Fonds consists of the diaries (2 volumes) of William Smith, containing a detailed narrative of his activities in England and his first seven months in Quebec dated January 1784 to May 1787. The entries cover events, institutions, political affairs and descriptions of persons encountered by W. Smith. The first volume includes one of the only accounts of Canadian affairs from a London vantage point given that the papers of Sir Guy Carleton were destroyed. The second volume deals predominantly with Quebec.
Item is an oval top-half portrait of John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (1731-1783). Painted by Sir J. Reynolds. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi. Published as the Act directs by F. Bartolozzi 1787. Former location number: PGc-1942.
Item is an electro-steel engraving of Sir John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, an English lawyer and politician. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi from a painting by Sir J. Reynolds pinx. Published as the Act directs by F. Bartolozzi.
Item is an sseated, electro-steel engraved portrait of the Right Reverend Charles Inglis D.D.;the first protestant Bishop in the British Colonies, First Bishop for Nova Scotia (b.1734 - d. 1816).consecrated for the see of Nova Scotia, 1787.
Item is an electro-steel engraving of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, born 1721 and died 1803, British politician. Published by John Sewell (No.32 Cornhill) for European Magazine.
