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Signed by inhabitants of Kingston and Lot 24, Kingston Township, to annex Lot 24 to Kingston.

Includes information of search for employment in Amherst Island and Hallowell (Picton), and records of Picton Ladies Sewing Circle Society, 1842, who were attempting to buy an organ from St. George's Cathedral, Kingston.

Fonds consists of a letter from Colley Foster from Kingston to his wife, 1840, a photograph of Foster from a miniature, pencil drawing of Chief Big Smoke, a copy of a grant of a town lot in Kingston and a family tree.

Fonds consists of a series of letters addressed to Francis L. Walsh from authors such as W. H. Draper, J.H. Dunn and W. W. Baldwin a year before his death. Also includes a "Blue Book Department" circular dated December 30th, 1843.

Fonds consists of accounts; land deeds including one referring to the McMichael property, located at the corner of Princess Street and Portsmouth Avenue, in the City of Kingston, Ontario; and Commissions appointing Albert McMichael to be a Lieutenant in the Second Regiment of Frontenac Militia in the Midland District.

Two volumes of journals recording the passage of vessels up and down the Rideau canal, and the pointing, painting, and repairing of locks. Includes visitors, and copies of a few letters and the statement of dues.

The fonds consists of fifteen letters received and sent by John McDonald between 1816 and 1845, and a miscellaneous group of documents. One letter, from his brother Charles, is dated prior to McDonald's arrival in Canada; the remainder are from the period 1834-1845. Seven letters written by McDonald to his wife during the month of April 1839 give an account of the parliamentary session he was then attending in Toronto; among the topics are the Union and Clergy Reserve deabates, the Durham Report, school legislation and a Governement House dinner. A further letter to Mrs. McDonald (Dec. 14, 1839) refers to the sitting at which the Legislative Council (with McDonald in the Chair) voted approval of Union. There are two letters from political associates, Charles Bockus, M.L.A. for Prince Edward and James Morris, M.L.C., and two concerned with St. Lawrence Canal business. Finally, there is a cicular to shareholders in a steamship enterprise and a letter from McDonald's nephew, J.B. Baker, concerning the great fire of May 28, 1845, at Quebec. Also included is a writ of summons to the Legislative Council, to John McDonald, signed by Lord Sydenham and Thomas Amiot (June 9, 1841), and a four page holograph memorandum by Herbert Stone McDonald, describing a visit to a fortune-teller near Farmersville, Leeds County (Dec. 6, 1860).

The fonds consists of a limited number of business receipts, accounts and holdings of Ebenezar and Simeon Washburn. Includes receipts for shares purchased in three Steamers being built in the Kingston area: Comodore Barrie, Sir James Kempt and one an unnamed Steamer being undertaken by Calvin of Garden island in 1842.

File consists of testimonials regarding Ball's attendance at Queen's, and a copy and transcript of his graduation diploma. Also includes a commendation document and testimonial signed for Ball, 1845, by Liddell, Campbell and Williamson, Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario).

This fonds consists of a diary of George Ogle Moore, writing in his capacity as a British officer. The diary describes official military and social functions and documents his time in Toronto and Kingston, as well as his travels to New York.