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.
Item is a document written in Latin script on vellum, which appears to be a 17th century facsimile of an earlier document. The document begins with "Carolus," otherwise known as Charlemagne or Charles the Great.
Item is a typescript from the Court of Probate, Province of Canada, Exemplication of probate of the last will and testament of James McKenzie, late of the City of Kingston, in the County of Frontenac, Master in the Royal Navy, 1851.
Land indenture made October 17, 1828 between Lewis James Robins and William Joseph Robins pertianing to land in Prince Edward County on the Penisula of Point Traverse. witnessed by Robert C. Cassady and PhilipWenz.
The volume is the original handwritten notebook of Sir Francis Moore reporting cases heard in the King's Bench from 1485 to 1617. The manuscript is in French, and was eventually published in 1663 as "Cases Collect & Reported per Sir Fra. Moore, Chivalier".