Pair of painted chairs ca.1820-1830. Wood and painted wood. The paint is the original paint and the chairs were used by the Strange Family of Kingston.
Photo of the 'Royal Chair' in the parlour of a private home. The Royal Chair was first used in 1879 on the occasion of a visit by the Marquis and Marchioness of Lorne.
Commission appointing Sieur de la Gorgendiere to take charge of trade at Fort Frontenac as agent of Jacques Raudot, Intendant of New France, Jan.23,1706.
Excerpt from Richard Cartwright's Letterbook, 1785-1786, which is among the best documentary sources for early commercial history of Kingston. Open at a letter to the Montreal firm of Todd & McGill on the 13th of February 1786.
Item is a photograph of an angled view looking down on the front of City Hall and the Prince George Hotel. View looks north and includes the S&R Department Store and Market Square.
