The fonds consists of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, militia papers, council minutes, press clippings, and miscellaneous material relating to the activities of William Fairfield, a United Empire Loyalist who came to Canada in 1784, and to his descendants. Includes the 1796 Chippewa-Fairfield Deed, a private conveyance of land title.
Manuscript report. Relates to proposal for introducing the cultivation of hemp in the province of Nova Scotia. The report was addressed to Lord Dorchester, governor of the provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and their dependencies.
Item is an electro-steel engraving of Jean-Baptiste le Rond D'Alembert, born 1717 - died 1783. French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher, and music theorist. Engraved by A. Smith by A. Pujos. Published by W. Bent (London).