Item is an electro-steel engraving of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, born 1721 and died 1803, British politician. Published by John Sewell (No.32 Cornhill) for European Magazine.
Manuscript report. Relates to proposal for introducing the cultivation of hemp in the province of Nova Scotia. The report was addressed to Lord Dorchester, governor of the provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and their dependencies.
Item is an electro-steel engraving of Jean-Baptiste le Rond D'Alembert, born 1717 - died 1783. French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher, and music theorist. Engraved by A. Smith by A. Pujos. Published by W. Bent (London).
Item shows a portrait of George I. of Great Britain (b. May 28, 1660, d. June 11, 1727). On top of the portrait the insignia. Below the portrait an other scene, which shows the King. Aside a cleric and probably a bourgeois with documents. Engraved by I. Heath. Published as the Act directs by T. Cadell and R. Baldwin March 1, 1790.