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Maria Edgeworth collection

  • UVICSP SC197
  • Collection
  • 1827

The collection consists of a handwritten letter to Mr. R. Hunter (publisher) concerning the proofs for a proposed edition of Edgeworth's “Little plays, warrented harmless.”

Edgeworth, Maria, 1767-1849

Costume plates collection

  • UVICSP SC179
  • Collection
  • ca. 1830

The collection consists of 11 mounted leaves of pen and ink drawings copied from various sources, with holograph notations. The costumes are from 1400-1720.

Mary Brehaut collection

  • CA PCA Acc4637
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1793], 1804-1832

The collection consists of the papers of Captain Angus MacAulay (?-1810) of Halifax, Nova Scotia and Pinette, Prince Edward Island; papers of Charles (? - before 1875) and Elizabeth Stewart (1783-1875) of Pinette, and a circa 1793 muster roll of the Loyal Independent Caledonian Company of Volunteers. The Captain MacAulay papers, dating 1804-1809, include personal accounts, shipping records, ships logs of the "Archangel" and "Bonne Citoyenne", and legal papers involving Capt. MacAulay. This collection also includes papers of Charles Stewart and his wife Elizabeth, widow of Capt. Angus MacAulay who drowned in 1810 in Charlottetown. The Stewart documents include personal accounts and receipts, correspondence, land agreements and papers regarding legal action between Charles and Robert Stewart dating between 1813 and 1832. The collection also includes one file of notes compiled by Mary Brehaut regarding Angus MacAulay of Belfast and other Belfast or Selkirk settlers.

Brehaut, Mary (Cornfoot)

Philip James Dunn collection

  • UVICSP SC039
  • Collection
  • 1821 - 1834

The collection consists of a sketchbook with drawings largely of churches, country houses, and other architectural subjects. It includes a few loose and pasted-in sketches at the back. There is a poem of unknown derivation under the first sketch in the book, preceded by an index to 62 sketches dated 1821-1824. Later sketches are pasted in or loose.

Dunn, Philip James

Alice Ross Brown collection

  • ON00311 PF124
  • Collection
  • 1836

Collection consists of a subpoena issued to Hector Ross in 1836.

Brown, Alice Ross, fl. 1963

D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin collection

  • ON00311 PF165
  • Collection
  • 1836

Collection consists of a marriage settlement accumulated by D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin, a Hamilton, Ontario, lawyer. His ancestor, Reverend Richard Martin, was named a trustee in the settlement.

Martin, D'Arcy Argue Counsell, 1898-1992

Colonial Building exterior plan

  • CA PCA Acc2455
  • Collection
  • [1837?]

This single collected item consists of an architectural drawing of the exterior of the proposed Colonial Building to be built in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The plan is comprised of three sheets. The provenance of this plan is unknown although, given the similarity between this plan and the structure of the Colonial Building as it was built, it is likely that the architect was Isaac Smith.

Unknown

Henry Wolsey Bayfield : [ca. 1840]

  • CA PCA Acc4156
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1840]

This collection consists of a coloured photograph of a painting of Admiral Henry Wolsey Bayfield, ca. 1840. Admiral Bayfield was born in Hull Yorkshire England in 1795. He joined the Royal Navy in 1806 at age 11. He was appointed Admiralty Surveyor in British North America in 1817 and surveyed North American waters. Bayfield became and Commander of the Royal Navy in 1826, a Vice-Admiral in 1863 and an Admiral in 1867. He was married to Fanny Wright with whom he had 6 children.

Unknown

Archibald McIsaac letter

  • CA PCA Acc4083
  • Collection
  • 1841

This collection consists of a letter dated 30 June 1841 from John McIsaac of Avonmore, South Uist, Scotland to his cousin Archibald McIsaac of East Point Lot 46. The letter contains an account of conditions existing in South Uist and news of relatives.

McIsaac, Archibald

D'Arcy Martin collection

  • ON00311 PF120
  • Collection
  • 1842

Collection consists of a marriage settlement from Ireland.

Martin, D'Arcy Argue Counsell, 1898-1992

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