Typed letter from the Seed Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture, George H. Clark, asking the unidentified farmer to fill out a questionnaire and forward seed samples to the department. Attached is the typed questionnaire. Ottawa, Ontario.
Pocock's 1887 scrapbook consists of approximately 53 leaves of textual and graphic material. Most pages of pasted or tipped in clippings and imprints and handwritten diary entries and letters for the year 1887.
Scrapbook contains:
Sketches of Fort William.
Letters to and from his father, to Mr. Keeper, to his mother, to his sisters, Rose and Daisy, and others. Notable are the telegram telling Pocock of his mother's fatal injury from being thrown from a carriage and the critique of "Spirit of the Plains".
Photographs of his mother on her deathbed and various landscapes.
Imprint cuttings related to Indigenous life, Toronto scenes, Ottawa scenes, Canadian sports, wildlife, and landscapes.
Newsclippings of book reviews, news articles, history of the NWMP, article about his mother's death, jokes, poems (of some Pocock is the author), and current events.
Diary entries for 1887.
Hand-drawn map of Quebec area near Ottawa.
Place: Ottawa
From: J.S. Lauder
To: Thompson
Details: 4pp
Notes: J.S. Lauder is likely Reverend John Strutt Lauder of Christ Church in Ottawa, and later archdeacon of Ottawa. Lauder writes in response to a letter from his friend Thompson regarding a young man, Finlayson. Lauder regrets to say that he does not know the current whereabouts of Finlayson, but his investigations suggest that Finlayson has gone off to “sow his wild oats.”
A notation reads “J.S. Lauder Rec'd Dec 12/59.”
Christmas 1954, New Year’s 1955 Dinner card from the RCAF Station Rockliffe Airmen’s mess. Has a message written inside, addressed to “you all,” signed by [Major Jardin?]. Includes a menu for the dinner. A space for autographs on the back has one signature which reads “[The Beak?]”.
R.C.A.F. Station, Rockliffe