginia. – 15 January 1864.
Quartermaster’s Department – U.S.A. Solder’s ticket issued at Columbus,
Georgia to allow the holder to travel from from Chatta hoochee, [Georgia?] to
Quincy, Florida. – [186-?].
Headquarters, Columbia, South Carolina – Provost Marshall’s Office –
permission to Assistant Surgeon W.B. Almon to visit any part of the city. – 11
October 1864.
Newspaper clipping with death notice for Dr. W.J. Almon [sic], Confederate
physician. – [1867].
Special order from the Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office to Assistant
Surgeon William B. Almon, requesting him to report without delay to
Medical Director [R.A.] Kinloch at Charleston, South Carolina for assignment
– dated at Richmond, [Virginia]. – 26 August 1864.
Image of [Dr. W.B. Almon].
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Letter to Dr. W.B. Almon from R.A. Kinloch, Assistant Medical Director. –
13 September 1863.
A letter from “Southerners” in Halifax to Dr. W.J. Almon, Rosebank, Halifax
on the death of his son, Dr. William B. Almon, one-time surgeon in the
Confederate States Army Hospital. – 5 February 1867.
Page with autographed signatures
a. Thomas Egenton Hogg (1828-1898)
b. Beverley Tucker (1820-1890)
c. Billie Boy of [Hardinge?]
d. Thomas J. Boykin [Confederate surgeon?]
e. Thomas Louis Connolly (1815-1876) [Roman Catholic Archbishop of
Halifax]
f. L.R. Smoot
Envelope addressed to Assistant Surgeon, W.B. Almon care of the Ladies’
Hospital – Columbia, South Carolina. – [186-?]
Letter to R.A. Kinloch from William B. Almon. – 2 September 1864.
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Special order from Head Quarters, Department of South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida granting a 30 day leave of absence to Assistant Surgeon, W.B.
Almon. – 21 February 1865.
Appointment of Dr. W.B. Almon as the Assistant Surgeon with the
Provisional Army of the Confederate States [P.A.C.S.] issued by the War
Department of the Confederate States of America at Richmond, Virginia. – 3
November 1864.
Special order from Head Quarters, Department of South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida granting a 60 day leave of absence to Assistant Surgeon, W.B.
Almon. – 19 November 1864.
Certificate of parole issued to W.B. Almon upon returning home to Nova
Scotia by the U.S. Forces in Florida – issued at Gainesville, Florida. – 19 June
1865.
Letter from John C. Mitchell, Fort Sumter [South Carolina] requesting a 15
day furlough for Private B.A. Butler to return home due to illness sent to the
Surgeon in charge – Ladies Hospital – Columbia, South Carolina. – 9 May
1864.
Fifty-one portraits of the Confederate Army and Navy / compiled by Chas. N.
Fredericks, New York [includes an index]. – [186?].
Special order from the Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office in Richmond,
Virginia requesting that Assistant Surgeon, William B. Almon, report to
Medical Director Kinlock [sic] at the Ladies’ Hospital in Columbia, South
Carolina. – 26 August 1864.
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Confederate currency – a $100 bill issued at Richmond, Virginia. – 17
February 1864.
Confederate currency – a $1 bill issued at Richmond, Virginia. – 17 February
1864.
Images of an unidentified man and woman. – [186-?]. – 2 photographs : b&w
[the image of the woman was taken by Notman]
Letter to Dr. Almon from [Belle B. Hardinge?] of London. – 16 December
1864.
Sketch of silhouette of Rev. Mather Byles II, D.D. from a work by his
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daughter. – 1808. – [the original is with Colonel W.B. Almon]
Photograph of Dr. William J. Almon (1816-1901). – [186-?]. – 1 photograph :
b&w
Letter to Dr. William Almon from James P. Holcombe, Special Commissioner
of the Confederate States of America thanking him on behalf of the
Confederate President, [Jefferson Davis]. – 23 May 1864.
Image of Confederate President, Jefferson Davis (1808-1889). – [186-?]. – 1
photograph ; b&w
Image of an unidentified man. – [186-?]. – 1 photograph ; b&w
Confederate currency - $5 bill issued at Richmond, Virginia. – 17 February
1864.
Confederate currency - $2 bill issued at Richmond, Virginia. – 17 February
1864.
Letter to Dr. Almon from Archbishop Thomas L. Connolly (1815-1876) with
an invitation to dinner. – [186-?].
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Various photographs of Confederates
a. T. Darby [?]
b. Image of four men [inscribed W.J. Almon, M.D. with kind regards W.
Preston?]
c. General Earn Van Dorn (1820-1863)
d. General Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877)
e. Capt. Raphael Semmes (1809-1877)
f. General John Hunt Morgan, C.S.A. (1825-1864)
g. Mrs. Rose O’Neal Grenow (1817-1864)
h. Llewellyn Saunderson and Henry D. Dibb
i. Mrs. Grenell
j. General Edmund Kirby Smith (1824-1893)
k. Capt. John Newland Maffitt (1819-1886)
l. General – Bishop Leonidas Polk (1806-1864)
m. Thomas Edgeworth Courtenay (1822-1875)
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Confederate States of America postage stamps
a. 2 cent Andrew Jackson. – [after 1863].
b. 5 cent Jefferson Davis. – [after 1862].
c. 10 cent Jefferson Davis. – [after 1862].
Various photographs of Confederates
a. Clement Claiborne Clay (1816-1882)
b. Unidentified White
c. James Murray Mason (1798-1871)
d. L.R. Smoot
e. Thomas J. Boykin [Confederate surgeon?]
f. Dr. D.J. Watson [Confederate surgeon?]
g. John Slidell (1793-1871)
h. Beverley Tucker (1820-1890)
i. Thomas Egenton Hogg (1828-1898)
New Year’s verses addressed to the customers of The Nova Scotia Gazette. -Broadside: A solemn farewell to Levi Ames, being a poem written a few days
before his execution for burglary. – 21 October 1773.
