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Letter with enclosure, Halifax, NS, to Lorne
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12 Mar. 1934 (Creation)
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- E.J. Vickery
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1934 (Receipt)
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- Pierce, Lorne Albert
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(1862-1939)
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Edgar J. Vickery was born in 1862 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, to John and Mary Vickery. Orphaned young, at the age of fourteen he went to sea as a cabin boy. In 1887 he opened a book and stationary shop in Yarmouth and, later, The Book Room on Barrington Street in Halifax. He also operated a circulating library, charging 2 cents per day or 10 cents per week. He married Mary Katherine Dudman in 1888, with whom he had four children. Vickery died in 1939.
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Typed letter(s) signed by the author, discussing promotion and sales of Late harvest; printed order form for said book.
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