| Material about Gisborne and the history of the first trans-Atlantic cable |
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The Empire Cables : a circular / Board of Trade, City of Ottawa.—Ottawa : [s.n.], 1904.—10 p.– |
Includes article by Sandford Fleming. |
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American Telegraph Magazine. Vol. I No. I New York: Donald Mann, October, 1852. 32 p. Appendix 16 p. “With an Appendix of sixteen pages, containing a memorial from Henry O’Rielly and accompanying documents proposing a system of intercourse across the American continent, by mail and telegraph...[etc.]” |
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[British Columbia. Legislative Assembly.] Sessional papers. — No. 123 (1880)–. — Victoria : [s.n.], 1880–. — 3 p. — Appendix 24 only. — Correspondence on the subject of a submarine telegraph between the western coast of Canada, on the Pacific Ocean, and the telegrpah system of Asia. |
[Contains transcriptions of correspondence, 1879, between Sandford Fleming, Engineer-in-Chief, Canadian Pacific Railway, and F.N. Gisborne, Superintendent, Telegraph and Signal Service, Dominion of Canada.] |
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[British Columbia. Legislative Assembly.] Sessional papers. — No. 10 (1883)–. — Victoria : [s.n.], 1883–. — 6 p. — Appendix 28 only. — Report on the telegraph and signal service of the Dominion of Canada, giving an historical account of its establishment, cost of maintenance, &c., by F.N. Gisborne. |
[Contains report made in Ottawa, 15 December 1882.] Fragment of Sessional Papers. |
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[British Columbia. Legislative Assembly.] Sessional papers. — No. 10 (1883)– . — Victoria : [s.n.], 1883–. — 26 p. — Appendix 29 only. — Letters from Hon. P. Fortin, M.P., on the Telegraph and Signal Service System in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, and also on the Norwegian Telegraph System, showing its importance in connection with the development of the sea fisheries of Norway. |
[Contains letters between P. Fortin and other persons, 1881; reports from telegraph stations (including names of personnel), 1881–1882.] |
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[British Columbia. Legislative Assembly.] Sessional papers. — No. 10 (1883)–. — Victoria : [s.n.], 1883–. — 1 p. — Appendix 30 only. — Tabulated profiles and memoranda: inland navigation of Canada; ocean routes thence to foreign countries. |
[Contains covering letter from G.F. Baillairge to Hector Langevin, 1883.] |
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[British Columbia. Legislative Assembly.] Sessional papers. — No. 10 (1885)–. — Victoria : [s.n.], 1885–. — 18 p. — Appendix 2 only. — Report on government telegraph lines, for the fiscal year ended 30 June 1884, by F.N. Gisborne. |
[Contains report made in Ottawa, 15 July 1884.] |
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[British Columbia. Legislative Assembly.] Sessional papers. — No. 10 (1885)–. — Victoria : [s.n.], 1885–. — 9 p. — Appendix 23 only. — Statements showing: 1st. –Contracts let by the Department. 2nd. –Property purchased by the Department. 3rd. –Property leased by or to the Department; during fiscal year ended 30 June 1884, by A. Gobeil. |
[Includes copy of covering letter and detailed lists of legal transactions.] |
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[British Columbia. Legislative Assembly.] Sessional papers. — No. 51B (1899)–. — Victoria : [s.n.], 1899–. — 3 p. — Returns to an address of the House of Commons, dated the 29th of May, 1899, for copies of all Orders in Council and correspondence connected with and relating to the offer of the Government of British Columbia, made in 1899, respecting the Pacific cable, [by] R.W. Scott. |
[Contains copies of correspondence, 1899, between Wilfrid Laurier and F. Carter-Cotton.] |
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[British Columbia. Legislative Assembly.] Sessional papers. — No. 52 (1899)–. — Victoria : [s.n.], 1899–. — 62 p. — Return: to an address of the House of Commons dated 30 March, 1898, for copies of all papers and correspondence respecting the enforcement of coasting laws of Canada on the Pacific or Atlantic coasts, [by] R.W. Scott. |
[Contains correspondence between several persons, 1887–1898.] |
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(Containing testimonials to F.N. Gisborne) |
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The story of the telegraph, and a history of the great Atlantic cable; a complete record of the inception, progress and final success of that undertaking / by Charles F. Briggs and Augustus Maverick. New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1858. 255 p. Ill. Map. Annotated by F.N. Gisborne. |
Note: catalogued separately; and shelved in rare book collection. |
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Photograph: n.d.; Albumen print. Produced by William Notman. [According to a clipping in File 11, the photographer was “Topley.”] |
Researchers should consult copy. |
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Photograph of Samuel Morse: n.d.; Early copy [gelatin process? of albumen original?] Annotation states: “Original photo of Samuel Morse, inventor of television [sic].” |
Researchers should consult copy. |
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Photographic slide: n.d. |
(Note in acquisition file states: “Of plaque erected at Government Buildings, Charlottetown, to F.N. Gisborne.” |
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Print: Telegraph House Trinity Bay, Newfoundland—;Interior of ‘Mess Room’ 1858 G. McCulloch, lith. from a drawing by R. Dudley. London: Day & Son, Lith |
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Map No. 4 (Western Section) Dominion of Canada Telegraph & Signal Service Sir Hector L. Langevin, Minister of Public Works F.N. Gisborne, Superintendent, T. & S. Service, 1883 Projected by F.N. Gisborne Drawn by Gust. Smith. G.E. Desbarats & Co., Lith., Montreal |
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Memorabilia: postcard; Annotation states: “Tablet on the Provincial Building, Charlottetown, P.E.I. marking Mr. F.N. Gisborne’s achievement in laying the first underseas cable from Carlton Head, P.E.I. to Cape Tourmentine, N.B.” |
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Memorabilia: sections of cable |
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British Columbia telephone, telegraph and Mounted Police map to accompany report of Supt S.B. Steele, and related correspondence |
1888 |
