This collection of a series letters and ephemera show a strong and long respected political and personal association with two leading Canadian Prime Ministers. Quite an interesting story being told with these letters to J.E. Brown over 18 years. Pearson and St. Laurent signed letters are now scarce to marketing, a rare collection.

James Elisha Brown [1913-1974] MP, was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada for over 12 years...

Pearson and St. Laurent PM’s series of 14 signed letters to J.E. Brown, MP (8 from Lester Pearson, 1 from Maryam Pearson, 6 from Louis St. Laurent, (some of which have original mailing envelopes included)...

THE QUEEN OF ROMANCE FICTION, A HOLLYWOOD ICON OF THE 1920s

Elinor Glyn was an English author, journalist and screen writer and best known for Three Weeks (1907) a steamy romance novel which was shocking for its time...

This large collection contains 166 items dating from 1902 to 2009, specifically, 58 Ephemera and archives, 103 Books and 5 Books about Elinor Glyn and related material...

2 legal Case File folders, 1773-1806

13 oversized legal documents Dating 1773, 1797-9, 1801 and 1806.

a) A rare and important 19pp folio manuscript document dated 30th Sept. 1824 by Judge James Reid with his comments on the judicial system as requested by Secretary (Andrew William) Cochran (1792-1849).

b) 4 legal documents, pertaining to McTavish, Frobisher etc [North West Co.] vs. Samuel Gerrard law suit, 1799-1800 [Fur Trade related]

Simon McTavish was a fur trader and dealer in furs, militia officer, office holder, landowner, seigneur, and businessman. He was one of the owners of the North West Company (NWC). McTavish was certainly the colony’s [Canada's] most important businessman in the second half of the 18th century.

Samuel Gerrard (1767-1857) was a fur trader, businessman, militia officer justice of the peace, politician, and seigneur.

a) 7 oversized legal documents Dating 1797-9, 1801 and 1806....

The collection has original material pertaining to 21 American women poets, dating from 1842-1996 a total of 63 items, specifically 29 letters, 14 pieces of ephemera, 8 typescripts / manuscripts, 8 books, and 4 photos.

• BATES, Charlotte Fiske (signed Charlotte Rogé; American poet and associate of Longfellow).

• BROWN, Alice (American novelist, poet, and playwright).

• DEUTSCH, Babette (American poet, critic, and novelist).

• DODGE, Mary Abigail (pen name, Gail Hamilton; American poet and writer).

• FISHBACK, Margaret (American poet and prose author from the late 1920s until the 1960s)

• GLÜCK, Louise (American poet, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature).

• GOULD, Hannah Flagg (American poet).

• JONG, Erica (American poet and novelist).

• KIMBALL, Harriet McEwan (American poet).

• LOWELL, Amy (American poet of the Imagist school who posthumously was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926).

• MILLER, Alice (American poet, novelist, and screen writer).

• MOORE, Marianne (American poet).

• MOULTON, Louise Chandler (American poet, story-writer and critic).

• PEABODY, Josephine Preston (American poet and dramatist).

• PERRY, Nora (American poet, journalist, and writer of juvenile stories).

• PIERCY, Marge (American poet and novelist).

• SANGSTER, Margaret Elizabeth (American poet).

• SPEYER, Leonora (American poet and violinist, winner of the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry).

• TEASDALE, Sara (American poet).

• THAXTER, Celia (American poet).

• WAKOSKI, Diane (American poet)..

A collection of 147 mostly unique ephemera items dating from 1892 to 1943, specifically approximately 70 leaflets and chapbooks, approximately 50 letters, 11 broadsides, 11 photos, 3 manuscripts/typescripts, 1 scrapbook, and 1 book.

Edwin Markham (né Charles Edward Anson Markham, (1852-1940) was an American poet, Poet Laureate of Oregon, best remembered for his poems, “Lincoln, the Man of the People” (read by Markham at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922) and “The Man with the Hoe” (inspired by Jean-François Millet’s painting)....

Twenty Canadian authors are represented in this collection dating from 1882 to 1967, containing 59 items specifically, 24 letters, 21 cards and post cards, 3 photos, 6 books, 1 movie herald, 1 issue of a journal, 1 printing block, 1 postcard and 1 leaflet...

• BARR, Robert (Scottish-Canadian short story writer and novelist).

• BEATTIE, Jessie L. (Canadian poet, educator, novelist, and dramatist).

• BIRNEY, Earle (Canadian poet).

