Queen’s University Archives

F3097
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1883,1885

Diary of a young woman touring the Thousand Islands for the month of August 1883 starting in Hartford, Connecticut on August 1st, 1883 and ending in Montreal on September 1st, 1883. The author spends much of the diary remarking on the beauty of the scenery, the quality of the food and variations in the weather. She recounts day excursions on both American and Canadian islands and towns and mentions Clayton, Alexandria Bay, Gananoque, Brown's Bay, Hay's Island, Whitney Point, Guernsey Point, and Stave, Bluff and Skinner islands. She is traveling with the Redfield family (Mr. and Mrs. Redfield and their children George and Henry) and the "Professor". They encounter a Dr. Norris who is known to the family. When they arrive in Montreal they stay at the Windsor Hotel, which is greatly admired.

There is an additional three page entry at the end of the diary describing a trip to the White Mountains in New Hampshire in September of 1885.

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On the policy of a confederation of the British provinces and possessions in North America. MS. papers prepared for Hon. John A Macdonald, by John Gooch

CA ON00239 F99
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1858

Holograph document. Gooch, at the bidding of Hon J.A Macdonald (then government leader in the provincial parliament) worked on the study of French Canada and Confederation from March 15 to May, 1858.

Gooch, John

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