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Montreal herald and daily commercial gazette

File consists of a broken run of the newspaper collected by Sheldon and Judy Godfrey because of the advertisements for various Jewish business people, including C. Solomon & Co., Samuel & Co. (guns), Theodore Hart, Alexander Levey, Jesse Joseph, A. & S. Nordheimer (piano fortes), John Levy, Simon Hart, A. Hoffnung (jeweller), William Benjamin & Co., H. Benjamin & Co. (crystal block importer), M. Bessunger (oil paintings), J.A. Harte (druggist), R.M. Hart (advocate), Silverman's Extract, and Wulff & Co., as well as an advertisement to builders regarding the construction of a synagogue on St. Constant Street.

Atlas of Canada

File consists of sheets devoted to: relief map, west sheet; minerals, west sheet; limits of forest trees; telegraph and telephone lines and railways from Quebec west to British Columbia anf the Yukon Territory; telephones over the same areand Quebec; canals, lighthouses and sailing routes for the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes; lighthouses and sailing Routes, Pacific coast (includes sailing distances to Vancouver and Victoria from various world wide ports sailing through either Strait of Magellan or the Suez Canal); density of population from Quebec west to Alberta in 1901; Aborigines; origins of the people in 1901 from Quebec west to Alberta; international and inter-provincial boundaries; and routes of explorers.

The Saturday globe (Toronto)

File consists of two issues of the weekend newspaper, with the first containing an article on the history of Methodism in Canada, and the second issue containing an illustrated article about the Ontario Medical College for Women.

Montreal Standard Publishing Co. Ltd

File consists of two broadsides published by the company, the first consisting of photographs of the Canadian Army's gymnastic and police schools in Rockcliffe Camp, with text on the verso devoted to "How Canada went into the war" and an overview of "Ontario war activities," and the second featuring the City of Dundas, Ontario (including photographs of the John Bertram & Sons machine works with an illustrated article devoted to "Prince Edward Island : 'the garden of the Gulf'" on the verso.

Les debats (Quebec)

File consists of issue no. 6 in the first year of a paper devoted to reporting the debates in the Legislative Assembly, with advertisements for local businesses on the last page.

The times (London)

File consists of a broken run of the newspaper acquired by Sheldon and Judy Godfrey due to the North American content, such as: article on meeting "for the purpose of arranging a Subscription for the relief of the Sufferers in the British provinces of North America" with list of donations by various politicians, merchants, etc. (7 July 1813); news of the War on Lake Ontario and the Battle of Lake Erie from Halifax papers (9 October 1813); revolt of Spanish colonies: capture of Amelia Island (Florida) by Americans, with troops going next to St. Augustine, as well as reports of disagreement on American and British commissioners in fixing the boundary line between British North America and the United States, following the Treaty of Ghent (11 August 1817); report of a "Distressing Fire at Newfoundland" (at Carbonear) on 18 June (30 August 1817); Lord Selkirk sent from Quebec to investigate hostilities between employees of the Hudson Bay Co. and the North West Company in "the North West Country" (30 September 1817); analysis of difficulties in the Newfoundland trade (26 November 1817); extracts from the Newfoundland Royal Gazette & Mercantile Journal on the fire in St. John's on 7 and 21 November 7 & 21, 1817 (9 December 1817); accounts of the fire from private letters (10 December 1817).

Naturalization certificate

File consists of a handwritten document on vellum signed by John Murray Bliss, Lieutenant Governor and William F. Odell, Provincial Secretary, stating that Elliot Dyer, formerly a citizen of the United States, is granted citizenship as a British subject after seven years residence in the Province of New Brunswick "and being of good Protestant Character." -- Water stained with some damage to text.

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.

Plan of the town of William Henry

Scale 1:4,800 -- 1 plan : col. ; 24 x 22 cm. -- File consists of a plan of the settlement at the convergence of the Richilieu and St. Lawrence rivers, prepared by Joseph Bouchette and published in "A topographical description of the province of Lower Canada with remarks upon Upper Canada, and on the relative connexion of both provinces with the United States of America."

The Quebec gazette

File consists of a broken run of the newspaper, containing accounts of proceedings of the legislature, and notices regarding trade and merchant activity, including Benjamin and Moses Hart.

The morning chronicle and London advertiser

The morning chronicle and London advertiser

File consists of one issue with reference to a letter from Halifax mentioning that "while the southern provinces are impoverishing themselves by a voluntary restriction on trade, that colony is happy in the manifold increase in its inhabitants, and its advantageous situation for the fisheries; the art of shipbuilding was also considerably advanced, and they had begun to raise hemp and flax in great quantities."

Engravings from newspapers

File consists of five prints showing the Port Hope viaduct in Ontario (Illustrated Times, 22 January 1859), the Victoria Bridge at Montreal, Caledonian games on the civic holiday in Hamilton, laying of the corner stone for the Boy's Home in Hamilton (1876), and a hand-coloured rendering of a curling match in Montreal.

Advertising trade cards

File consists of cards for: T. & C. O'Rourke, merchant tailors, Rock Island, Quebec; Union Marble and Granite Works, Montreal; and Emile Pingault, professor of French, Sherbrooke.

Calling card for Charles Bradlaugh

File consists of a small printed card bearing the printed name and signature of Bradlaugh, an English social and political reformer, with instruction on the verso of the card to "admit bearer & friends platform tickets," Boston.

Summons to Moses Holt to give evidence

Summons to Moses Holt to give evidence

File consists of a handwritten subpoena prepared by John Reid, Clerk of the Peace, to Moses Holt of William Henry to appear at the Court of Quarter Session to give evidence as a witness against Louis Ethier upon an indictment for petty larceny. -- Related documents can be found in the Sheldon and Judy Godfrey collection, 2003-060/001(06) and (08).

Bribery oath

File consists of a printed text used to have a voters swear (in the case of Quakers, solemnly swear) that they did not receive money, office, place or employment, gift, reward, or other promise of security to secure their vote in a county or borough election.

Canadian illustrated news

File consists of two issues containing illustrations of the railway in New Brunswick, and the regatta between the Tyne and St. John crews on the Kennebeccassis River.

The Canadian journal

File contains an issue featuring an illustration of Exhibition Grounds, Toronto, and an advertisement for J.G. Joseph, a seller of spectacles and instruments who was a leader of Toronto's Jewish community.

Inter-office information

File consists of a bi-weekly newsletter prepared for members of the National Council of the Canadian Jewish Congress and community leaders summarizing issues on a provincial, national, and international level.

Inter-office information

File consists of a bi-weekly newsletter prepared for members of the National Council of the Canadian Jewish Congress and community leaders summarizing issues on a provincial, national, and international level.

Buchanan, Isaac

File consists of shipping confirmations from John McGunn, Greenock, Scotland, for cargos consigned to Buchanan's company, 1835, and correspondence regarding Buchanan's books including "The relations of the industry of Canada," 1864-1867.

Inter-office information

File consists of a bi-weekly newsletter prepared for members of the National Council of the Canadian Jewish Congress and community leaders summarizing issues on a provincial, national, and international level.

Gratz family correspondence

File consists of a petition made in September 1775 to the Council of Virginia from traders and others who suffered losses in the Indian War of 1763; and two letters to Michael Gratz regarding trade.

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