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Invitation to the Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott memorial dedication ceremony, October 3rd, 1936

Front of the invitation to the Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott memorial dedication ceremony at Christ Church. The top reads: “Invitation to the Dedication and Unveiling of the Sir John Abbott Memorial” In the centre is a photograph of Christ Church. Below this is the caption: “Built by the Rev. Joseph Abbott, M.A., 1819”. The bottom of the invitation reads: “In Christ Church, St. Andrews East, Que., October 3rd., 1936.”

This day of celebration included the unveiling of a marble memorial tablet designed by Professor P. E. Nobbs of McGill University’s Department of Architecture and installed inside Christ Church, St. Andrews, as well as a speech by Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada.