The fonds consists of correspondence, general orders and abstracts. The collection of 11 manuscript volumes contains official copies of many hundreds of letters, documents and orders written by the Duke of Richmond and his adjutants during his service as Commander-in-Chief of the forces in British North America. There is also a letter written by Richmond to an unidentified recipient dated May 17 1818.
The fonds consists of general correspondence, correspondence pertaining to grants given by the Society, minutes and financial records relating to the Society's purpose to aid poor children to obtain an education.
Item is an electro-steel engraving of George IV of the United Kingdom, born 1762, and died 1830, King of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover following the death of his father, George III. Engraved by J. Hopwood from a miniature in the possession of a nobleman. Published by T. Kelly (Paternoster Row, London).
The journal/commonplace book contains roughly 40 pages. There appear to be pages which have been cut out, and material has been pasted in. The content is varied and the book seems to have been used and reused at different points in Stretton's travels as there is a mix of European drawings with those of Canada. There are eight documentary pen and ink watercolours depicting Canadian content: "Carioling on the St. Lawrence" (1823); "Canadian Marche donc Cariole"; "Colonel Frobishers Cariole"; "Islands of Ice off the Banks of Newfoundland, June 7th and 10th, 1818"; "Falls of the Chaudiere near Quebec, Canada" (1824); "Pageantry (French-Canadian) Aug 14, 1823"; and, "A Quebec Indian and Squaw" (1824). Also included is a copy of a hand drawn plan of Quebec (city) for 1824, and wash over pencil (graphite) drawings of: a cave scene at Quebec; a waterfall at Quebec; the Albany Barracks; Tintern Abbery, Wales; Stonehenge; and a few other drawings with non-Canadian content. There are snippets of recorded weather, a recipe for lavender water, clippings on various subjects (curling being one), and a rather lengthy report of the Halifax Sledge Club from 1843.
