Nova Scotia Archives

African Nova Scotian Teaching and Learning

Letter from W. Kaye Lamb, Dominion Archivist

Discussing materials in the Public Archives of Canada and being unable to trace the Victoria Cross and other medals that belonged to William Hall.

Date: 10 February 1966

Reference Rear Admiral Hugh F. Pullen Nova Scotia Archives 2023-020/001-08

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  • What impact do you think the document had at the time it was written?



    • Do you think those were different impacts for different people?



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