Item is an electro-steel engraving of Lieutenant-General John Manners, Marquess of Granby, born 1721 and died 1770, British soldier who served in the Seven Years' War as overall commander of British troops on the field and was awarded the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. Engraved by J. Chapman. Published as the Act directs.
The fonds consists of correspondence, legal documents, diaries, genealogies and photographs from the Honourable Richard Cartwright (1759-1815) to the present generations. Of special interest are the letters and diaries of the Honourable Richard Cartwright's eldest children : James (1786-1811), Richard (1787-1811) and Hannah (1792-1812), and letters from the Rev. John Strachan.
Regulations forbidding private trade on Lakes Ontario & Erie, threatening forfeiture of canoes, trade goods & furs, & fines of 1500 livres against traders & merchants (Issued by M.Begon).
The fonds consists of correspondence from various members of the family, land grants, deeds, mortgages, stocks, wills, probates, power of attorney, financial records and a copy of the Herchmer Family Tree. Most of the material relates to Johan Jost Herkimer; his son Lawrence Herchmer; Lawrence's son, the Reverend Willam Macaulay Herchmer and his wife Frances and his son Col. William Macaulay Herchmer of the North-West Mounted Police.