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CA BI MG 12.53 · Fonds · 1835-1875

Fonds consists of Rev. John William Howie's correspondence (1835), notes pertaining to sermons (1857-1873), a marriage certificate for Reverend Howie and Harriet Amelia Addy (1875), and his ordination certificate (1861). Fonds also includes a workbook belonging to Susie Howie.

Howie, John William
Sydney Harbour
CA BI 77-1358-1492 · Item · 1840

Item is a photograph of Sydney Harbour.

CA BI 77-574-708 · Item · ca. 1840

Item is a photograph of a picture of Elizabeth L. Johnstone, author of "Recollections of a Georgia Loyalist." She was born in 1764 and died in 1848.

CA BI G153 · Item · 1840

Item is a periodical containing international news as well as articles on history and technological advancements.

Matheson family fonds
CA BI MG 12.66 · Fonds · 1840-1887

Fonds consists of correspondence written mainly to Murdoch Matheson from family members in Boston, Mass., and a diary written by Alex Matheson.

Matheson family
Fr. V. Gen. Laughnan
CA BI 77-983-1117 · Item · ca. 1840

Item is a photograph of Fr. V. Gen. Laughnan who was born in 1786 in Ireland.

James P. Ward
CA BI 76-108 · Item · ca. 1840

Item is a photograph of a painting of James P. Ward, a Sheriff in Cape Breton.

Shaun Bennett fonds
CA BI MG 11.36 · Fonds · 1840-1957

Fonds consists of "A brief history of St. Rose School, Inverness County 1840-1957." Also included is a photograph of pupils of the school, 1910-1911 with teacher, James J. MacLellan.

CA BI G152 · Item · 1840

Item is a periodical containing international news as well as articles on history and technological advancements.

CA BI G154 · Item · 1840

Item is a periodical containing international news as well as articles on history and technological advancements.

The Cape Breton Advocate
Newspaper 34 · File · 1840-1884

Gertrude E.N. Tratt: "A veritable chain of publications following each other in close succession from 1840, finally ended with the Cape Breton Times. The earliest in the series was the Cape Breton Advocate published by Richard Huntington and edited by Otto S. Weeks. Its prospectus was dated 24 July 1840 and read: "It is proposed to publish the Sydney, Cape Breton, as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers can be obtained, a Weekly Newspaper to be called "THE CAPE BRETON ADVOCATE". It will be printed on a quarter sheet of fine paper, the size of the Halifax Pearl at the rate of Fifteen Shillings per annum payable half yearly ... a correct and copious Marine Journal will be published in every number, and the fluctuations of the American, West India, and Provincial Markets will be duly noticed ... a general summary of foreign and domestic intelligence will be given ... with a correct record of local events. During the sessions of the Legislature the proceedings will always be briefly noted. Communications, when not of a personal nature will ... be ... inserted. The day of publication will be Wednesday"."

John Smith Hart fonds
CA BI MG 12.45 · Fonds · 1842-1946

Fonds consists of materials regarding Hart's business ventures, personal and business correspondence, social and religious events, and financial records.

Hart, John Smith
View of Sydney
CA BI 77-1359-1493 · Item · 1842

Item is a photograph of a view of Sydney.

Report on Indian Affairs
CA BI PAM 3312 · Item · 25 Jan. 1843

Item is a reproduction of a report on the state of Nova Scotian Indian Affairs by Joseph Howe, then Indian Commissioner for Indian Affairs. Gives Mi'kmaw population figures of Nova Scotia for 1843, listed by region. Describes financial position, housing, land, education and religion of Mi'kmaq.

Newspaper 12 · File · 1843-1845

Daniel Cobb Harvey: "The only other newspaper which originated in 1840 was the Cape Breton Advocate, published at Sydney by Richard Huntington and edited by the Reverend Otto S. Weeks, principal of the Grammar School. It ran until the end of 1841 when the press was taken over by J.D. Kuhn, who published the Spirit of the Times, an agricultural, commercial, literary, and general newspaper. It lasted until 1846, when the plant was again sold to William C. McKinnon, who changed the name first to the Cape Breton Spectator but afterwards to the Times and Cape Breton Spectator. The latter ceased publication in 1850 and was succeeded by the Commercial Herald, which lasted but a few months. McKinnon in turn sold to James P. Ward, who published the Cape Breton News and conducted it successfully until 1871 or 1872."

Donald Gillis fonds
CA BI MG 3.2 · Fonds · 1843-1873

Fonds consists of a letter from Rev. Neil MacLeod regarding bridge at Salmon River (1843) and appointment as Postmaster at Grand Mira South (1873).

