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Essays and lectures
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CA RBD MSG BW001-5
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1829-1852 (Creation)
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1.5 cm of textual records
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(1827-1925)
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The essays and lectures series is a small collection of published or handwritten documents amassed by the Society. The first essay (file 4.5), submitted by Thomas Stratton, is a handwritten document on the similarities of Gaelic and Latin. The second document (file 10.6) is the transcription of a lecture delivered by Major R. Lachlan on the progress of the Society to 1852.
The last document (file 10.7) is a copy of an essay which was awarded The Prize Medal of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts and Sciences in Canada.