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  1. Ville de Montréal. Section des archives
  2. Collection Philéas Gagnon. - 1546-1961
  3. Lettres autographes et autres pièces manuscrites. - 1546-1904.
  4. Lettres autographes et autres pièces manuscrites : Cartable 20 . - 1640, 1685-1899
  5. Lettre autographe signée et portrait de Francis Parkman . - 1856, 1893, [189-?]

Lettre autographe signée et portrait de Francis Parkman . - 1856, 1893, [189-?]

item1856, 1893, [189-?]BM007-1-D20-P0011

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Ville de Montréal. Section des archives via Archives de Montréal (Ville de Montréal)
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1856, 1893, [189-?] (indexed as 1856–1890)
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2 documents textuels. - 1 document iconographique.
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Lettre autographe signée et portrait de Francis Parkman, auteur de plusieurs ouvrages sur l'histoire du Canada. Les documents sont accompagnés d'une coupure de presse. Titre basé sur le contenu des pièces. Les documents textuels sont en anglais. Les pièces portent les cotes 1G4241 et 40719 et 40720.
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A handwritten letter on pale blue-lined paper, dated at the top right from Boston, with a faded stamp-like marking and a reference number written in ink at the upper left. The letter begins "Reverend Sir" and is written in cursive ink across the page, with the visible text describing pleasure at being in communication with a gentleman. The image is a close, straight-on scan of a single handwritten sheet with an archive watermark along the bottom edge.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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Boston, Sept. 10, 1886Reverend Sir,It gives me greatpleasure to find myself incommunication with a gentle-man so well versed in asubject which I have, I maysay from boyhood, regardedwith the utmost interest. Thehistory of Canada is so fullof dramatic incident, and tableIt gives me great pleasure to find myself in communication with a gentleman so well versed in a subject which I have, I may say from boyhood, regarded with the utmost interest. The history of Canada is so full of dramatic incident, and table of Canadian Heroes...Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
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