Correspondence with John Bassett Senior : 1940-1941. 1940 June 27 - 1941 Nov. 20.

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Correspondence with John Bassett Senior : 1940-1941. 1940 June 27 - 1941 Nov. 20.

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Letters relating to World War 2. Included in the file are newspaper clippings of articles published in The Gazette (Montreal) -- "Beaverbrook's Son A Fighting Pilot" and "A Lothian Triumph." There is mention made of Max Aitken's air force career, of Beaverbrook's broadcast on Russia and of British-American relations. The wartime efforts of the Rt. Hon. Phillip Henry Kerr, eleventh Marquess of Lothian and Britain's ambassador to the United States is also noted.

Correspondence : 10 (11 leaves)

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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Aitken, Max, 1910-1982.

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John Bassett Senior (1886-1958), President and Managing Director of Gazette Printing Company, was a longtime friend and confidant of Lord Beaverbrook. Publisher of the Montreal Gazette, Chancellor of Bishop's University, and distinguished World War 1 veteran, his correspondence covers political affairs in the world and in Canada, the business and problems of the newspaper industry in Canada and the reminiscences of a lasting friendship. From the description of Correspondence with Joh...

Hughes, Samuel, Sir, 1853-1921

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