• BLAISE, Clark (American-Canadian novelist and short story writer).

• BODSWORTH, Charles Frederick (Fred) was a Canadian writer, journalist and amateur naturalist.

• BOURINOT, Arthur (Canadian lawyer, scholar, and poet).

• BOUCHARD, Éva

• CONNOR, Ralph (pseud of Rev. Dr. Charles William Gordon, Canadian novelist).

• COX, Palmer (illustrator and author, best known for The Brownies comic series for children)

• GALLANT, Mavis Leslie de Trafford 1922-2014) was a Canadian short story writer who spent much of her life and career in France.

• KING, Basil (Canadian clergyman turned novelist)

• KOGAWA, Joy is a Canadian poet and novelist of Japanese descent

• PARKER, Gilbert (Canadian-English novelist)

• PATERSON, Isabel (Canadian-American journalist and novelist

• PURDY, Al (Canadian poet)

• RADDAL, Thomas (Canadian novelist)

• SALVERSON, Laura (Canadian novelist)

• SCOTT, Frederick George (Known as the Poet of the Laurentians, Senior Chaplain to the Canadian 1st Division during WWI).

• SHIELDS, Carol (American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer)

• STRINGER, Arthur (Canadian novelist and poet)

Anita Loos was an American screenwriter, playwright and author, best known for her blockbuster comic novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She wrote film scripts from 1912, and became arguably the first-ever staff scriptwriter, when D.W. Griffith put her on the payroll at Triangle Film Corporation. She went on to write many of the Douglas Fairbanks films, as well as the stage adaptation of Colette’s Gigi...

The collection consists of 57 items dating from 1924 to 1976, specifically, 1 typescript, 47 books, 5 letters, 1 photo, 1 movie herald, 1 singed contract and 1 Loos’s signature on a card...

14 authors are represented in this collection including 33 items dating from 1842 to 1982 specifically 19 letters, 6 photos, 6 books, 1 note, and 1 brochure...

• BENCHLY, Nathaniel (American novelist, humorist and children’s author).

• BENNETT, John (American children’s author and anthologist of black folk tales based on Gullah culture).

• BLUME, Judy (American writer known for children's and young adult fiction)

• BURGESS, Thornton W. (American children’s author)

• DOUGLAS, Amanda Minnie (American juvenile author)

• FITLER, Mary Biddle (American children’s author)

• FOSTER, Genevieve (American author of children's literature)

• GATTY, Margaret (English writer of children's literature, founder and editor of Aunt Judy’s Magazine)

• LOTHROP, Harriett (pseud. Margaret Sidney, American children’s author and publisher)

• OLCOTT, Frances Jenkins (American librarian and children’s author)

• PEARD, Francis Mary (English author and traveller who wrote over 40 works of fiction for children or adults between 1867 and 1909)

• PRATT, Ella Farman (American children’s author)

• SHERWOOD, Mary Martha (English children’s author)

• WADE, Mary Hazelton (American children’s author)

This archive consists of a total of 107 items, with a total of about 250 handwritten pages, dealing with land management in Upper Canada...

This archive is a fantastic testimony of land and forest economics and the management of absentee land ownership in Southern Ontario in the 19th century; land purchases and sales, clearance of land, drainage issues, ditching of roads and land improvement, renting of land lots, selling of valuable forest species (timber; oak, walnut and hickory) and prices, payment of taxes, evolution of value and assessment of land, unlawful cutting of trees, etc. Archives Ontario Meredith fonds mentions due to a fire, most of the pre-1930 records of the Township of Romney were lost!

Sir Edwin Arnold was an English poet, orientalist, translator, and journalist, best known as the author of The Light of Asia (1879), an epic poem in an elaborately Tennysonian blank verse that describes, through the mouth of an “imaginary Buddhist votary,” the life and teachings of the Buddha. Arnold was honored with Newdigate Prize, 1852, for The Feast of Belshazzar; Companion of the Star of India, 1877; Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire, 1888.

The collection has 16 items dating from 1867 to 1899, specifically 14 letters and 2 signed books....

Henry Borden, was Sir Roberts’s nephew. He was educated at McGill, Dalhousie and Oxford, was one of Toronto's most prominent corporate lawyers.

First edition. 310pp., 9-1/4 x 5-1/2 inches.

Book in very good condition

Sir Robert Borden, the eighth prime minister of Canada, & the leader of the Liberal-Conservative Party (1911 to 1920), was instrumental in the achievement of the "Dominion Status" and transition from the British Empire to the British Commonwealth of Nations. ...

