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Copied Material from the Haldimand Papers

Copperplate etchings of Lower Canadian scenes

Correspondence in Lawe Papers -- (1 of 2)

Correspondence in Lawe Papers -- (2 of 2)

Correspondence with and copies of Documents form the Bayliss Public Library , Sauly St. Marie, Michigan.

Correspondence with Donald Helman, Archeologist at the excavation and reconstruction of the Solomons/Levy house, Fort Michilimackinac.

Correspondence with Ken Annett, Quebec City. Researcher on Lawe Family.

Correspondence with William L. Clements Library University of Michigan, repository of the Notorial Instrument evidencing the purchase of the Solomons/Levy house, 1863.

Correspondence, George Benjamin/John A. Macdonald Letters. (1856-1864). Includes photocopies and typescripts of letters from all sources including those privately held. Typescripts and copies of letters to and from others.

Correspondence, George Benjamin/John A. Macdonald Letters. (1856-1864). Includes photocopies and typescripts of letters from all sources including those privately held. Typescripts and copies of letters to and from others.

Correspondence, George Benjamin/John A. Macdonald Letters. (1856-1864). Includes photocopies and typescripts of letters from all sources including those privately held. Typescripts and copies of letters to and from others.

Correspondence, George Benjamin/John A. Macdonald Letters. (1856-1864). Includes photocopies and typescripts of letters from all sources including those privately held. Typescripts and copies of letters to and from others.

Court Records

"D," Miscellaneous

David David and Company

David Family - Unfiled Photocopies from the National Archives of Canada and Public Archives of Canada

David Jones, son of Joseph and Judith Jones, innkeeper, owner of "The Halfway House to Horton," d. 1782 Hfx.

David Spector, Hove England. Shared research project on the Jewish community of Brighton, England and the Cohen family.

David, David (1764-1824).

David, Eleazar (Lazarus) David, (1811-1887).

David, Isaac, (b.c.1808) in Montreal 1839.

David, Lazarus (1734-1776)& Phoebe(1736-1786/7) and family.

David, Moses, fur trader, b.Montreal 1768, d. Sandwich U.C. 1814

David, Samuel (1766-1822).

Davids, Isaac, York, 1819.

Davis, Mrs., Montreal, 1779.

Davis, Samuel, (b.c.1792) in Montreal by 1832, tobacco merchant.

De Levis Family

Department of Lands and Forests, Dartmouth N.S. Correspondence re:original Halifax Allotment.

Dessauer, Louis Woolf, Daguerrotype Artist, in Waterloo, Kitchener and Toronto from 1841. Appears in the THC Records in 1862. May have been the Captain Dessaur who died at Chancellorswille, 1864.

Detroit & Ann Arbour

Diamond, Abraham, b. Prince Edward County, 1828. (Identified by a descendant as Jewish).

Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Article on Jacob Franks by SJG. Four(4)files containing correspondence, drafts, redrafts and copies of the final article and footnotes.

Documents relating to W. Earl Rowe

Dr. James Davidson, Quebec, 1770s.

Dr. Ken Donovank, Parks Canada, Fortress Louisbourg

Dr. Malcolm Stern, geneologist, author of "First American Jewish Families"

Driskoll, Lizzie, "daughter of Jonas and Rebecca Driskoll," (b.Toronto, 1838). Married Alfred Myers of New York in Toronto Hebrew Congregration, 1862. Elizabeth Driscoll was the youngest of four children of Sophia Nathan of a Montreal Jewish Family and William Driscoll of Kingston.

Driskoll, Lizzie, "daughter of Jonas and Rebecca Driskoll," (b.Toronto, 1838). Married Alfred Myers of New York in Toronto Hebrew Congregration, 1862. Elizabeth Driscoll was the youngest of four children of Sophia Nathan of a Montreal Jewish Family and William Driscoll of Kingston.

Drummond Island/St. Joseph's Island/Penetanguishene. The British Loyalists who inhabited Mackinac Island were obliged to leave by the Treaty of Ghent that ended the War of 1812. In 1815 they moved to Drummond Island which the British subsequently agreed, was in American territory. The British settlers left their new home in 1826 and reestablished themselves at Penetanguishene and St. Joseph Island.

