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.
The fonds consists of photographs of winning horses, their drivers and trainers at Frontenac Downs Racetrack. Many photos are composites, annotated with details on the race, and include finish-line shots of each race.
The item is an extensive, multi-part manuscript of a bibliography of Canadian Federation Royal Commissions and Commissions of Inquiry. Pages are hand-written, typed or have clipped excerpts from published catalogues stapled to legal sized sheets. There are extensive hand-written annotations throughout.
Items are typed and translated transcriptions of "Decree including a regulation in favor of the inhabitants of New France," (5 Mar. 1648) and "Decree of March 27th, 1647, including regulations concerning the inhabitants of the country called Canada."