Franz Anton Mesmer was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorised the existence of a natural energy transference occurring between all animated and inanimate objects; this he called "animal magnetism", sometimes later referred to as mesmerism which was the forerunner of the modern practice of hypnotism...

First edition. (2), xii-110pp. (plus 2 catalogue of publisher advertising notice). Book housed in paper mounted case 5-1/4 x 8-3/4 inches. Book 5 x 7-3/4 inches, is bound is a similar paper as case and untrimmed deckled edge pages...

First Edition, 1999. 218p. 9-1/2 x 10 inches.

Signed "Ruth Cathcart, June 4, 2000"

Photography by Charles Ven den Ouden.

This book includes photographs and brief historical sketches of historic houses of Bruce County. The author draws a connection between the architecture, a developing provincial community, and the circumstances and character of the families who built both...

A rare collection of laws that continued to inflame and finally triggered the American Revolution.

“…these Acts demonstrated a parliamentary power more dangerous to colonial liberty than mere taxing.” Morison introduction, xxxiv

Set of Five “Intolerable Acts” or Coercive Acts, contained in two bound volumes for the year 1774. First editions, first printings preceding all American printings.

Two volumes, Folio (11.5 inches). 14 George III (1774), Only 1,100 copies of each printed in 1774, all folio printings.

Volume 1 (44 Acts total): 1043 pages + 1 blank page (being the text of Acts 1-44);

Volume 2 (52 Acts total): pages 1045-2155 (being the text of Acts 45-96) + 30 pages (Table of the Statutes).

A list of all the 96 total Acts included in both volumes will be provided upon request....

SCARCE OLDER HAND-COLOURED EDITION WITH VERY ATTRACTIVE PLATES.

First edition, 1807. 8-1/4 x 10-18 inches. xii, [1]-602 p.,1 l., New large 1/2 bound calf, marbled paper sides, gold tooled. Usual off-setting from plates to facing text pages, otherwise fine condition. Complete with all 28 plates as called for including; 1 hand coloured folding frontispiece, 26 nice older hand coloured plates (5 folding), plus 1 hand coloured folding map. Hand-coloured plates all very striking and attractive. A very handsome copy. Stored in a brown slip case....

Together six 18th and 19th century (1790 to 1817) Quaker publications bound in 1 vol., occasional spotting, light browning,

#1 - A narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and his family; who were surprised by the Indians, and taken from their farms, on the frontiers of Pennsylvania. In the spring, 1780....

4th edition [1854]. 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. , [3]-72pp. (6pp. with 2 leaves of B&W plates [front and added title page], Circa 1854. Chromolithographed pictorial top board with publisher’s advertisement printed on rear. Cover title: Little Downey. Some wear to corners and light fading on chromolith on front cover, otherwise very good+ condition. Contemporary gift inscription (no date) to front end paper.

A very nice clean copy of a scarce edition....

2nd edition, 1902. 6 x 9 inches, ([8], 300pp, xci appendices). Original green cloth with gilt titles, spine lightly sunned. Six plates - Frontis Frances Stewart at 72, Old Letters, Mr. Stewart, An early Sketch of Peterborough, Peterborough in Early Days and The Old Log House. A very attractive copy of an uncommon title. p34 with a production crease. p123-130 with a 1/4” tear at top of pages, otherwise very good plus condition.

Being Extracts from the Correspondence of the Late Frances Stewart. Compiled and Edited by Her Daughter E.S. Dunlop. Second edition, with much added correspondence added (first was in 1889).

A scarce copy of an important record of early settlement with added ephemera...

Marriage contract (certified copy of), 3-1/2 folio pages, 8 x 12-3/4 inches; Quebec, September 6, 1762. Seal of wax to the document. Near fine condition. Rare document drawn up in a few months of the transfer of New France to the English. Last marriage contract on August 3, 1747 between Jean Urbain Martel of Belleville (1708-Ca. 1764), director of the Forging mills of Saint-Maurice to Quebec, and young lady Elisabeth Gastin (she will die; the following year shortly after her first child), in the presence of Charles marquis de Beauharnois (1671-1749), “d' chief; squadron of the naval armies of its majesty, Governor and Lieutenant General for Roy in toutte New France and country of Louisiana”, of Mgr Henry Marie de Breil de Pontbriant (1709-1860), bishop of Quebec and adviser of Roy, Gilles Hocquart (1694-1783), Intendant of justice, organizes and finances of New France and country of Louisiana (of 1729 to 1748), and of various parents and friends. ...