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Broadside: The speech of Levi Ames who was executed on Boston-Neck,
October 21, 1773, for the crime of burglary
A cut (silhouette) by Charles H.H. Billings, aged 11 years. Given by Miss
Louisa Davenport to C. Byles. – 3 April 1830
Broadside: Measures to be taken by the town of Boston, January 6, 1800, on
the death of General George Washingon
Biography of Henry Pelham, who was a Loyalist and artist by profession.
Article entitled “The first woman doctor”, the Canadian doctor, December
1937. Dr James Barry was the name used by the first woman doctor. Also a
carte-de-visite of Dr. Barry.
Broadside: Catalogue of the natural curiosities – an exhibiton showing a great
variety of beasts, birds, and reptiles. – n.d.
Newspaper clipping requesting information on Sir Samuel Cunard. – n.d.
Genealogical information on Samuel Cunard
Broadside: Arrangement of the performances for the afternoon. – n.d.
Broadside: poem entitled “Compliment for the year 1784 from the boy who
carries the Boston Evening Post”
Broadside: poem entitled “The carrier of the Boston Magazine wishes his kind
customers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year”. – n.d.
Envelope with decorative edging
Broadside: poem entitled “The carrier of the independent chronicle to his kind
customers”. – n.d.
Broadside: poem entitled “New Year’s verses addressed to the customers of
the Massachusetts Gazette, and Boston Post-Boy”. – n.d.
Broadside: poem entitled “The following is most respectfully dedicated to the
customers of the American Herald by the Carrier” (Boston, Massachusetts). –
1 January 1787
Broadside: poem entitled “The carrier of the Boston Magazine” (Boston,
Massachusetts). – January 1787
Broadside: poem entitled “The carrier of the Massachusetts Centinel [sic]”
(Boston, Massachusetts). – 1 January 1787
Map of the Madawaska Territo [sic]
Broadside: poem entitled “New-Years-Day” from Sir Richard Blackmore’s
Collection of poems printed at London. – 1718
Newspaper clipping with a poem written by British Princess Amelia, during
her last sickness. – [before 1810]
Newspaper clipping with the obituary of Dr. William James Almon, aged 62
who died in Bath, England on 5 February [1817]
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Recipes for pudding, cymbals, plumb [sic] cake, rice pudding and blackberry
jelly, a remedy for nephritic disorders.
Newspaper clipping with a picture captioned “The scene of Saturday night’s
murders” [the trouble started in the old increase Mather House. The men
were killed in front of the fruit store door”. – n.d.
Newspaper clipping with an image of the “Boston Stump” [St. Botolph’s
Church] in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. A note indicates that this is where
the Cottons came from.
Recipes for mutton, cake, plumbcake [sic], pickled beef, tomato mangoes,
brew, roasting pig and almond pudding.
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Bill marked “counterfeit”
Bill of four pence
Bill of three shillings. – 25 March 1776
Bill of one shilling
Bill with no value (Boston). – 31 December ?
Bill no. 18310
Bill for fifty cents issued by the Mechanics Saving and Loan Association
(Savannah, Georgia). – 24 May 1862.
Engraving – Fort Halifax (restoration). – 1775
Engraving of Thomas Prince (1687-1758)
Engraving of Elisha Cooke, the younger (1678-1737)
Engraving of Elisha Cooke, the elder (1637-1715)
Engraving of William Dummer (1677-1761)
Engraving of Jeremiah Dummer (1681-1739)
Engraving of Hannah Adams (1755-1831)
Engraving of George Berkeley (1685-1753)
Engraving of Samuel Sewall (1652-1730)
Engraving of Flanker, Fort Halifax
Engraving of William Shirley (1694-1771)
Engraving of Benjamin Pollard (died 1756)
Engraving of King George II (1683-1760)
Engraving of Gurdon Saltonstall (1666-1724)
Engraving of Bellomont [1636-1701?]
Engraving of Block House, built 1714
Letter with envelope sent to Senator W.J. Almon from John S. Thompson,
Minister of Justice, Ottawa, Ontario. – 28 February 1890
Letter to Senator Almon from M. Sedgewich with an enclosed bill “An Act
concerning marriage with the relatives of a deceased husband or wife”. – 3
March 1890
Photograph of Henry Wentworth Monk (1827-1896) (an early advocate of the
return of Jews to Jerusalem).
Clipping with inscription from a monument to the Cotton family in Minster
Church near Boscastle, Cornwall, England.
Extracts from meetings of the Commissioners of the Poor re: Dr. W.B.
Almon. – 7 December 1801; 23 December 1813; 31 March 1815; 1 October
1816; 31 December 1816; 31 December 1818; 2 January 1823; 2 January
1824
Cotton family pedigree
Newspaper clipping of a letter to Rev. Charles C. Rand from James E.
Whittney re: the story of the old church at Lower Middleton. – 20 June [193-]
Newspaper clipping of a letter from J. Bailey re: Anglican clergy who were
refugees in Nova Scotia after the American Revolution. – [193-?]
Obituary for Ella Almon Ritchie. – 24 April 1928
Telegram to Hon. Senator Wm. J. Almon from Wong Toonking, Chairman,
Chinese Board of Trade of British Columbia. – 29 June 1900.
Newspaper clipping “Great shipwrecks of the world: wreck of the transport
Archduke Charles on Jeddore rocks eighty-two years ago [1816]. -- 1898
Lithograph of William Martin Johnston, M.D. (United Empire Loyalist)
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Lithograph of Lewis Johnston, Jr., M.D. (son of William Martin Johnston)
Lithograph if Elizabeth Lichtenstein Johnston in early life (wife of William
Martin Johnston)
Lithograph if Elizabeth Lichtenstein Johnston in later life.