Drummond Island/St. Joseph's Island/Penetanguishene. The British Loyalists who inhabited Mackinac Island were obliged to leave by the Treaty of Ghent that ended the War of 1812. In 1815 they moved to Drummond Island which the British subsequently agreed, was in American territory. The British settlers left their new home in 1826 and reestablished themselves at Penetanguishene and St. Joseph Island.

"E," Miscellaneous

Election to Public Office

Election to Public Office - Ezekiel Hart elections

Emmanuel Abrahams

England - Abolition of State Oaths

England Research on the Jews Who Had Their Roots Their

Engravings from newspapers

Engravings from "The illustrated London news." -- File consists of prints showing: horses and riders at the fountain near Parsonville on the Fraser River, and scenery near Harrison Lake, 17 December 1864; settlements at Lilloett on the Fraser River and Fort Anderson on Anderson Lake, 24 December 1864; Native and European settlements on the shore of Douglas Lake, British Columbia, 1866; and scenery and the settlement at Fort Simpson, as well as a funeral on the Klondike, 10 December 1898.

Engravings from "The illustrated London news." -- File consists of prints showing: horses and riders at the fountain near Parsonville on the Fraser River, and scenery near Harrison Lake, 17 December 1864; settlements at Lilloett on the Fraser River and Fort Anderson on Anderson Lake, 24 December 1864; Native and European settlements on the shore of Douglas Lake, British Columbia, 1866; and scenery and the settlement at Fort Simpson, as well as a funeral on the Klondike, 10 December 1898.

Engravings of Oliver Cromwell, King George III, the Duke of Cumberland, and the Battle of Waterloo

Etchings by William Hogarth

Evelyn Miller, former archivist, Canadian Jewish Archives

Ezekiel Solomons

"F," Miscellaneous

Family herald weekly star (Montreal)

Flyer soliciting subscriptions for "Who Was Who in Canadian Jewry, 1749-1840"

Fournisseurs Des Hart (Samuel)

Franks Family

Franks Family Papers - General

Franks, Abraham (1721-1797) in Quebec 1760s, Montreal by 1771, (brother of John Franks).

Franks, Appolonia Sophia, (1817-1886), Windsor/Sandwich, daughter of Jacob Franks and Therese La Guere dit La Rose.

Franks, C., tavern, hotel and theatre, N.W. corner of Colborne and Market Sts. Scene of play by Mr. and Mrs. Judah, 1826.

Franks, David (-1792) in Montreal by 1770s, (brother of John Franks).

Franks, David Salusbury (b.Halifax 1751-d.Philadephia 1793), son ofj John.

Franks, John (c.1720-1794) Halifax by 1749, Quebec by 1760, d.Mtl. as ff: General Research.

Franks, John (c.1720-1794) Halifax by 1749, Quebec by 1760, d.Mtl. as ff: "Inspector of Chimneys" for Quebec, Montreal and Three Rivers, 1768 (first Jew in a British country to be appointed to public office by Commission).

Franks, John (c.1720-1794) Halifax by 1749, Quebec by 1760, d.Mtl. as ff: "Inspector of Chimneys" for Quebec, Montreal and Three Rivers, 1768 (first Jew in a British country to be appointed to public office by Commission).

Franks, John (c.1720-1794) Halifax by 1749, Quebec by 1760, d.Mtl. as ff: John Franks, Philadelphia pre 1749 and 1757-61.

Franks, John (c.1720-1794) Halifax by 1749, Quebec by 1760, d.Mtl. as ff: Quebec Land 1761 ff.

Franks, Moses (1718-1789)(brother of John Franks).

(Franks), Rebecca Franks Kemble (1780-1839) daughter of John.

Franks, William (d. by 1850) second child of Jacob Franks and Therese La guere dit La Rose.

Fredericton / by William Henry Bartlett

Frey, Jacob, Jewish Congregration Anshe-Sholem of Hamilton, 1863. See references to earlier Freys c.1800: Bernard, Phillip, Hannah.

Fur trade General

Fur trade Passes, 1761

Fur Trade Secondary, including photocopies of articles.

G. Benjamin

"G," Miscellaneous

Gabel, Davey (c.1732-1816) baker, b.Frankfort am Main, to N.B. 1783 as a loyalist.