2 ALS sent from Terre-bonne, Quebec, to James Reid (1769-1848), a lawyer in Montreal, who married William McGillivray's sister, Elizabeth, in 1808, handled contractual matters and litigation for the North West Company, and became Quebec’s Chief Justice in 1832. 5 September and 15 September 1803...

Dr. Simon Fraser (1769-1844) was the son of Malcolm Fraser (1733-1815), a lieutenant who was wounded at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, and Marie Allaire. In 1762, General Murray granted Malcolm Fraser the seigneury of Mount Murray, and later Malcolm Fraser bought that of Kamouraska.Dr. Fraser was an officer in a Scottish regiment and lived and worked in Terrebonne as a physician...

Foolscap bifolium (Gater 1811 - Britannia watermark) Secretarial, marginal browning; signed by George Ramsay as 'Dalhousie'. Dated Halifax 15. September 1819 and addressed to the Judge Advocate General, presumably Sir John Beckett.

George Ramsay, ninth Earl of Dalhousie, served as Lieutenant- Governor of Nova Scotia (1816–1820), then as Governor-in-Chief of British North America (1820–1828). He served twelve years in Canada. Dalhousie is considered the first patron of the arts in Canada....

Autograph letter signed. One page, 7 x 4-1/2 inches. Dated 15 April [18]81. Authenticating a letter by noting "the letter is genuine...[noting] ...his request for the watch is so like him." Signed ”C.G. Gordon" Letter was folded, now flat and some wrinkles, otherwise in good condition.

‘Tired of doing nothing’ and observing the difficulties that had arisen in Basutoland,

Major General Charles George Gordon. Also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon of Pasha and Gordon of Khartoum, British army officer and administrator. British general who became a national hero for his exploits in China and his ill-fated defense of Khartoum against the Mahdists....

Letter written to "Lord Sydney" Thomas Townshend, 1733-1800 ASL contents: Montreal, 14th April, 1789 and reads: ... “My Lord I have the honour of your lordships’ letter acquainting me you had presented to the King the Address of the Lieutenant Governor and of the States of the Island of Gurnsey congratulating his Majesty on the happy reestablishment of his health which his majesty was pleased to receive in the most gracious manner. I am much obliged to your Lordship for the information which I will immediately communicate to the Lieutenant Governor and of the States of the Island. I am with great respect my Lord. Your Lordships most humble and obedient servant Amherst”

Very good condition.

Amherst held the office of Governor of Guernsey between 1770 and 1797....

9-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches. Autograph letter signed. Two pages, Dated (on the Rhine 20th May 1833. Two pages, 4to. With postscript on verso by his wife Margaret, also a writer. To his wife's mother, Lady Hunter. Basil Hall's letter reads: "My dear Lady Hunter, I write merely to report of myself and to mention that here we are safe and sound and all happy and merry with our journey. We came here on Sat. Eve. And passed yesterday chiefly with Mrs. Hoover and her family. Mr H. Is in England. In the evening Mr. Schlegel and other intelligent oxalises of both sexes came to Mrs. Homers. This day we go to Coblentz by the Steam Boat and then we propose going on just as before. The weather is delightful still. We have a famous thunderstorm on Sat. Eve. After we got here which has cooled the air and laid the dust. My journal for the young folks goes merrily - I hope it may amuse hem. Perhaps Mgt [Margaret] might add a line to you. Mr. Dollard of St. Paul's Churchyard is to send a Box to meet me at Geneva and by it you may send any odds and ends. Mgt begs get from Joel Lane a book which Eliza left, called The Ladder of Leaving - and send it to Mr. Dollard. Yours Affecftionately, B. Hall" ...

2pp. Manuscript, size each page, 7-7/8 x 12-3/4 inches. Stitched and with faded seal.

Front page is the sworn statement of James Stewart regarding Gillam Pailer witnessing a document. Signed and dated at Nova Scotia, Halifax, Aug 12, 1823.

Page two is the confirmation of James Stewart, being subscribed to a certificate as is one of the judges in Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Confirmation by James Kempt with seal and signed by him at the top Signed at the bottom by William Hill, Provincial Secretary's Office to the Magistrates of Halifax...

