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Wallace Brett fonds
Fonds · 1917-1918

The fonds consists of fourteen letters and envelopes written by Brett to his sister Esther. Esther resided in Toronto. Brett’s letters told his sister about the correspondence he was receiving, the individuals from home he was encountering and some of the details of his day-to-day activities both in England where he was drilling and shoveling coal, to his time on the battlefields in France. One letter was written while he was in hospital in Shorncliffe.

Brett, Wallace, 1895-1918
H.W. Snelling fonds
Fonds · 1870-1873

The fonds consists of a diary and typescript of the diary transcribed by Dr. Norman Shrive. Passages within the diary include “Sunshine and Storm by a Rifleman,1870” and a brief passage entitled “Journey through Persia and other Eastern countries,” written by Corporals R. Murphy and J. Kenderick. Murphy and Kenderick are identified as serving with the 100th Royal Rifles. The diary also contains personal information about Snelling, including family health and business prosperity. There is a page of business transactions from 1873.

Snelling, H.W., b. 1849
Ralph Sheldon fonds
Fonds · [between 1778 and 1786]

The fonds consists of a bound manuscript, 48 pages in length, titled "A tour through part of Switzerland and the glaciers of Savoy & Berne in a letter to Richard Cox Esq." The manuscript is not dated . The date range has been assigned by references in the text. The trip took place after the death of Voltaire in 1778 but before the climbing of Mont Blanc which occurred in 1786. The manuscript is signed by Ralph Sheldon.

Sheldon, Ralph
Oswald Mosley fonds
Fonds · [before 1727]

The fonds consists of a bound manuscript, 234 pages in length, containing prayers appropriate for different occasions, times of day, Sabbath prayers, and so on. There is an index on the inside front and back covers. Also written on the inside cover is: This book of devotions in the handwriting of Oswald Mosley, Esq. (father of the first Sir Oswald) who died A.D. 1726 in the 87th year of his age. Oswald Mosley." Pasted on the inside front cover is a bookplate containing the Mosley family coat of arms, with the family motto "Mos Legem Regit" followed by "Sir Oswald Mosley Bart., Rolleston House". Stamped on spine is "Prayers Mss."

Mosley, Oswald, 1661?-1726
Richard Nisbet fonds
Fonds · 1786

The fonds consists of a bound manuscript titled "Richard Nisbet's navigation book". His coat of arms and motto with his initials underneath is pasted into the back front cover. Also pasted in is a note indicating that the manuscript had been bound by T. Hookham of New Bond Street [London]. The front cover has the word "Navigation" embossed in gold. The manuscript contains 177 pages of text with diagrams, some of which have been coloured. A sea chart has been tipped in just before the section on mercator sailing. The manuscript is divided into sections: definitions and problems of geometry : plain trigonometry right angled : mariner's compass : plane sailing : traverse sailing : parallel sailing : middle latitude sailing : mercator sailing: a journal of a voyage from England towards Madeira : to find the latitude by double attitudes of the sun : to find the variation of the compass by an amplitude : to find the variation of the compass by an azimuth : nautical and geographical definitions : oblique sailing.

Nisbet, Richard
H.M.S. Amethyst fonds
Fonds · 1859-1860

The fonds consists of the log of H.M.S. Amethyst, covering the period 9 November 1859 to 22 December 1860. It contains 93 pages of text, drawings, and maps which are listed below. The log begins with the ship at anchor at Mazatlan, Mexico. On 21 June the ship leaves Mexico for Panama, and proceeds on to Valparaiso, Chile, and then Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The ship then returns home to England, arriving at Plymouth, and then going on to Margarte, and finally Chatham. The final entry in the log is: "put ship out of commission". List of drawings and maps: H.M. Ship Amethyst. -- [1859 or 1860]. -- Watercolour. -- Pasted to inside cover of log. Section of the hold of H.M.S. Amethyst. -- Drawing : ink. -- Tipped into log. Track of H.M.S. Amethyst between San Blas and Mazatlan. -- 6 Nov.-6 Dec. 1859. -- Map : ink. -- Tipped into log. Track of H.M.S. Amethyst between Mazatlan and Guaymas. -- 27 Dec. 1859-31 Jan. 1860. -- Map: ink. -- Tipped into log. Plan of San Blas. -- [1860?]. -- Map: ink, hand col. -- Tipped into log. Track of H.M.S. Amethyst from San Blas to Panama. -- 21 June 1860-17 July 1860. -- Map : ink. -- Tipped into log. Track of H.M.S. Amethyst from Panama to Valparaiso. -- [1860?]. -- Map: ink. -- Tipped into log. Track of H.M.S. Amethyst from Valparaiso to Rio de Janeiro. -- [1860?]. -- Map: ink. -- Tipped into log. Track of H.M.S. Amethyst from Rio de Janeiro to Plymouth Sound. -- [1860?]. -- Map: ink. -- Tipped into log.

Amethyst (ship)
George Arnet fonds
Fonds · 1732-1742

The fonds consists of a bound manuscript containing a sermon Arnet preached titled "A sermon, preach'd at Wakefield, at the visitation held there, by the Reverend Mr. Hayter, Archdeacon of York June, 30, 1732". The pages are numbered [1], 2-56. It is bound together with a letter to Philip Fruchard by Arnet, 12 July 1742, 2 p., introducing the sermon and making note of their friendship. Mr. Fruchard was a London merchant.

Arnet, George
David Macbeth Moir fonds
Fonds · [before 1852]

The fonds consists of a bound volume containing six manuscripts by Moir. They are: The bride of Lochleven, 21 p.; The lunatic of love. A fragment., 16 p.; The Norman captive, 17 p.; The Revenge of Sir Edmund, 19 p.; Isabelle or the maid of Damascus. A Syrian tale, 29 p.; The exile of Novogorod, 76 p. Three different hands appear to have been used. Different paper was used for the last manuscript. Stamped on the front cover is the delta symbol (Δ). Stamped on the back cover are the initials of his wife: C.E.M. 1852. Written inside the front cover is the inscription: Jane Moir from her mother, July 1853. An unknown hand at a later date has annotated each manuscript with its publication history or lack thereof.

Moir, David Macbeth, 1798-1851
H. Milligan fonds
Fonds · 1940

The fonds consists of his notebook titled "Royal Air Force Note Book for Workshop and Laboratory Records", dated 10 April 1940. It contains his notes on tools, carpentry, airplane construction, and hydraulics, as well as many diagrams, and is 112 pages in length.

Milligan, H.
Samuel Matthews fonds
Fonds · 1878-1883

The fonds consists of a notebook compiled by Matthews containing the following: 1. Minutes, 1878-1879, of the Richmond Branch of the Alymer Blue Ribbon Club, whose members were temperance advocates. The minutes of 30 September 1878 note that 236 people had signed the pledge. 2. Day book, containing financial accounts, 1879-1882 3. Farm contracts, 4 April 1882-5 April 1883 4. List of stock bought, April-August 1883 5. Other financial accounts, 1883-1884

Matthews, Samuel
C.T. Atkinson fonds
Fonds · 1926-1930

The fonds consists six letters to C.T. Atkinson, 1926-1930, regarding the publication of his book. There is one page of holograph notes, perhaps by a reviewer, news clippings of book reviews, and a publisher's circular for 1926 which does not list Atkinson's book. There are also two post cards.

Atkinson, C.T. (Christopher Thomas)