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Figure 1 Photograph
of Dr. Edward Van Cortlandt, September 1870, by
William James Topley, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (copy
negative number
E002505151). Dr. Van Cortlandt's father and other relatives had been
involved
in the military (Moffat 1973:1-2). Moreover,
in the early years of Bytown Dr. Van Cortlandt
served as military
medical attendant for the military hospital on Barracks Hill (today
Parliament
Hill in Ottawa). Moffat (1973:30-31)
also relates that the Ottawa Times
reported that “His funeral took place with full military honours…with
his
regiment, the Field Battery…in attendance.” |
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