Lithograph of the Hon. Judge James William Johnston, Governor-elect of
Nova Scotia (son of William Martin Johnston). – 1873
Lithograph of Sir William Johnston Ritchie, K.C.B., Chief Justice of Canada
(grandson of William Martin Johnston)
Obituary for Frank L. Hoge (an ex-commissioned office of the United States
Navy of the Confederate States, and for many years engineer of the city of
Wheeling, West Virginia). – 17 March 1901
Photograph of land-girl, Mary Adlington. – 1918
Photograph of land-girl, Laura Adlington – 1918
Lithograph of Hon. William Johnston Almon (1816-1901), M.D., Senator of
the Dominion of Canada
Obituary of Hon. Senator W.J. Almon from the Halifax Herald. – 19 February
1901
Obituary of Hon. Senator W.J. Almon from the Halifax Herald (continued). –
19 February 1901
Two newspaper clippings re: tablet unveiled in St. Paul’s Church in memory
of Senator W.J. Almon, M.D.
Newspaper clipping “Nova Scotia history briefs” re: Simsbury Prison where
“Loyalists were forced to undergo unbelievable horrors during the American
Revolution”. – n.d.
Newspaper clipping “This day recalls by W.J. Banks, B.A.” re: William
Johnston Almon challenges Joe Howe to a duel. – n.d.
Newspaper clipping “Nova Scotia officers of new society” re: formation of
the Nova Scotia Historical Society. – 1878.
Newspaper clipping “Lieut. Richard F. Armstrong, his brilliant naval career in
the cause of Confederacy and a sketch of his life”. – 1904
Obituary of Mr. Cotton Mather Almon, son of Senator Almon. – 5 February
1883
Obituary of Thomas Ritchie Almon, M.D., second son of the late Senator
W.J. Almon. – 25 April 1901
Obituary of Capt John Taylor Wood. – 19 July 1904.
Newspaper clipping “Man who held many offices, Hon. Richard Bulkeley
interestingly discussed by J.S. Macdonald. – [before 1914]
Newspaper clipping “U.S. Warship Chesapeake new an English flour mill”
Copy of entries in the family Bible of Archibald Charles Dodd, Chief Justice
of Cape Breton
Newspaper clipping “60 years ago” re: Dodd’s Corner in Sydney, Cape
Breton
List of some of the writings of Fred Leaver, who died in Sydney, Cape Breton
after a life of much adventure in the gold fields of both Australia and
California. Leavers was the grandson of Archibald C. Dodd.
Obituary of Archibald Charles Dodd. – 14 June 1831
Newspaper clipping re: Philip Dodd, Esq., Superintendent of Sable Island
Newspaper clipping “Fire destroys old land mark – historic building 1797”
(longtime residence of Richard Gibbon, Chief Justice of the Colony of Cape
Breton). -- 1926
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Obituary of Richard Gibbons, Esq., former Attorney-General of Cape Breton
Island. – n.d.
Letter from Lord Mulgrave, Marquis of Normandy, Governor of Nova Scotia
to Philip Dodd on the death of his son.
Commission appointing Philip Dodd a Justice of the Peace for the north
eastern district of the County of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. – 12 March 1836
Letter to Philip Dodd from Rupert George, appointing him Officer for the
special purpose of protecting the fisheries. – 20 April 1844.
Obituaries of Jude Edmund Murray Dodd in the Sydney Record. – 25 July
1876
Obituary of Mary Dodd, youngest daughter of Hon. Justice Dodd. – 24 May
1904.
Obituary of Mrs. Pooley, widow of the late William Pooley, Barrister,
daughter of the late Chief Justice Dodd and eldest sister of the present Judge
Dodd of Sydney. – 1872
Obituary of Mrs. P.S. Dodd, Sydney, Nova Scotia. – [ca. 1876]
Obituary of Edmund Murray Dodd, Esq., eldest surviving son of Hon. Justice
Dodd [ca 1865]
Obituary of Miss Mary Dodd, Sydney, daughter of the late Hon. E.M. Dodd,
Justice of the Supreme Court and a sister of Hon. Murray Dodd, Justice of the
County Court.
Obituary of Justice Dodd
Obituaries of Rupert Davenport Dodd, Esq., youngest son of the Hon. Judge
Dodd. – [ca. 1875]
Obituaries of Judge Murray Dodd. – [ca. 1905]
Obituaries of Archibald Charles Dodd, Esq., former Chief Justice of Cape
Breton Island. – 14 June 1831.
Obituary of John Gaskin Pooley of Sydney, Cape Breton
Newspaper clipping “Occasional letter” re: appointments to the bench of
Nova Scotia’s Supreme Court.
Typescript of the will of the Honourable Archibald Charles Dodd. – 20
October 1828
Typescript of a letter appointing Edmund Murray Dodd as Pusine Judge of the
Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. – 9 February 1848
Invitation to the 100th anniversary of the founding of Dalhousie to be
celebrated 11-13 September 1919
Invitation to the laying of the cornerstone of the first building of Dalhousie
University on the new site at Studley. – 15 August 1912
Invitation to Dr. Bruce Almon and the Misses Almon to meet H.R.H. the
Prince of Wales at the home of Mrs. MacCallum Grant. – 24 November [no
year]
Invitation to the laying of the cornerstone of the Women’s Building at Studley
(Dalhousie University). – 18 August 1919.
Wedding invitation sent to Dr. and Miss Almon to attend the wedding of
Christine Mary Thornley to Mr. Wilfred Montague Ponsonby (great-grandson
of Senator Almon). – 12 February 1935.
Two half cent Canada postage stamps.
Article from The British Monthly entitled “Professor Marcus Dods” by the
late Henry Drummond. – January 1902.
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Notice of the death of Anne Palliser, wife of Charles Philip Gibson,
Horsforth, Leed, England. – 19 April 1884.
