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Eldridge Stanton fonds
CA ON00009 F 4634 · Fonds · [187-]

Fonds consists of photographs taken by Toronto photographer Eldridge Stanton and includes portraits of George Brown, Lord Dufferin, Mrs. Alfred Cox, a painting of Madame Bonaparte and a view of a Primitive Methodist Church.

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Stanton, Eldridge, 1834-1907
CA ON00009 F 4357 · Collection · [185-?]-[189-?]

Collection consists of photographs believed to be taken by William Notman or Alexander Henderson depicting scenes in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia during the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Photographic subjects include: buildings, churches, trains, waterfalls, rivers and a variety of other urban and rural landscapes and portraits.

The photographs are arranged geographically.

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Notman, William, 1826-1891
John A. Johnston fonds
CA ON00009 C 155 · Fonds · [190-?]

Fonds consists of mostly glass plate negatives and some glass plate transparencies. The images are from locations where John A. Johnston resided and worked. The majority of the images are of mine pit locations and wilderness scenes. There are also some images of unidentified people and buildings in Toronto.

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Johnston, John A., fl. ca. 1900
Alfred Malcomson fonds
CA ON00009 F 4507 · Fonds · [192-]-[196-]

Fonds consists of photographs of aeroplanes and family home movies created by Alfred Malcomson, who worked at the factory of the de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited, Toronto, an aircraft manufacturer during the Second World War; he also worked as machine operator and designer creating the moulds for automobile parts for General Motors vehicles following the war.

The fonds is arranged into two series.

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Malcomson, Alfred, 1917-1980
John White fonds
CA ON00009 F 4448 · Fonds · 1792-1797

Fonds consists of one personal notebook kept by John White, the first Attorney General of Upper Canada.

The principal content of the notebook is a diary kept from 1792 until 1794. The early entries describe White's trip from Montreal to Kingston upon taking up his office. Thereafter, brief daily entries record his health, social engagements and matters relating to his working life, both as parliamentarian and as prosecutor. Among the associates frequently mentioned are Governor Simcoe and Chief Justice Osgoode. A transcription of this diary, edited by William Colgate, is published in Ontario History, vol. XLVII, no. 4, pgs. 147-170.

The diary entries conclude on 5 April 1794. A few pages following are occupied with memoranda of payments to various persons, all dated in 1797.

White also used this notebook to record his expenses, starting with his arrival at Montreal in 1792, and continuing, on a somewhat sporadic basis, until 1795. The accounts begin at the rear of the volume and are upside-down in relation to the diary entries.

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White, John, d. 1800
Jacob Ball fonds
CA ON00009 F 4234 · Fonds · 1772-1809

Fonds consists of one handwritten cash book kept by Ball in which he documented transactions in New York (Mohawk Valley) and Upper Canada. The entries are mostly for the sale of farm produce and groceries such as flour, wheat, apples, and pork.

An index of customers' names and several loose documents are inserted in the cash book.

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Some of the entries made in 1772 are written in plattdeutsch or low German.

Ball, Jacob, fl. 1772-1809
Charles Jones day books
CA ON00009 F 4264 · Fonds · 1802-1810

Fonds consists of nine handwritten day books, eight of which are also ledgers. The day books contain records relating to the general merchant business of Charles Jones. Entries give customers' names, prices of goods, and goods sold. The goods include both groceries and sundries such as butter, brown sugar, salts, peppermint, blankets, chalk, calico, and logs.

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Jones, Charles, 1781-1840
Peter Russell fonds
CA ON00009 F 46 · Fonds · 1720-1811

Fonds contains personal and business correspondence of Peter Russell, and includes some correspondence from other family members. Included are correspondence, memoranda and circulars, diaries, copies of wills, inventories of personal belongings, commissions, receipts, bills, accounts, bonds, a table of fees, articles of agreements, a copy of an Act to prevent the Exportation of Base Coin to H.M Colonies in the West Indies and America, statements concerning the salary of Peter Russell as Receiver-General of Upper Canada, and a letters patent erecting a District Court in the Home District (with large seal attached).

Fonds also contains an account book of Peter Russell for the years 1793 to 1808. Fonds also includes a copy book of correspondence sent and received by Peter Russell as President administering the government of Upper Canada from 1796 to 1798. Correspondents include Captain Claus, Superintendent of Indians and Indian Affairs, and Captain Joseph Brant. Also included in the copy book are copies of speeches which Russell made to members of the Six Nations concerning their land grants on the Grand River, and speeches made to members of the Chippawa Nation.

