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- Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds
Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds
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Memorandum, undated
Letter, 12 August 1801
Letter, 11 August 1804
Letter, 16 August 1804
Indenture, 9 February 1805
Letter, 28 August 1813
Letter, 16 November 1814
Indenture, 23 October 1819
Indenture, 27 October 1819
Indenture, 27 October 1819
Extract from Warrant, 15 June 1815
Plan of lands granted to Eri, Ezekiel, and Cephas Welton
Plan of Land Granted to James Teate and Alex Lamb
Indenture, 24 March 1821
Indenture, 5 February 1821
Indenture, 7 February 1821
Letter regarding Thomas Ewing's Geograpy with Maps
Letter, 26 May 1824
Letter, 23 August 1824
Last Will of William Balfour
Letter
Indenture, 28 April 1825
Letter, 6 May 1825
Letter, 10 April 1826
Letter, 31 July 1826
Letter, 20 August 1826
Letter, 9 November 1826
Indenture, 25 November 1826
Letter, 4 January 1827
Letter, 17 January 1827
Letter, 26 January 1827
Letter, 28 February 1827
Letter, 18 December 1827
Letter, 2 February 1827
Letter, 22 May 1827
Letter, 14 February 1827
Letter fragment
Letter, 2 January 1828
Letter, 25 January 1828
Letter, 31 May 1828
Letter, 18 June 1828
Letter, 23 September 1828
Letter, 7 October 1828
Letter, 23 January 1828
Letter of administration, 4 January 1828
Memorial of James Dawson of Pictou, Nova Scotia
Letter, 27 August 1830
Letter fragment, July 1830
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- McGill University Archives via McGill University Archival Collections
- Creator
- Dawson-Harrington Families
- Dates
- 1800-1972 (indexed as 1800–1972)
- Level
- fonds
- Scope & content
- The Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds follows the family of Sir John William Dawson, geologist and Principal of McGill University from 1855-1893, through four generations, including both personal and scientific papers of John William Dawson, his son-in law, B. J. Harrington, and his son, explorer, geologist, and Director of the Geological Survey George Mercer Dawson. Other family members include James Dawson, father to Sir John William Dawson, a Scots immigrant to Nova Scotia, printer, stationer, unsuccessful investor and zealous Presbyterian; John William's wife Margaret Mercer; their children William Bell Dawson, an engineer, Rankine Dawson, a physician, and Anna Lois Dawson. Also represented are Anna Dawson Harrington and B. J. Harrington's children, Eva Dawson and her husband, Hope Atkin, and their families
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