Sir James Kempt, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, 1820-1828, Administrator of the Government of Canada, 1828-1830;

James Stewart was an American-born lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1798 to 1799

Autograph Letter signed, dated Admiralty, 1st June [n.d.] (likely between 1836 when Parry was employed at the Admiralty, and 1839, when his wife, Bella, died) addressed to a friend, Sarah.

32 lines on two 8vo pages, approx. 5x7 inches, hinged on the left with linen onto a larger album page, very good condition.

A friendly letter:

"Dear Sarah, I am charged with Bella's letter to get franked, and I will not let it go without one line from myself to assure you how much we long to see you, and that we have this morning at breakfast, made a regular arrangement for your coming to see us, and we do hope that you will give us that pleasure. We are delightfully situated, close to the Zoological Gardens, and you shall sit up all night, if you like it, to hear the beasts roar & howl! But seriously, we shall depend upon your coming to see us, and I think we can make it agreeable to you for a week, tho’ we are not gay people, and cannot promise you public amusements. Believe me, dear Sarah, your affecte. Friend, W. Parry...

Ontario Kinston Sheet, Leeds and portions of Lennox and Addington, Frontenac Lanark and Grenville Counties. Showing Counties, Townships Cities Towns over and under 4,000 population boundries, Railways and Canals. Standard Typographical Map Sheet 10 S.W.

Folded paper size: 10 x 12 inches. Flat paper size: 58-3/4 x 38-3/4 inches.

Map canvas backed, folded, bound in hard cover 12-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches boards with gilded title on Cover. Good condition...

Basil Bunting large silver gelatin black and white portrait photograph taken by Jonathan Williams. The photograph, shows Bunting top half profile and turned to the right, holding a cigarette in the foreground in his right hand, Signed by both Basil Bunting and Jonathan Williams below the image in the white border.

Size of image 8-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches, overall size 10 x 7-3/4 inches inches, not dated [but circa 1980's]. Reverse side of photo blank with no photographer's stamp.

Fine condition.

Basil Bunting, poet, journalist, is best known for his long poem 'Briggflatts' (1966) which has come to be recognised as one of the key texts of British modernism...

1) Albumen photograph of Peary's ship "The Falcon" , 4-3/4 x 3-3/4 inches, mounted to paper with notes. Penciled rectangle for cropping image drawn on photo, some flaking, otherwise in good condition.

2) Albumen photograph of Captain Henry Bartlett, 3-3/4"x 4-1/2", and is mounted to paper. Penciled rectangle for cropping image drawn on photo, a couple of creases, otherwise in good condition

3) Unknown person (child?) at the helm of the ship. Mounted albumen photo on card. 6-3/4"x 4-3/4 inches, image looks like the right bottom of leg and show have been retouched or darkened, crop marks on front card not into photos and writing on the back of the card, otherwise in good condition.

4) Dr. J. W. GOODSELL, surgeon. Mounted albumen photo on card. 5 x 3-1/2 inches, image with crop marks on front card with small pieces of tape not into photos and writing on the front back of the card, otherwise in good condition.

5) Charles PERCY, steward. Mounted albumen photo on card. 6-1/2 x 4 inches, image with crop marks on front card with small pieces of tape not into photos and writing on the front back of the card, otherwise in good condition....

2-1/2 x 4-1/8 inches Carte de Visite (CDV)

Oval photo of Cartier.

Printed on front - Sir Geo. Etienne Cartier, Baronet, Mort a Londres le 20 Mai 1873

Printed on reverse - L.E. Desmarais - Photographe. Carre Chamboillez, 11, Montreal.

Crease top left corner, pin hole bottom left side, stain top right side otherwise, very good condition.

Sir George-Étienne Cartier, co-premier of the Province of Canada, lawyer, rebel, railway promoter, politician and a Father of Confederation

The Constitution Act, (BNA Act) 1867 is part of the Constitution of Canada.

First edition. 1867. London, George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode

7-3/8 x 11-1/5 inches. At head of title: Anno tricesimo Victoriae Reginae. Cap. III. pages [9]-47. Woodcut Royal coat of arms. Neatly extracted from a bound volume and expertly mended. Very light scattered spotting and creasing to a few leaves, otherwise, near fine condition.

The Constitution Act, 1867 (originally enacted as The British North America Act, 1867, and referred to as the BNA Act) (the Act) is a major part of Canada's Constitution. The Act created a federal dominion and defines much of the operation of the Government of Canada, including its federal structure, the House of Commons, the Senate, the justice system, and the taxation system. ...