General

General includes correspondence with Herbert Franks

George Benajamin, Orange Lodges

George Benjamin - Ancestry

George Benjamin - Collaterals and their descendants. Benjamin Family Records--Copies from Nancy Cooper

George Benjamin - Collaterals and their descendants. Emmanuel Hyman Benjamin (1832-1914)

George Benjamin - Collaterals and their descendants. Henry Robert Cohen

George Benjamin - Collaterals and their descendants. Hyam Lewis, Brighton (1769-1851)

George Benjamin - Collaterals and their descendants. Nancy Benjamin Cooper (b.1927)

George Benjamin General. Includes article in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Obituary, etc.

George Benjamin Papers

George Benjamin papers

George Benjamin, Judaism

George Benjamin/Thomas George Joans. Joans, and Englishman who arrived in New Orleans about 1830, was editor and proprieter of the Mercantile Advertiser, and married Isabella the daughter of Levi Jacobs on 5 May 1832. He left New Orleans by March 1834. Benjamin, and Englishman who was later founder of the Belleville Intelligencer, arrived in New Orleans about 1830, and married Isabella, the daughter of Lipman Jacobs 5 Febrary, 1832. He left New Orleans and arrived in York, U.C. by the end of 1833.

George Benjamin/Thomas George Joans. Joans, and Englishman who arrived in New Orleans about 1830, was editor and proprieter of the Mercantile Advertiser, and married Isabella the daughter of Levi Jacobs on 5 May 1832. He left New Orleans by March 1834. Benjamin, and Englishman who was later founder of the Belleville Intelligencer, arrived in New Orleans about 1830, and married Isabella, the daughter of Lipman Jacobs 5 Febrary, 1832. He left New Orleans and arrived in York, U.C. by the end of 1833.

George Benjamin/Thomas George Joans. Joans, and Englishman who arrived in New Orleans about 1830, was editor and proprieter of the Mercantile Advertiser, and married Isabella the daughter of Levi Jacobs on 5 May 1832. He left New Orleans by March 1834. Benjamin, and Englishman who was later founder of the Belleville Intelligencer, arrived in New Orleans about 1830, and married Isabella, the daughter of Lipman Jacobs 5 Febrary, 1832. He left New Orleans and arrived in York, U.C. by the end of 1833.

George Benjamin/Thomas George Joans. Joans, and Englishman who arrived in New Orleans about 1830, was editor and proprieter of the Mercantile Advertiser, and married Isabella the daughter of Levi Jacobs on 5 May 1832. He left New Orleans by March 1834. Benjamin, and Englishman who was later founder of the Belleville Intelligencer, arrived in New Orleans about 1830, and married Isabella, the daughter of Lipman Jacobs 5 Febrary, 1832. He left New Orleans and arrived in York, U.C. by the end of 1833.

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Copied Material from the Haldimand Papers

Copperplate etchings of Lower Canadian scenes

Correspondence in Lawe Papers -- (1 of 2)

Correspondence in Lawe Papers -- (2 of 2)

Correspondence with and copies of Documents form the Bayliss Public Library , Sauly St. Marie, Michigan.

Correspondence with Donald Helman, Archeologist at the excavation and reconstruction of the Solomons/Levy house, Fort Michilimackinac.

Correspondence with Ken Annett, Quebec City. Researcher on Lawe Family.

Correspondence with William L. Clements Library University of Michigan, repository of the Notorial Instrument evidencing the purchase of the Solomons/Levy house, 1863.

Correspondence, Family Papers

Correspondence, George Benjamin/John A. Macdonald Letters. (1856-1864). Includes photocopies and typescripts of letters from all sources including those privately held. Typescripts and copies of letters to and from others.

Correspondence, George Benjamin/John A. Macdonald Letters. (1856-1864). Includes photocopies and typescripts of letters from all sources including those privately held. Typescripts and copies of letters to and from others.

Court Records

"D," Miscellaneous

David David and Company

David Family - Unfiled Photocopies from the National Archives of Canada and Public Archives of Canada

David Family - Unfiled Photocopies from the National Archives of Canada and Public Archives of Canada

David Family - Unfiled Photocopies from the National Archives of Canada and Public Archives of Canada

David Jones, son of Joseph and Judith Jones, innkeeper, owner of "The Halfway House to Horton," d. 1782 Hfx.

David Spector, Hove England. Shared research project on the Jewish community of Brighton, England and the Cohen family.

David Spector, Hove England. Shared research project on the Jewish community of Brighton, England and the Cohen family.

David, David (1764-1824).

David, Eleazar (Lazarus) David, (1811-1887).

David, Isaac, (b.c.1808) in Montreal 1839.