Mars Cottage, Sydney
CA BI 77-1344-1478 · Item · September 8, 1844

Item is a painting of the temporary residence of Captain Bradford, painted by Col. Alex Cavalie Mercer who lived from 1783-1868.

Rt. Rev. Bishop Fraser, D.D.
CA BI 77-1170-1304 · Item · ca. 1845

Item is a photograph an "In Memoriam" of Bishop Fraser who died in Antigonish, Nova Scotia on October 4, 1851.

CA BI 77-1343-1477 · Item · 1845

Item is a watercolour painting of Captain Crawley's house in Crawley's Creek, done by Captain Alex Cavalie Mercer who lived from 1783-1868.

Canon Alex MacIsaac
CA BI 77-1167-1301 · Item · ca. 1845

Item is a photograph of the first Cape Breton born priest, Canon Alex MacIsaac.

Canon Alex MacIsaac
CA BI 77-1168-1302 · Item · ca. 1845

Item is a photograph of the first Cape Breton born priest, Canon Alex MacIsaac.

Wilmot's House, Sydney
CA BI 77-1345-1479 · Item · 1845

Item is a watercolour painting by Captain Alex Cavalie Mercer (1783-1868) of the Wilmot House in Sydney.

Peter Hall Clarke
CA BI 76-105 · Item · 1845-1849

Item is a photograph of a painted portrait of Peter Hall Clarke, magistrate for Sydney and a member of St. Andrew's.

Rev. Norman MacLeod
CA BI 77-829-963 · Item · ca. 1845

Item is a photograph of Rev. Norman MacLeod.

Newspaper 71 · File · 1846-1849

Daniel Cobb Harvey: "It (The Spirit of the Times) lasted until 1846, when the plant was again sold to William C. McKinnon, who changed the name first to the Cape Breton Spectator but afterwards to the Times and Cape Breton Spectator. The latter ceased publication in 1850 and was succeeded by the Commercial Herald, which lasted but a few months."

Dougald Robert Boyle fonds
CA BI MG 12.17 · Fonds · 1847-1964

Fonds consists of personal diaries, records related to his teaching career, a scrapbook, clippings, Boyle family genealogical notes, and Boyle family deeds.

Boyle, Dougald Robert
Duncan S. Morrison fonds
CA BI MG 12.46 · Fonds · 1847-1953

Fonds consists of three series: notebooks and diaries (1866-1942) and correspondence and papers (1840-1946); and printed material (1866-1944) relating to his work in Cape Breton and the coal mines, as well as local events and politics. Fonds also includes two church bulletins for the year 1953 and the personal correspondence of Charlotte Emeline Brehaut.

Morrison, Duncan S.
C.H. Harrington fonds
CA BI MG 12.3 · Fonds · 1848-1918

Fonds consists of correspondence and clippings.

Huntington Family fonds
CA BI MG 12.36 · Fonds · 1848-1972

Fonds consists of Caleb A. Huntington's correspondence and legal records, Jetta MacDonald's correspondence, Henrietta Gibbons' records.

Huntington family
The Commercial Herald
No Newspaper Number · File · 1849-1850

The Commercial Herald was owned and edited by William C. MacKinnon. Gertrude E. N. Tratt: "It lasted for only a few months and was followed almost immediately by the Cape Breton News."

The Cape Breton News
Newspaper 26 · File · 1849-1872

Gertrude E. N. Tratt: "The Cape Breton News had four 12" x 18" pages, each of four columns. It was made up largely of news items but contained as well poetry and advertisements. Its annual price was 10s, changing to $2 before it ceased publication in the early Seventies."

Eliza Liscombe
CA BI 77-732-866 · Item · ca.1850

Item is a photograph of Eliza Liscombe.

Rev. Matthew Wilson
CA BI 77-828-962 · Item · ca. 1850

Item is a photograph of the first Presbyterian Minister in Sydney Mines from 1842-1883, Rev. Matthew Wilson.

Judge A.C. Dodd
CA BI 77-102-236 · Item · ca. 1850

Item is a photograph of a Judge A.C. Dodd's residence on the corner of Dorchester and Esplanade, known as the Judge's Corner. Two members of the Dodd family are standing in front of the gate.

C.J. Campbell, M.L.A.
CA BI 77-1190-1324 · Item · ca. 1850

Item is a photograph of C.J. Campbell who was the M.L.A. for Victoria County from 1855-1859.

C.J. Campbell, M.L.A.
CA BI 77-1189-1323 · Item · ca. 1850

Item is a photograph of C.J. Campbell who was the M.L.A. for Victoria County from 1855-1859.