Typescript of the complimentary verses taken from the Commonplace Book
of William Bruce Almon, M.D. – 6 November 1805. – 2 leaves of textual
records
Newspaper clipping “A ramble through the old military burying ground at
Annapolis Royal” by Charlotte Perkins in the occasional column. – n.d..
Newspaper clippings concerning the death of Private James W. Johnstone
(great-grandson of Hon. James W. Johnstone). – 1916
Newspaper clipping “Veterans of many flights recalling Lieut. Howard
Johnstone, a well-known Maritime Provinces newspaperman, killed in
action”. -Church bulletin from St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia for a
solemn memorial service for all who have laid down their lives in the Great
War for the cause of freedom and righteousness. – 2 December 1917.
Western Union telegram notifying Miss S.A. Almon of Hollis Street in
Halifax, Nova Scotia of the death of Hibbert Binney. – 13 October 1917
Obituary of Edward Hibbert Binney. – October 1917
Obituary of Lance-Sergeant L.J. Almon. – [between 1914 and 1918]
Newspaper clipping “Lieut. Edmund Johnstone, Sydney, Nova Scotia
attacked a patrol of ten men, killing six and causing the remainder to flee”.
Postage stamp from the Bombay Women’s Branch, Bombay Residency War
and Relief Fund.
Postage stamp – 5 cents from Belgium
Newspaper clipping “Presented colours to Lieutenant Governor (the colours
of the 25th and 185th Battalions. – [between 1914 and 1918].
Copy of a letter to Mrs. Almons re: the death of her son, John Egan Almon,
second son of Thomas Ritchie and Frances A.M. Almon from Colonel Agar
Adamson. – 4 November 1917.
Obituary of Lieutenant John Egan Almon. – October 1917
Invitation and program from the unveiling and dedication of the Halifax War
Memorial at the Grand Parade, Halifax, Nova Scotia. – 1 July 1929.
Letter and envelope to the United Kingdom Steamship Assurance Association
limited at 24 St. Mary’s Axe, London, E.C. Eng. From Harris Henry Rogers
& Harris, Barristers, Solicitors and Co., St. Paul Building, Halifax, Canada
(recovered by divers from the wreck of the S.S. Empress of Ireland). – 26
May 1914.
Obituary of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Ritchie. – [between 1914 and 1918]
Newspaper clipping “The text of the Allies reply”
Small pamphlet or newspaper entitled “The Spectator” (No. 5.106) – for the
week ending 5 May 1926.
Invitation sent to Miss Almon and Dr. W. Bruce Almon from the ViceAdmiral, Captains and Officers of the Special Service Squadron at home
aboard the H.M.S. Hood. – 7 August 1924.
Romantic poem. – 1860.
A welcoming ode, composed by Dr. Oliver Wendell Jones (1809-1894) and
sung when his Majesty King Edward VII visited Boston in 1860.
Letter to Mr. Cotton Almon from the President of King’s College in Windsor,
Nova Scotia, Mr. Willets, in reference to the death of Senator Almon. – 4
April 1901.
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Invitation from the Board of Governors and the Senate of Dalhousie
University to attend a special convocation on honour Field-Marshall the
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. – 24 August 1946.
Invitation from the Mayor of Halifax and Mrs. J.E. Ahern to attend a
reception in honour of the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Geoffrey
Francis Fishe, M.A., D.D., P.C. Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs.
Fisher. – 24 August 1946.
Photograph of Susanna, wife of Philip S. Dodd, mother of Mr. C.M. Almon.
Photograph of Ellie Susanna Dodd, wife of Cotton Mather Almon, mother of
Dr. William Bruce Almon
Photograph of Cotton Almon, son of Hon. William ALmon and father of Dr.
William Bruce Almon
Letter to Mr. Dodd from George M. Naut re: Alex Monroe on Sable Island. –
19 April [no year]
Invitation from the students of King’s College, Windsor, Nova Scotia to Mrs.
And the Misses Almon to attend the Encaenia Ball. – 21 June [no year]
Letter to Mr. Alexander Haite from Quebeck [sic] (Mrs. Cotton Almon’s
great-grandfather). – 19 May 1784.
Newspaper clipping “Saxonia’s run to England told by a Sydney officer, letter
from Lieut. Howard Johnstone of the 25th Battalion”. – n.d.
Postcard of “The Stump” Boston, England to Miss S. Almon, Hollis Street,
Halifax, Nova Scotia [1929]
Menu from the fourth anniversary of the U.B.R. at the sign of four. – 27 July
1901.
Newspaper clipping “Thousands said good-bye – troops going overseas”. –
n.d.
Newspaper clipping “In memory of Dr. W.H. Drummond” by Dr. J.K. Foran
(a poem).
Newspaper clipping “The packsack of Gregory Clark” re: Royal Visit of
Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Endinburgh. – [ca. 1951]
Newspaper clipping “The squire” by Francis Nicholas Blundell (1880-1936)
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Suggested Hymn no. 1 for the Hymn Book of the United Church of Canada,
In Lege Unitas, by D.D. Calvin. – July 1925.
Order of Service for the memorial service for the late Field Marshall Earl
Kitchener (1850-1916), Secretary of State for War, at St. Paul’s Anglican
Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia. – 11 June 1916.
Two newspaper clippings of poems in memory of Field Marshall Earl
Kitchener. – [ca. 1916]
Newspaper clipping “Sir Charles Tupper: a great example” (a son of Sophia
Almon Tupper, eldest daughter of Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper) – on his
release from a German Prison Camp.
Newspaper clipping “The Captain of the Pitt, poem written by Convict no. 63,
368” which appeared in the last issue of the Sing Sing Prison magazine, Star
of Hope.
Memorial service for the Right Hon. Sir Charles Tupper at St. Paul’s
Anglican Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia. – 16 November 1915.
