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12 Mar 1871 Dalhousie, N.B. 3-pg Marcus Smith letter to his son Tom

12 Mar 1871 Dalhousie, N.B. 3-pg Marcus Smith letter to his son Tom

Dalhousie N. B.
12th March 1871
My dear Tom,
Mamma has been sick but is now quite well and is very anxious to have a letter from you – she wrote to you some weeks ago and enclosed a 1 dollar bill and some postage stamps if you have received this you should have written to mamma to say so – even if it were a very short letter you should always write when you receive money or anything of importance as those who send it are always anxious to know if it has been received.

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Restoring West Vancouver’s oldest Pioneer house

Restoring West Vancouver’s oldest Pioneer house

Built about 1872, Navvy Jack House is a rare surviving example of an early pioneer building in British Columbia. It is the oldest home, the first Post Office, and was the longest continually-occupied building in West Vancouver, from 1873 to 2017 Help preserve our...

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