It came in shape of an office postal card addressed in extenso, "For Mr. Alexander Slason Thompson, fredericton, New Brunswick"-the employment of the baptismal "Alexander" being intended to give zest to the joke with the postal officials in my native town.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
I have taken the timely precaution to label the picture in order that none of your fredericton people thumbing over your domestic album shall mistake me for either a young Episcopal rector or a rising young negro minstrel.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
This was the beginning of the settlement of fredericton, which four years later became the political capital on account of its central position, its greater security in time of war, and its location on the land route to Quebec.
"Canada under British Rule 1760-1900"
John G. Bourinot