The fonds is arranged chronologically, with the account book and copy book being described at the end of the chronological listing.

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Russell, Peter, 1733-1808
Eliakim Barnum account book
CA ON00009 F 4257 · Item · 1824-1833

Item consists of one handwritten volume which is the account book for a Haldimand Township tavern owned by Eliakim Barnum. Entries include liquor sold, prices, and customers' names and accounts. Small documents are inserted in the account book.

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Barnum, Eliakim, ca. 1785-1833
John Lawrence letter
CA ON00009 F 93 · Item · 1837

Item is one letter written by John Lawrence to Valentine Harden Tisdale who was born in 1815 in the Long Point area of Norfolk County, Ontario.

Subject of the letter consists of an account of the William Lyon MacKenzie uprising which led to the outbreak of the Upper Canada Rebellion.

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Lawrence, John, b. 1815
Francis P. Jones fonds
CA ON00009 F 4230 · Fonds · 1824-1838

Fonds consists of two handwritten day books and one handwritten cash book in which Jones kept records relating to his general merchant business. Entries list goods sold, prices of goods, customers' names, and customers' accounts. Goods include groceries and sundries such as silk, muslin, thread, whip lash, nails, cod fish, rum, and snuff. Many entries are for various fabrics and sewing items.

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Jones, Francis P., fl. 1824-1838
Township of Blenheim fonds
CA ON00009 F 1544 · Fonds · 1822-1843

Fonds consists of the Township Book for the Township of Blenheim. The volume records the minutes of an annual meeting by the rate payers resident in Blenheim Township held to appoint local officials such as assessor, pound keeper and path inspector. These meetings were instituted under 1822 legislation which allowed for rudimentary municipal institutions in rural areas. During the period covered by this volume, Blenheim Township did not have status as a municipal corporation.

The book records the business of the meetings, the names of officers appointed by the ratepayers, amounts approved for expenditures on roads and bridges, and the ear marks used by residents to identify their livestock.

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Blenheim (Ont. : Township)
Gowan family fonds
CA ON00009 F 28 · Fonds · 1833-1843

Fonds consists of correspondence and related records sent and received by the James Robert Gowan and Ogle Robert Gowan. Also represented are other family members: James Robert's father Henry, mother Elizabeth and sisters Ann and Susan Elizabeth, his wife Anna, and Ogle Robert's wife Frances Anne. Correspondence also relates to James Robert Gowan's position as Judge of the District of Simcoe, Ogle Robert's involvement in helping to suppress the 1837 Rebellion, and family involvement in the Loyal Orange Lodge.

Records are arranged chronologically with undated materials placed at the end.

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Gowan (family)
William Kyle fonds
CA ON00009 F 4251 · Fonds · 1821-1850

Fonds consists of ten handwritten volumes kept by William Kyle in the operation of his general merchant business. There are seven ledgers, one cash book, and two orders books. Entries provide customers' names, goods purchased, prices of goods, and customers' accounts. Goods sold include potash, calico, whiskey, handkerchiefs, cough drops, furniture, butter, and tea.

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Kyle, William, fl. 1821-1850
George Keogh & Co. fonds
CA ON00009 F 4193 · Fonds · 1837-1851

Fonds consists of a day book, a letterbook, and a ledger. The handwritten contents record the transactions and correspondence of George Keogh & Co. Also included is a book containing "A list of Notes Given by George Keogh to Doctor Keogh as Security for joining Notes for Wheat".

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George Keogh & Co.
CA ON00009 F 2188 · Item · 1833-1851

This volume is the accounts book kept by Reverend Edward Denroche for St. Peter's Anglican Church in Brockville. The left-hand pages of the volume itemize the date and amount of offerings received in the Church; the right-hand pages itemize amounts given to the poor, including names and details, such as "to blind Foster to pay for a cord of wood" - and "to French Mary". Many of the entries were made during a cholera epidemic, and record assistance to victims and to others such as runaway slaves.

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St. Peter's Anglican Church (Brockville, Ont.)
Samuel S. Scovil fonds
CA ON00009 F 4280 · Fonds · 1842-1853

Fonds consists of six handwritten volumes which are ledgers or daybooks.

Volumes 1 and 2 are ledgers containing customers' names and their accounts. Volume 1 is also the ledger of Philip Wing & Co. kept by Samuel S. Scovil.

Volumes 3, 4, 5, and 6 are daybooks which contain records of goods purchased, their prices, and the names of customers. Goods sold include groceries and sundries such as cotton, tobacco, buttons, potatoes, butter, and raisins.

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Scovil, Samuel S., fl. 1842-1853