The Alberta Act in 1905 is part of the Constitution of Canada.

1st Edition. 6-3/8 x 9-5/8 inches. 4-5 Edward VII, Chapter 3 (Statutes of Canada). Caption title, Self-bound. 17 pages. Royal coat of arms. Neatly extracted from a bound volume and expertly mended. Near fine condition.

By virtue of the provisions outlined in the British North America Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Victoria, Chapter 3; U.K.) for the addition of new provinces to the Dominion of Canada, this Act established the new Province of Alberta. ...

Petition. To the honorable the Legislature in Provincial Parliament Assembled. The Petition of the undersigned, Thos. Coltrim Keefer, Civil Engineer, of the City of Montreal ; Humbly Sheweth

Quarto, 1p. Disbound, small holes in margin.

Signed by R. Bell on top of final page.

Petition.

1st session, 5th Parliament, 18 Victroia, 1855

Petition. Thos. C. Keefer, Civil Engineer, of Montreal, praying that in any Act to be passed for the purpose of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, a clause may be inserted making them liable for certain claims. (Mr. Galt)

Ordered, by the Legislative Assembly, to be printed, 1st, Amy. 1855 Printed 3rd May, 1855...

This original, 9.75" x 11" ornately Engraved and Printed on Vellum. August 12, 1809 (1809), Engraved "Master Mason" Masonic Certificate, Printed on Vellum, New York, Very Good condition including the original red seal, but wrinkled up inside the frame.

Masonic Certificate affirms the status of Richard Hitchings as a "Master Mason," from the Morton Lodge No. 20, New York City, dated August 12, 5809 (1809), with its original white silk ribbon and impressed red wax seal. The brown ink manuscript portions and the signatures are well written and clear, the vellum folded and wrinkled...

28cm x 20cm, 4 page document plus loose pay detail sheet (18.5cm x 22.5cm) tipped-in on inside of folded 4pp.

Document signed “Dorchester” partially printed and completed by hand. 4pp folio with page 1 form and hand-written details, page 2&3 blank and page 4 docketed information- No.35, Quebec 4th Nov, 1793 Warrant to pay...

Description...

A warrant for payment of £638 19s 6d to Isaac Hesselburg of HM 60th Regiment of Foot for two months payment of his troops and subsistence....

15-3/4 x 14-3/4 inches, was folded now flat, typed and handwritten manuscript and transfer document with docketing information handwritten on verso. Faded seal, agetoned, some spotting, small 1/4 inch hole near but not touching Monck signature and creases, otherwise very good condition. Some content and detail...

Northern Railway of Canada…Village Plot of Amsterdam in the County of York…Eight dollars and twenty five cents…Five acres and a half…That part of the Village Plot of Amsterdam, one chain width, set off and taken by the Northern Railway Company of Canada between Lot number Twelve in the Old survey of the said village. Plot and the South Boundary thereof for the purposes of their road and as located at the date of this Grant through the said Village Plot…..

15-3/4 x 13 inches, was folded now flat, typed and handwritten manuscript and transfer document with docketing information handwritten on verso. All four edges folded and top fold on right side with about 3 inches separated. Faded seal and two 1/8 inch holes each at top left and centre, otherwise, very good condition. Some content and detail... William G. Hall of the Township of Sandwich, in the County of Essex, Esquire… Ten pounds… sixty nine thousand and forty square links...

17-1/2 x 11-1/2 inches, was folded now flat, typed and handwritten manuscript land transfer document with docketing information handwritten on verso. Wrinkled and heavy fold lines, seal faded and two small 1/8 inch holes in top left not affecting any text. Good condition. Some content and detail...

Robert Sowter of the town of London in the county of Middlesex and the district of London. ...

American “scrip” document allotting 40 acres of land to " War of 1812 " soldier Seth Willey, a corporal in Captain Wilson's Company, during the war of 1812.

It comes with affidavits attained to the reverse dealing with its ultimate use in South Dakota This is a very scarce item seen only infrequently on the market. Very Good condition....

1966. Ottawa, Canadian Government. 19-1/8 x 15 inches flat, never folded Printed text, large embossed Great Seal of Canada and very light paper wrinkling along bottom edge, otherwise very good condition. Some content and detail...

Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of the Commonwealth , Defender of the Faith. To Honourable James David Sutherland to be a local Judge of the High Court of Justice for Ontario

Signed by Georges Vanier, Judy LaMarsh and Lucien Cardin...