Souvenir menus – Kathleen Burke (Scottish Women’s Hospitals) with
signatures of General Joffre, General Petain, General Nivelle, General
Dubois, and the defenders of Verdun – Canadian Club, Halifax. – 9
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Two newspaper clippings re: Kathleen Burke (author of The White Road to
Verdun)
Newspaper clipping re: a luncheon of the Commercial Club to welcome to
Halifax men returning from overseas.
Registered envelope to Messrs. Henry Rogers Harris & Stewart, Barristers,
Solicitors & Co., Tramway Buildings, 50 Sackville Street, Halifax, Canada. –
1918.
Sticker stating that it was opened by a censor.
Christmas card from Canadian Dalhousie Hospital 7 from A. Oatway. – 19171918.
Ticket for complimentary dinner to No. 7 Stationary Hospital Dalhousie Unit,
Halifax Hotel. – 29 December [191-?]
Christmas card from A.S.M. Bullock, 25 General Hospital, British
Expeditionary Force (B.E.F.). – [191-?]
Souvenir programme “Official reception of the 25th Battalion, Nova Scotia
Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force, on its return from overseas,
Halifax, Nova Scotia. – 15 May 1919.
Christmas card from John Stewart, No. 7 Canadian Stationary Hospital,
Dalhousie University, somewhere in France. – 1916-1917.
Programme “Banquet given by the Province of Nova Scotia and the
Corporation of the City of Halifax, to the 25th Regiment on their return from
France. – May 1919.
Newspaper clipping from the Montreal Daily Star “Bourassa’s soldier cousin
points out path of honor and duty to nationalist leader” re: Capt. Talbot M.
Papineau. [Note: continued on Page 176]
Christmas card from the Royal Canadian Regiment. – [ca. 1933]
Christmas card from the 85th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Nova Scotia
Highlanders). – [191-?]
Invitiation sent to Dr. W.B. Almon and Miss Almon to meet Vice-Admiral
Sire Frederick L. Field and Officers of the Special Service Squardon. – n.d.
Typescript of a document appointing Colonel William Tailer [sic] as
Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts Bay. – 1 April 1702.
Typescript of document appointing William Taylor, Esq., as Colonel of a
Regiment of Foot, Massachusetts. – 1 April 1710.
Poem by William Johnston Almon, M.D., about General Stonewall Jackson
(three copies – one in Latin and two in English)
Invitation to a Liberal-Conservative Dinner for the Right Hon. Sir John A.
Macdonald and the members of this late Cabinet at the “Russell House”,
Ottawa. – 13 November 1873.
Invitation sent to Mrs. C. Almon and Miss Almon to Sir Charles and Lady
Tupper’s Golden Wedding Anniversary. – [1896]
Letter sent to Miss Almon from Charles Tupper on the death of Miss Almon’s
mother. – 31 May 1915.
Western Union telegram sent to Mrs. Cotton M. Almon from Charles Tupper
on the death of Mrs. Almon’s husband. – 5 July 1883.
Letter to Doctor Almon from W. Parker (one of the earliest members of the
Royal North-West Mounted Police) with sorrow on the death of Dr. Almon’s
mother. – 14 November 1906.
Broadside: An elegy upon his Excellency William Brunet, Esq., who departed
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this life September 7, 1729.
Broadside: A funeral elegy on Mrs. Hannah Dyre, late wife of Capt. William
Dyre, daughter of Josiah Cotton, Esq., who died October 27th, 1731 – aged
twenty-two years and a half.
Broadside: some of the dying speeches and declarations of John Battes and
his sons (Frenchmen) James Mufe, Philip Mufe, and John Michael (Indians).
Letter re: diary written by Rev. Mather Byles II at the time assistant to Dr.
Breynton at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia (written from
London). – 1784.
Copy of a letter from Kensington Palace from General Hunter, on behalf of
the Duke of Kent, to Rev. Mather Byles II, D.D. (information about the John
W. Young gates). – 8 August 1811.
Newspaper clipping from the Boston Transcript “Most famous of Boston’s
Spinsters” including excerpts of letters of Mary and Catherine Byles of
Boston dated 22 August [17--]
State obsequies of the late the Right Honourable Sire Charles Tupper at St.
Paul’s Anglican Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia. – 16 November 1915.
Newspaper clipping – “Boston Common as Miss Byles saw it”
Newspaper clipping – Image of Dr. Mather Byles (1706-1788) after a painting
by John Singleton Copley
Newspaper clipping – Image of Miss Byles, from a rare portrait
Poem written by M.J.R.L. concerning the ladies and their teas. – 25 December
1879.
Clipping from the Sydney Mail “The last Garthpool – and other topics” (the
story of the four-masted Garthpool which was taken by disaster on her way to
Australia). – 20 November 1929.
Letter to Rev. E.B. Nicholls from A.B. Almon with an invitation to tea. – July
1950.
Newspaper clipping “Church rises out of sea on east coast of England” re: a
long lost parish church which had been submerged since 1598 as a result of
coast erosion was lifted to the top by a storm but then disappeared again. – 4
January 1928.
Poem “The Garret: a reverie” concerning the old editorial office of The
Herald attributed to M.J.G. [Marlin J. Griffin], Ottawa. – 23 December 1878.
Two letters and one envelope sent to Miss Almon from Marlin J. Griffin of
Ottawa (both speak of poems written by M.J. Griffin). – [dated 28 April and 4
May 1903].
Newspaper clipping from the Herald “William Hall, (1827-1904), Victoria
Cross veteran of four wars and three navies” – 1903.
Christmas card sent from Wilfred and Christine Ponserby the 3rd Cavalry
Brigade Signal Troop, Meerut, [India]. – n.d.
Programme of Special Service Squadron at Halifax (H.M.S. Hood, H.M.S.
Repulse, H.M.S. Adelaide). – 7 August 1924.
Photograph of the decoration of the grave of the Hon. William J. Ritchie in St.
John’s Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia on the occasion of the Diamond
Jubilee of Canadian Confederation. – 1 July 1927.
