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Letter and document drafts notebook
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1932-1937 (Creation)
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Notebook contains drafts of Spring's letters and documents and notes regarding attempts to settle his "Modus Vivendi" claims. Notable correspondents include D'Arcy Britton Plunkett, Member of Parliament for Victoria; King George V; and Gordon M. Grant, barrister and solicitor. The notebook also contains draft memorials to R.B. Bennett, Prime Minister; Alfred Duranleau, Minister of Marine and Minister of Fisheries; Henry Herbert Stevens, Minister of Trade and Commerce; and Edgar Nelson Rhodes, Minister of Finance. Loose notes, drafts, and newspaper clippings are interleaved throughout the notebook. There is a gap between March 1932 and the end of December 1934 and another between January 1935 and June 1937.