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Diary -1850 A [textual record]

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Date:

1850.

Reference:

R7666-5-7-E, MG29-B1, Volume number: 149

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

4870767

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Sandford Fleming fonds

Sandford Fleming Diaries

Sandford Fleming Diaries, 1848-1859

Diary -1850 A
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Date(s):

1850.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1 bound volume: black leather cover; 15 x 9 x 1 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of a black leather-bound diary with an interior title as follows: "Daily Pocket Diary for 1850: For the Use of Pirvate Families and Persons of Business, Containing A Banking Table, Counting House Almanac, And a Blank Space for Memmorandum for Every Day in the Year". New York, Published Annually by Kiggins and Kellogg, Blank Book Manufactureres and Booksellers, No. 88 John Street, cor. of Gold, 1850.

Diary contains sporadic handwritten entries throughout the year.

Loose materialsfound within the diary wrapper include: accounting notes, a torn classified ad from a Feb. 18, 1851 newspaper indicating the upcoming annual meeting of the Carleton Place Library Association and Mechanics Institute, a green cloth bookmark with the embroidered word Souvenir", a letter from David Fleming to Sandford Fleming in Toronto, dated October 21, 1849, a receipt note signed by Hugh Scobie, Toronto, Aug. 16, 1850 for 50 pounds for Fleming's Plan of the CIty of Toronto, a receipt note for 2 pounds ten shillings from July 28, 1850 from Henderson and Laidlaw, and notes relating to longitude and latitude.

Fleming appears to have used two diaries in 1850. Please refer to Diary - 1850 B for further entries.

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Private

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MG29-B1
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Volume [R7666] 149

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