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Program of the unveiling of the memorial in honor of sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, 1936

Cover of the program for the Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott memorial dedication ceremony at Christ Church, St. Andrews, black ink on sepia paper. The top of the page reads: “Christ Church, St. Andrews East, Saturday, October 3rd, 1936 at 2.30 pm Unveiling and Dedication of Memorial Tablet To the memory of Si John Joseph Caldwell Abbott” In the centre of the page is a photograph of Christ Church. Below this is the caption: “Built by the Rev. Joseph Abbott, M.A., 1819. Consecrated during the Rectorship of the Rev. William Abbott in 1819”. The bottom of the program reads: (Voir si texte de remplacement ou texte page galerie) “The Tablet will be unveiled by His Excellency, Lord Tweedsmuir Governor General of Canada, and will be dedicated with other Memorial Tablets by the Lord Bishop of Montreal”. The text is enclosed within a thin double border.

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.