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Fonds consist of both First and Second Class examination papers for students administered by the County of Lennox & Addington Board of Public Instruction.

Correspondence concerning his resignation from Queen's University, Kingston, Ont., over his views on Annexation of Canada to the United States. Also contains copies of letters/essays Allen wrote on annexation for the newspapers.

Diploma. Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's College.

This collection contains miscellaneous documents about specific (not all) parcels of land, identified by lot and concession numbers, across southern Ontario from the earliest surveys to Confederation. They document activities on particular lands, including routine correspondence, survey information and some copies of formal instruments, dated mainly before the Crown grant was issued. The papers are filed by township, town or village. Within townships, they are arranged in numerical order by concession and within each concession by lot number. Within towns or villages, documents are arranged alphabetically by name of locatee.

Collection contains three letters (2 holographic, 1 typed) and an article entitled "The People of Nova Scotia" from the Novascotian written by Joseph Howe, Secretary of the State for the Provinces.

The collection is comprised of sixty letters written during the years of 1843 to 1872 to George Copeman in England.Fifty-three are original letters, four are copies of the originals which are housed in the Dr. Albert E Senkler, (EJS’s son) collection at the Minnesota Historical Museum in St Paul, and three that were transcribed by hand by his grandson Edmund J Reynolds ( EJR) but the whereabouts of the originals is no longer known.

Transcriptions of the original letters are also available and appear to have been transcribed by EJR, perhaps in the 1920s.

This collection is comprised of papers related to Sir Francis Bond Head. Sir Francis Bond Head (1793-1875) was an English soldier, traveller and author born to James Roper Head of Kent. He was a soldier from 1811-1825 and even served in the campaign of 1815, present at the Battle of Waterloo. He was knighted in 1835 and created a Baronet in the following year. In 1835, he was appointed the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, and had to deal with the rebellion of 1837 led by William Lyon Mackenzie. In response to the rebellion, Britain replaced Bond Head with Lord Durham as Lieutenant-Governor. Bond Head returned to England and never held any office for the rest of his life. Thereafter, he devoted himself to writing, chiefly for the Quarterly Review. Includes: certificate indicating that Head had visited Niagara Falls in1836, and photograph of Head at age of 80.

Land deeds relating to lots in the Eastern District of Upper Canada. Also includes one commission to the 3rd Battalion of the Dundas Militia.

Letterbook relates to the day-to-day work of the society. The letterbook was kept by Rev. Kenneth M. Fenwick who was secretary of the society at the time.

The collection consists of cartes de visite of seven individuals (presumably affiliated with Knox Collecge in Toronto). Includes images of Rev. William Cavan, Dr. John Taylor, Michael Willis, Robert Baldwin, Dr. Burns, Rev. Ph. Brooks and Alfred H. Dymond.