Typescript with information concerning the ceremonies for the celebration of
the Diamond Jubilee of Canadian Confederation. – 1 July 1927.
Missing
Obituary of Rev. Canon Foster Hutchinson Almon – senior priest of the
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Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia and King’s College second oldest graduate.
– 9 May 1911.
Newspaper clipping “Gentlemen of the old school” re: Canons Brock and
Almon
Newspaper clipping “Impressive ceremony” re: gathering of Church of
England clergy, laymen and citizens to take part in the unveiling of a tablet on
the Hensley Memorial Chapel to commemorate the founding of King’s
College in 1788. – 8 June 1928.
Letter to Dr. W. Bruce Almon from R.L. Nixon, Bursar, University of King’s
College re: Mr. Roland Ritchie to not having the right qualifications to receive
benefits under his nomination. – 7 December 1926.
Letter to Miss Susan Almon from Sir John Bourinot of Ottawa re: Acadian
history. – [ca. 1898]
Postcard of King’s College sent to Miss S. Almon regarding the upcoming
Annual Meeting of the Alexandra Society of King’s College. – 1 March 1940.
Newspaper clipping “Impressions of St. Paul’s Anglican Church in the 60s of
the last century” written by Mrs. W.B. Slayter. – [ca. 1891]
Newspaper clipping “Occasional’s letter” re: the Public Gardens in Halifax.
Newspaper clipping “Copy of a letter from 2nd Lieutenant E.L. Townsend,
London Regiment, killed in France on September 15”. – [1916].
Newspaper clipping “Occasional” No. 3 – Prince’s Lodge by George
Mullane. – 7 July 1912.
Lithograph of a drawing of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) by Feliks
Topolski (1907-1989)
Newspaper clipping “Celebration by the Second Church: it is now two
hundred and fifty years old” (history of the Second Church in Copley Square,
Boston, Massachusetts with Rev. Increase Mather and Rev. Cotton Mather).
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Newspaper clipping – the text of the King’s Christmas Day broadcast to the
Empire from Sandringham, England. – 1939.
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Letter to Mollie from Susanna concerning Almons from Cape Breton. – 11
October 1954.
Newspaper clipping “R.A. Ritchie, invasion unit Captain injured” (son of the
late W.B.A. Ritchie, K.C., prominent Halifax lawyer and Mrs. Ritchie). – 21
June 1944.
Clipping from Time magazine “External affairs – bonn [sic] voyage” re:
appointment of Charles Stewart Almon Ritchie as Canada’s new Ambassador
to West Germany.
Calendar page highlighting what was to be the coronation of Edward VIII. –
May 1937.
Newspaper clipping of a poem “Spirit of England” by H.G. Cone.
Obituary of Murray Dodd, Judge of the County Court, District No. 7, Cape
Breton. – 1905.
Photograph of H.R.H. Edward, Prince of Wales, Lt-Gov. MacCallum Grant,
[William Gillionel?], and Col. Ralston at the Waegwoltic Club in Halifax,
Nova Scotia. – [August 1919].
Clipping with a picture of a Union Jack flying from the stern of the R-101
after fire had destroyed every part of the great airship but its metal
framework. – 1930.
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Christmas card featuring a photograph of His Majesty King George VI and
Queen Elizabeth as they sailed out of Halifax Harbour on board the Royal
yacht Empress of Britain, signed by F.K. Johnstone. – 1939.
Letter from Capt. W. Parker to Susie Almon with condolences on the death of
her brother, Dr. W.B. Almon. – 11 October 1940.
Letter to Miss Almon from W. Parker with an invitation to visit him in the
Medicine Hat, Alberta. – 20 March 1940.
Certificate of Master Mason to William Bruce Almon from the Grand Lodge.
– 5 September 1913.
Certificate from the Victoria General Hospital to William Bruce Almon for
the appointment of a clinical clerk. – 1 May 1898.
Medical diploma of William Bruce Almon from Dalhousie University. –
1940.
Certificate issued to William Bruce Almon by the Royal Canadian College of
Physicians and Surgeons. – 1931.
Letter to Dr. W.B. Almon from William G. Pipes re: a medical appointment at
the Victoria General Hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia. – 8 December 1905.
Letter to Dr. W.B. Almon from Dr. Charles L. Minor of Asheville, North
Carolina re: a visit to Halifax, Nova Scotia. – 12 November 1913.
Letter to Dr. W.B. Almon from Dr. C.F. Martin in Montreal, Quebec re:
Almon’s treatment of Mr. Ritchie’s.
Letter to Dr. W.B. Almon from college friend, Canon H.E. Andrews re: a
class reunion. – 21 January 1939.
Letter to Dr. W.B. Almon from S.M. Gallahan of Boylston, [Nova Scotia]
about the care her late daughter received from him. – 11 October 1933.
Certificate from the Canadian Department of Militia and Defence, Ottawa,
Ontario appointing Dr. Bruce Almon to be in the Army Medical Corps as a
Lieutnenant. – 20 April 1915.
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Photograph of Dr. William Bruce Almon. – 1915.
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Program from the University of King’s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Sesquicentennial Celebration convocation. – 23 August 1939.
Receipt in the sum of $25.00 for the University of King’s College Building
Endowment Fund appeal for Dr. W. Bruce Almon. – 2 December 1927.
Invitation to the Liberal-Conservative Dinner for the Right Honourable Sir
John A. Macdonald and the members of his late Cabinet, Ottawa. – 13
November 1873.
Programme and remarks from the University of King’s College convocation.
– 8 May 1924.
Programme from the University of King’s College Sesquicentennial, 17891939. – 22-24 August 1939.
Newspaper clipping “Memory of the Loyalists was honoured”. – n.d.
Newspaper clipping “Warm tribute to J.W. Johnstone, Hon. A.B. Aylesworth
in a letter to Judge Savary speaks of splendid work of a statesman”. – n.d.
