Photocopy of a transcript of a personal story told by Dorothea Gamsby relating to the Loyalist period in Boston, Quebec and New England, as recorded by her granddaughter, Belle Thorne. Transcribed by Mary Alice Downie for "Dorothea's story" an article by Downie published in Horn Book, volume 47, number 2, April, 1971, p.192. Location of original manuscript unknown, however portions of Dorothea's story was published as a series of articles in the "Coos County Democrat" (1859-1862), North Stratford, New Hampshire.
Item is a plaque titled "Sir Charles Tupper Bart," puchased from the Joint Exhibition of the Royal Canadian Academy and of The Ontario Society of Artists (Toronto).
Early version of Canada's maple leaf flag (George Stanley's design) and Order of service for memorial at Morgan Memorial Chapel, Queen's University, 1976 Oct. 5.
The manuscript was discovered some years ago in a castle near Tours, France. There appears to be a similarity between this document and the text of 'Relation de la prise des forts de Choueguen ou Oswego,et de ce qui s'est passe cette annee en Canada. 1756.' The second text was printed by Cuchet, Grenoble, France.