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John Strachan fonds

  • ON00009 F 983
  • Fonds
  • 1794-1891

Fonds consists of an autobiography and diary to 1799, correspondence (mostly arising from Strachan's roles as teacher, Archdeacon, and Bishop), letterbooks, and sermons. Topics addressed in the correspondence and letterbooks include: appointments to various positions, Strachan's early experiences in Upper Canada, situations in his parish in Cornwall (including the influence of the Methodists in the area), the challenges of teaching in a small working class community, various activities during the War of 1812 (including attacks at York and other sites, Strachan's views of the military leaders of the time, and a list of Indian Warriors), the union of Upper and Lower Canada, the clergy reserves, the financial support of the clergy, and other subjects. Loose correspondence and sermons are arranged chronologically. Letterbooks contain an internal chronological arrangement, and considerable overlap occurs among volumes.

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James Magrath fonds

  • ON00009 F 985
  • Fonds
  • 1826-1895

Fonds consists mainly of records of James Magrath and Robert Stanton, relating to land transactions in the Credit Reserve and in Toronto Township. Fonds contains correspondence, indentures of bargain and sale, deeds, a petition, a will, and other records.

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William Ritchie fonds

  • ON00009 F 988
  • Fonds
  • [Microfilmed 1965] (originally created 1849-1867)

Fonds consist of diaries which describe daily activities in the family, the church and the community of Canada West in the 1850's and 1860's. The first diary refers to activities in Sandwich, and the second is concerned with Jackson's Point, near the town of Sutton in York County. The second diary also includes descriptions of travels, as well as a few comments on the American Civil War.

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John Miller fonds

  • ON00009 F 99
  • Fonds
  • [Microfilmed 1980] (originally created 1883-1906)

Fonds consists of two cash books documenting John Miller's travels and personal expenses. Entries include purchases of food, dry goods, medicine, tobacco, household supplies, and horses. Cash books also document money received from sales of barley and apples, as well as expenses incurred during travel in places such as Guelph and Paris.

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Lachlan McPherson fonds

  • ON00009 F 994
  • Fonds
  • [Microfilmed 1977] (originally created 1852-1882)

Fonds consists of the personal diary of Reverend Lachlan McPherson, written in 1852-1882, during his ministry in Lobo and Williams Township. References include: his ministry, the weather and life in Lobo and Williams Township.

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Society of Friends (Quakers) fonds

  • ON00009 F 997
  • Fonds
  • Microfilmed 1974-1976 (originally created 1740-1974)

Fonds consists of records of the Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers), its constituent meetings, its standing committees, and other related bodies which entrusted their records to its care between 1955 and 1974. This includes records from the three Yearly Meetings that united in 1955 to become Canadian Yearly Meeting.

An inventory for the original records was prepared by the University of Western Ontario Regional History Collection in 1971, and reference codes were assigned. These reference codes are provided here in brackets next to the title, for the use of researchers who may wish to correlate published references to the microfilm and to the originals. In the University of Western Ontario reference codes, C identifies records of Conservative Friends, O identifies Orthodox records, and H identifies Genessee (Hicksite) records.

Joseph Gander fonds

  • ON00009 F 999
  • Fonds
  • 1856-1878

Fonds consists of records created and received by Joseph Gander. Fonds includes three diaries kept by Gander while a minister in the Ontario areas of Hasting County and Marmora. The fonds also includes Gander's Certificate of Ordination and research notes on the life of Gander.

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Andrew Norton Buell family fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1808-1881

Fonds consists primarily of correspondence of Buell family members, concerning business, politics and family matters. Fonds also includes agreements, promissory notes, accounts, assessment notices, contracts, affidavits, an Act of Incorporation for the Western Assurance Company, power of attorney records, commissions, telegrams, poetry, and correspondence regarding various issues.

Included is correspondence regarding canal work at various locations, correspondence with several doctors, and a "spirit message" from clairvoyants. Fonds also contains records regarding the construction of the court house and jail at Brockville, including petitions to the government, contracts with carpenters and workmen, land agreements, bills for materials, and signature of subscribers. A family genealogy and autobiography are also included, as well as a copy of a self portrait of Andrew Norton Buell at age 24.

There is substantial correspondence on the subject of the U.S. Civil War, as a sister of the second Mrs. Buell (née Thorp) was married to Union Brigadier-General James C. Rice.

All materials in the fonds has been arranged in one chronological sequence.

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Buell, Andrew Norton, 1798-1880

Thomas Burrowes fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1826-1861

Fonds consists of 114 watercolours, created between 1826 and 1861, by Captain Thomas Burrowes during his employment as Overseer of Works and later Clerk of Works of the southern section of the Rideau Canal. Several watercolours of Kingston Mills and Adolphustown were painted following his retirement in 1846. The watercolours depict the construction of and activities along the Rideau waterway and Kingston Mills.

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Burrowes, Thomas, 1796-1866

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