Newspaper clipping “Notes of the Halifax garrison one hundred and eighteen
years ago and more”. – n.d.
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Certificate documenting the official appointment from John Morrow, Consul
of the United States of America, to Philip S. Dodd of Bridgeport, Cape
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Breton, Nova Scotia to be Consular Agent. – 25 August 1836.
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Pamphlet “Excitement in the Halifax Real Estate Market: advertisement for
the building of Rosebank Park, the old Almon property. – [191-?]
Newspaper clipping re: Shakespearian plays As you like it and Macbeth.
Newspaper clipping about the obituary of Miss Ella Ritchie. -Information concerning Dr. Mather Byles (1706-1788)
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Solution of a card trick introduced by Dr. Bruce Almon. – 1940.
Article from Maclean’s magazine on Canon F.G. Scott (1861-1944), chaplain,
First Division of Canadian Expeditionary Force. – 1 November 1938.
Article from Maclean’s magazine on Canon F.G. Scott (1861-1944), chaplain,
First Division of Canadian Expeditionary Force (continued). – 1 November
1938
Newspaper clipping of a poem “A Hymn of Empire” by Frederick George
Scott (1861-1944). – n.d.
Newspaper clipping re: Sir William J. Ritchie and his descendants. – n.d.
Newspaper clipping from The Evening Express of Halifax, Nova Scotia – re:
the Honourable James W. Johnston. – 30 November 1860.
Newspaper clipping about the United States re: steamship Canada and trade
effects of the election of President Lincoln. – [ca. 1861]
Newspaper clipping “Domestic and other matters”. – [186-?]
Various newspaper clippings of a miscellaneous nature. – n.d.
Signature of J.W. Johnson.
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Program for the unveiling of a War Memorial Arch at St. Paul’s Anglican
Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia on 1 December 1921 and the Day of
Remembrance on 4 December 1921.
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Typescript of a poem “Defensor Hi-De-Ho” by H.E. A. of Montreal, Quebec
sent to Bruce [Almon]. – February 1939.
Letter to Dr. Bruce Almon, City Medical Officer, Halifax, Nova Scotia, from
Arthur C. Pettipas, Secretary, City Health Board, re: medical attention of
nurses. – 17 October 1933.
Letter to Miss Almon from Sister Marie de Chantée, Halifax Infirmary, re: Dr.
Almon. – Easter 1941.
Newspaper clipping “Few follow in footsteps of father”. – 1940.
Newspaper clipping “Do you know?” by Fred Williams – re: the 153 years
that Halifax has never been without its Dr. Almon. – [ca. 1929]
Notice from the Director of Records for Adjutant General, Department of
Militia and Defence re: the dispatch of medals. – n.d.
Letter to Dr. W.B. Almon from A. Stanley Mackenzie, President of Dalhousie
University re: the gift of an enlarged photograph of his late grandfather. – 6
November 1928.
Small note concerning exams at medical school signed W.B.A. [William
Bruce Almon]
Good conduct card to Willie Almon from the Ottawa Public Schools, honor
pupils. – 10 November [188-]
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Discharge papers of William Bruce Almon from the Canadian Expeditionary
Force. – 22 July 1920.
Newspaper clipping “Distinguished flying cross” re: H. C. Carscallen, Nancy
Almon’s husband. – July 1943.
Newspaper clipping “A tribute” – re: Dr. Almon’s practice as a surgeon and
anaethetist. – n.d.
Letter to Dr. Bruce Almon, City Medical Officer, Halifax, Nova Scotia from
Secretary of the City Health Board re: medical attention of nurses. – 17
October 1933. [Note: see also item on page 248]
Letter to Miss Almon from Burns Martin, the University of King’s College,
Halifax, Nova Scotia to Miss Almon thanking her for the gift of an atlas. – 8
May 1937.
Last Christmas card received from Dr. W. Bruce Almon. – [ca. 1939]
List from Army Medical Services of different captains and their military
districts (includes reference to Dr. W.B. Almon)
Sympathy letter sent to Miss Almon from Gordon S. Harrington on the death
of Dr. W.B. Almon. – 14 September 1940.
Letter to Miss Almon from Anthony Smith (Dr. Almon’s male nurse) re: a
gift her had received and his reminiscences about the late doctor. – 25
September 1940.
Three newspaper obituaries of Dr. W.B. Almon. – 1940.
Sympathy letter to Miss Almon from Miss Virginia Daye (Dr. Almon’s nurse)
on the death of Dr. Almon. – 3 October 1940.
Unsigned sympathy letter re: Dr. Almon’s death sent to Susie [Almon]. – [ca.
1940]
Sympathy letter sent to Miss Almon from E. Lida Brown. – [ca. 1940]
Sympathy letter sent to Miss Susie Almon from Charles Ritchie, Office of the
High Commissioner for Canada, Custom House, London, S.W.1. – 18
October [1940]
Unsigned sympathy letter sent to Susie Almon. – 31 October 1940.
Sympathy letter sent to Miss Almon from Canon A.E. Andrew re: the death of
Dr. Almon, his former roommate at the University of King’s College. – 16
September 1940.
Sympathy letter sent to Susan Almon from a cousin. – 12 September 1940.
Sympathy letter sent to Susan Almon from Joseph Reid, Stocker, Royal Navy,
who was imprisoned in Germany. – 4 January 1943.
Poem entitled “For the burial of the dead” by Basil Blackett (1883-1935)
Photograph of William Bruce Almon as a young boy. – [ca 1869]
Photograph of William Bruce Almon as an older man. – September 1940.
Letter sent to Mrs. Almon from Alan Ruddle, Secretary-Superintendent at the
Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, England re: a trunk of men’s clothes for
people who had lost everything in an air-raid. – 15 January 1941.
