Relates to Joshua Avery, an out-pensioner of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, residing in Quebec. Contains a blank 'Account of Lodging' form for money paid to the offices of militia regiments.
The fonds consists of a set of diaries, virtually complete, spanning forty-seven years, sermons, essays, correspondence, and minutes of church meetings.
The fonds consists of correspondence, general orders and abstracts. The collection of 11 manuscript volumes contains official copies of many hundreds of letters, documents and orders written by the Duke of Richmond and his adjutants during his service as Commander-in-Chief of the forces in British North America. There is also a letter written by Richmond to an unidentified recipient dated May 17 1818.
The fonds consists of a letter relating to Lord Dalhousie's visit to Perth in Upper Canada, and a newsclipping of an open letter to Lord Dalhousie regarding Wesleyan missionaries in Canada.
The fonds consists of correspondence and records of the United States Department of State, Department of the Navy and the Office of the Secretary of War. Included are records of the negotiations connected with the Treaty of Ghent, correspondence and dispatches from U.S. ministers to Great Britain, letters received from officers and from captains, and miscellaneous letters.
The fonds consists of a letterbook relating to the repairs of ships, recruiting, supplies and fleet disposition. The letters were written from the H.M.S. Prince Regent and H.M.S. St. Lawrence. The section of the letter for 1817 to 1823 deals with the Kingston Naval Yard.
The fonds consists of a letterbook written from Kingston Naval Yard, 1817-1821. It also contains correspondence including a letter to Mr. Lunn, 1821 Aug. 21, requesting him to compare Kingston and Montreal prices and a letter to wine merchants complaining of poor quality of wine in Kingston, 1823.
