Photocopy of a transcript of a personal story told by Dorothea Gamsby relating to the Loyalist period in Boston, Quebec and New England, as recorded by her granddaughter, Belle Thorne. Transcribed by Mary Alice Downie for "Dorothea's story" an article by Downie published in Horn Book, volume 47, number 2, April, 1971, p.192. Location of original manuscript unknown, however portions of Dorothea's story was published as a series of articles in the "Coos County Democrat" (1859-1862), North Stratford, New Hampshire.
Item is a video contain a documentary on the history and evolution of the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital. Includes a small amount of patient testimony. Producer: Barry Gardiner. Senior Producer/Director: Janice Belanger. Producer/Director: Shallen Thompson. Writer: Susan Beeby.
Item is a handwritten ledger reflecting the work of Thomas Burrowes Justice of the Peace at Kingston Mills, Township of Kingston, Frontenac County. The ledger contains Memoranda of Fees and Charges, Return of Convictions and printed Schedules of Summary Convictions. The ledger documents the nature of the case, offense committed, dates, names of all parties such as prosecutor, witness(es), defendants, and Constables involved. It also notes fees levied and paid. There are a few loose receipts pinned onto one of the blank pages towards the back of the ledger. Of particular note is a hand drawn map of Pittsburgh Township, from Opinicon to Kingston along the Rideau Canal, dated May 4, 1841.
Byer's Cancer Cure advertising pamphlet. Published in Markham, Ontario, in 1899 by Daniel Byer outlining causes of cancer as well as testimonials from "patients who have been cured."
This album holds the name plate of Charles L. Worsley but documents the life of George Stanley Worsley. Includes hunting and fishing photographs (staged, purchased, spontaneous) from big game hunting predominantly in India with some North American hunting scenes. There are also a number of purchased tourist photographs from Cairo, Malta and Aden intermingled with various Canadian locales - Edmonton, NWT, Halifax, all places that G.S. Worsley served. Also includes some family portraits including Violet A. Worsley.
Diary of a young woman touring the Thousand Islands for the month of August 1883 starting in Hartford, Connecticut on August 1st, 1883 and ending in Montreal on September 1st, 1883. The author spends much of the diary remarking on the beauty of the scenery, the quality of the food and variations in the weather. She recounts day excursions on both American and Canadian islands and towns and mentions Clayton, Alexandria Bay, Gananoque, Brown's Bay, Hay's Island, Whitney Point, Guernsey Point, and Stave, Bluff and Skinner islands. She is traveling with the Redfield family (Mr. and Mrs. Redfield and their children George and Henry) and the "Professor". They encounter a Dr. Norris who is known to the family. When they arrive in Montreal they stay at the Windsor Hotel, which is greatly admired.
There is an additional three page entry at the end of the diary describing a trip to the White Mountains in New Hampshire in September of 1885.