Typescripts of two letters re: treatment of the poor, small pox, and related
observations sent from Dr. William Bruce Almon to Dr. Burke, Rifle Corps
(dated 28 December 1825), and John Strachan, Esq., M.D. (dated 31 July
1822). – n.d.
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Postcard of the Duke and Duchess of Kent after their wedding. –29 November
1934.
Newspaper clipping “Court circular” re: news from Buckingham Palace. –
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Newspaper clipping “This week in Parliament” re: the Duke of Kent’s
introduction. – [ca. 1934].
Newspaper clipping “Plans for Royal Wedding”. – [ca. 1934].
Newspaper clipping “Lord and Lady Knutsford”. – n.d.
Letter from Viscount Knutsford re: his financial situation. – 24 October 1927.
Letter from Viscount Knutsford thanking S.W. Almon for his assistance. – 5
December 1927.
Programme from the H.M.C.S. Cornwallis Christmas party head in the ship’s
drill hall. – 25 December 1942.
Order of Service from St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on
the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the founding of Halifax, Nova Scotia
on 21 June 1749. – 21 June 1924.
Letter to “My Dear Almon” from John Stewart of Halifax, Nova Scotia re: his
Christmas gift. – 19 January 1925.
Plan of the survey of a lot of land within the Township of Halifax on the shore
of the Bedford Basin owned by Dr. W.J. Almon between properties owned by
the Mitchells and Thomas Lefler’s property. – 7 July 1832.
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Two Victory bond advertisements dropped by airplane. – 9 September 1940.
Portion of Vergil’s Aeneid (II, Lines 1-56). – n.d.
Newspaper clipping from the New York Times Magazine “The King –
Britain’s symbol of Empire” by Sir Philip Gibbs re: King George VI. – 4
January 1931.
Newspaper clipping from the New York Times Magazine “The King –
Britain’s symbol of Empire” by Sir Philip Gibbs re: King George VI
(continued). – 4 January 1931.
Song entitled “A chant of love for England” by Helen Gray Cone (18591934).
Card of thanks sent to people who remembered the memory of the Very
Reverend J.P. Derwent Llwyd, Dean of Nova Scotia (1 November 1912 – 22
February 1933). – [1933].
Newspaper clipping “King’s voice heard all around globe” re: Christmas
greetings from King George V. – 26 December [before 1937]
Newspaper clipping “Unique MSS” re: a display at the Bodleian Library,
Oxford, on Queen Elizabeth, in commemoration of her birth in 1533. – [ca.
1933]
Newspaper clipping “Thomas Beamish Akins” by Dr. Archibald MacMechan,
Halifax Mail. – 31 December 1932.
Newspaper clipping “Occasional’s letter” re: Halifax Horse Railway; care of
paupers; Hon. H.H. Cogswell, and the 5th Royal Garrison Regiment, last
Imperial regiment. – n.d.
Programme and menu from the 75th anniversary dinner (1864-1939) of the
opening of the Halifax Club House, Halifax, Nova Scotia. – [1939]
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Saturday Night magazine clipping featuring an image of Miss Nancy Almon,
daughter of Colonel and Mrs. W.B. Almon. – n.d.
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Joseph Howe and J.W. Johnstone with Rev. Dr. Saunders’ interesting
reminiscences of Johnstone’s career. – n.d.
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Programme of St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia with a sketch
on the back featuring the church in 1750 (notation that W.J. Armitage was
rector). – [Easter Day 1929?]
Programme of St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia with a sketch
on the back featuring the church in 1759 (after a drawing by Richard Short) –
includes a notation that W.J. Armitage was rector. – [Easter Day 1929?]
Obituary of Lieut. Colonel Thomas Ritchie. – n.d.
Newspaper clipping about the marriage of F.J.C. Rybot and Miss D.A.
Ponsonby (Nancy Almon was one of the bridesmaids). – 1933.
Memorial for the Honourable William Bruce Almon, M.D. (1788-1840) and
an obituary for Marcus Dodd in the Journal of the Nova Scotia Medical
Society, Halifax, Nova Scotia. – [ca. 1929].
Obituary of Mr. Justice James Johnson Ritchie. – April 1925.
Obituary of Andrew Uniacke Almon. – November 1929.
Obituary of T.Reginald Robertson, K.C., Bar of Nova Scotia. – 29 January
1945.
Newspaper clipping “To be next ambassador to Germany” re: Charles Stewart
Almon Ritchie’s appointment. – [ca. 1954].
Letter to Mill Almon from Miss Mary J. Hooper, South Devon, England re:
receipt of letters written by Mather Byles III and also tells of wartime
conditions in Britain. – 9 November 1916.
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Two articles from Maclean’s Magazine re: the abdication of Edward VIII. –
15 January 1937.
Continuation of articles from Maclean’s Magazine re: the abdication of
Edward VIII. – 15 January 1937
Continuation of articles from Maclean’s Magazine re: the abdication of
Edward VIII. – 15 January 1937
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Clipping from Saturday Night magazine “Letter from London, the four
charwomen of the Abbey” by Beverley Nichols re: the coronation of Queen
Elizabeth II. – [1953].
Pencil sketch of Lewes Castle (England). – 25 June 1864.
Newspaper clippings re: Winston Churchill’s 80th birthday and the
controversy over his birthday portrait. – [1954]
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Clipping from the Canadian Courier “Easterners win out against Montreal
group in fight for control of Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Company” (includes
images of Mr. R.E. Harris, President, and Thomas Cantley, General
Manager). – [ca. 1910]
Two letters and one envelope sent from Canon A.E. Andrew, of Sydney
Mines, Nova Scotia sent to Miss Susan Almon. – 26 November and 9
December 1940.
Newspaper The Halifax Herald (Part two – pages 9-12) featuring an article
entitled “The most exciting Christmas week ever known in the history of
Halifax re: Surgeon William B. Almon and his involvement with the
American War including details of the history of the Almon family. – 23
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