First issue of second printing. 12mo. (18 x 11 cm), pp. 24 + 1 copperplate scene of Quebec, engraved and published by Robert Weir (Glasgow). Original pink printed paper wrappers. Covers soiled, stitching is loose, spine paper is split though covers still holding, damp-staining to upper and lower edges of wraps. Scarce first issue, with the copperplate, of the second printing. First printed by the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec in 1840. Text in French. Written by a nun of the L'Hopital General, it describes events during the siege of Quebec in 1759. TPL 297; Sabin 69257. [1543]
This fonds consists of correspondence; bond; and receipts, July 29, 1853 to March 3, 1856, from Henry Ruttan, Cobourg, Canada West, to George Savigny, Otonabee Township, Peterborough County, with regard to the latter's purchase of Reserve Lot no. 15, 17th Concession, Otonabee.
Savigny, GeorgeThis addition to the fonds consists of two original letters written by Frances Stewart to relatives in Ireland. There is also an original invoice from a linen draper and haberdasher.
Stewart, Frances AnneThe fonds consists of photocopies of original field notes of surveys of Samuel Wilmot and Richard Birdsall 1818-1830, certified as true copy by Crown Lands Dept. on June 30, 1857.
Smith TownshipThis fonds consists of 4 original documents pertaining to the land on which Victoria College, Cobourg, was situated. One document is the declaration of Rev. S.D. Rice verifying the signatures of the Attorney General (John A. Macdonald) and the Deputy Registrar (Thomas Mayor) on the other three documents.
Victoria CollegeMap taken from Sessional Papers No. 5, Fifteenth Volume, Journals of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada, Third Session of the Fifth Provincial Parliament, 1857
List:
1846 - Dr. Matthews - Cobourg
1849 - Dr. G. Goldstone - Cobourg
1852 - Dr. John Beatty
1853 - Dr. N. W. Powell
1854 - Dr. James A. Gilchrist
1855 - Dr. John Beatty - salary 25 pounds sterling
1856 - Dr. Newton W. Powell - salary 30 pounds sterling
1857 - Dr. G. Goldstone - salary 30 pounds sterling