David, Lazarus (1734-1776)& Phoebe(1736-1786/7) and family.

David, Moses, fur trader, b.Montreal 1768, d. Sandwich U.C. 1814

David, Samuel (1766-1822).

Davids, Isaac, York, 1819.

Davis, Mrs., Montreal, 1779.

Davis, Samuel, (b.c.1792) in Montreal by 1832, tobacco merchant.

De Levis Family

Dessauer, Louis Woolf, Daguerrotype Artist, in Waterloo, Kitchener and Toronto from 1841. Appears in the THC Records in 1862. May have been the Captain Dessaur who died at Chancellorswille, 1864.

Detroit & Ann Arbour

Diamond, Abraham, b. Prince Edward County, 1828. (Identified by a descendant as Jewish).

Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Article on Jacob Franks by SJG. Four(4)files containing correspondence, drafts, redrafts and copies of the final article and footnotes.

Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Article on Jacob Franks by SJG. Four(4)files containing correspondence, drafts, redrafts and copies of the final article and footnotes.

Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Article on Jacob Franks by SJG. Four(4)files containing correspondence, drafts, redrafts and copies of the final article and footnotes.

Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Article on Jacob Franks by SJG. Four(4)files containing correspondence, drafts, redrafts and copies of the final article and footnotes.

Documents relating to W. Earl Rowe

Documents relating to W. Earl Rowe

Dr. James Davidson, Quebec, 1770s.

Dr. Ken Donovank, Parks Canada, Fortress Louisbourg

Dr. Malcolm Stern, geneologist, author of "First American Jewish Families"

Driskoll, Lizzie, "daughter of Jonas and Rebecca Driskoll," (b.Toronto, 1838). Married Alfred Myers of New York in Toronto Hebrew Congregration, 1862. Elizabeth Driscoll was the youngest of four children of Sophia Nathan of a Montreal Jewish Family and William Driscoll of Kingston.

"E," Miscellaneous

Election to Public Office

Election to Public Office - Ezekiel Hart elections

Emmanuel Abrahams

England - Abolition of State Oaths

England Research on the Jews Who Had Their Roots Their

Engravings from newspapers

Engravings of Oliver Cromwell, King George III, the Duke of Cumberland, and the Battle of Waterloo

Etchings by William Hogarth

Evelyn Miller, former archivist, Canadian Jewish Archives

Ezekiel Solomons

"F," Miscellaneous

Family herald weekly star (Montreal)

Flyer soliciting subscriptions for "Who Was Who in Canadian Jewry, 1749-1840"

Fournisseurs Des Hart (Samuel)

Franks Family

Franks Family Papers - General

Franks, Abraham (1721-1797) in Quebec 1760s, Montreal by 1771, (brother of John Franks).

Franks, Appolonia Sophia, (1817-1886), Windsor/Sandwich, daughter of Jacob Franks and Therese La Guere dit La Rose.

Franks, C., tavern, hotel and theatre, N.W. corner of Colborne and Market Sts. Scene of play by Mr. and Mrs. Judah, 1826.

Franks, David (-1792) in Montreal by 1770s, (brother of John Franks).

Franks, David Salusbury (b.Halifax 1751-d.Philadephia 1793), son ofj John.

Franks, John (c.1720-1794) Halifax by 1749, Quebec by 1760, d.Mtl. as ff: General Research.

Franks, John (c.1720-1794) Halifax by 1749, Quebec by 1760, d.Mtl. as ff: "Inspector of Chimneys" for Quebec, Montreal and Three Rivers, 1768 (first Jew in a British country to be appointed to public office by Commission).

Franks, John (c.1720-1794) Halifax by 1749, Quebec by 1760, d.Mtl. as ff: John Franks, Philadelphia pre 1749 and 1757-61.

Franks, John (c.1720-1794) Halifax by 1749, Quebec by 1760, d.Mtl. as ff: Quebec Land 1761 ff.

Franks, Moses (1718-1789)(brother of John Franks).

(Franks), Rebecca Franks Kemble (1780-1839) daughter of John.

Franks, William (d. by 1850) second child of Jacob Franks and Therese La guere dit La Rose.

Fredericton / by William Henry Bartlett

Frey, Jacob, Jewish Congregration Anshe-Sholem of Hamilton, 1863. See references to earlier Freys c.1800: Bernard, Phillip, Hannah.