Reverend Hugh MacLeod
CA BI 77-890-1024 · Item · ca. 1850

Item is a photograph of a portrait of Reverend Hugh MacLeod.

Micmac Indians
CA BI 91-399-22360 · Item · ca. 1850

Item is a postcard from Ron Caplan to Dr. Robert J. Morgan. The postcard is a reproduction of the well-known oil painting held at the National Gallery of Canada: "Micmac Indians c. 1850; oil on canvas; 45.7 x 61 cm; Purchased 1957; National Gallery of Canada (no. 6663)."

CA BI 77-1567-1701 · Item · ca. 1851

Item is a photograph of Anderson's Paint Store, originally owned by James Anderson, the Sydney Steam Mills, a bakery, general store and a dry goods store on the Esplanade in Sydney.

John Norman MacDonald fonds
CA BI MG 6.80 · Fonds · 1852-1895

Fonds consists of a number of songs collected by Reverend John Norman MacDonald in the summer of 1952. This manuscript was afterwards borrowed by a John MacRury, another Minister, who unwarrantably copied some of the songs and sent them to be printed in the Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness. The songs contained in this manuscript collection were obtained from various sources; many of them were taken down from the recitation of various people in Uist and elsewhere at intervales beginning in the year 1874 up to the present.

A. Manuscript of Gaelic poetry collected in the Outer Islands by Mr. Macdonald in the summer 1852, Glasgow 21 April 1852. (65 p.). Photocopies of original script.

CONTENTS: Texts and Translation of Laiodh Fhraoich -song by Donald MacLean (Domhnall Ban na Camairt) Folio 1, 61.
Fragment with Translation (Fuigheall do sheann Oran) Folio 9
Eulogy on Donald MacDonald (MacIain’ic Sheumais) Folio 10
Waulking Song (‘S mi’ m aonar air a’Leachdainn) Folio 14
Song (tha Ghaoth an Iar cho Caithreamach) Folio 16
Lament for John MacLeod, 6th of Raasay (Ian Garbh) Folio 21
Waulking song (‘S mise thug an Ceannach air Bainne Nighean Domhnaill) Folio 28
Eulogy on Captain Allan MacDonald, of Kingsburgh, by John MacCodrum Folio 32
Eulogy on Ranald MacDonald, 2nd of Milton Folio 35
Lament for Allan Morrison (Ailein Duinn shiubhlainn leat) Folio 41
Song (Maighdeann Mhic Fhearghuis) by Donald MacLellan Folio 44
Eulogy on Robert MacDonald MacIntyre by Alexander MacDonald (An Dall Mor) Folio 45
Eulogy on Alexander MacDonald, 5th of Vallay, by Donald MacSween Folio 47
Fragment (Latha Dhomh ‘s mi ann an Diuraidh) Folio 48
Song (An Oigh Fholuimte) by Donald Fraser, Rosemarkie Folio 49
Song of the Ossianic Society Folio 51
Verse of the Rev. Roderick MacDonald to John Gordon, 5th of Cluny Folio 52
Rev. John Norman Macdonald Collection MG 6.80
Eulogy of Major Alexander MacDonald, 4th of Vallay, by Alexander MacDonald (An Dall Mor) Folio 53

B. Preface - Rev. Angus MacDonald manuscript collection “Co-chruenneachadh de Dh’Orain, Madh agus sean, a Tomadh Cearn. Le Aougrus Macdhomhuill, Cleareach Chilliurnain, 1895. (3 p.).

Contents: (15 p.). Collection includes photocopies of the original script (212 p.).

Bitterman House
CA BI 78-1229-2979 · Item · ca. 1852

Item is a photograph of the Bitterman family home located on West Middle River Road. The house was owned by the Kent Bitterman family from 1976 to 1984.

CA BI 77-471-605 · Item · ca. 1853

Item is a photograph of the first graduates of Arichat College, which was founded in 1853. Two years later, the College was moved to Antigonish and St. Francis Xavier College was established.

Left to right: Duncan MacEachern of Glendale, Judge MacIsaac of Antigonish, and Prof. A. G. MacDonald, River Denys.

Elmsly, Robert
CA BI MG 12.115 · Fonds · 1855-1889

Fonds consists of photocopies of his diaries that were indexed and transcribed in 1966 by his grandson, Wilbur L. Elmsly of Peterborough, Ontario.

Bourinot Home, Esplanade
CA BI 77-1568-1702 · Item · ca. 1855

Item is a photograph of the Bourinot House on the Esplanade in Sydney.