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File consists of an oversize manuscript on vellum of the will of yeoman William Crissall [or Crysall] of Pentlow, Essex.

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.

File consists of a notebook containing handwritten notes, tables, and diagrams pertaining to shipbuilding, such as "Directions for making masts & yards." The notebook begins with accounting and price information for various types of ship repair, followed by detailed descriptions of shipbuilding processes with illustrations. Two loose pages provide prices for various parts of a ship, including the "Price of Masts and Bowsprits, from Quebec." The notebook also contains two untitled recipes, two cures for ague, and a "Certain Cure for Deafness."

File consists of a notebook containing tables listing measurements for various parts of a ship.

File consists of a notebook containing tables and notes regarding the types of timber used in ship construction.

File contains records on son of James Gilbert Lester; brother of Willia Hollis Lester.

File contains photographs of subject (b.1855-d.1925).

File contains photograph of subject (nee Hardy) , sister of Catharine Lester and sister of Ella Duncombe.

7 packages of notes

File includes original music with dedication to Rex Battle and his orchestra.

File contains records on subject [d. 1945].

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.

File consists of a notebook containing tables written in pencil and ink listing measurements for masts and bowsprits made from various types of North American pine. The inside front cover is inscribed, "Thomas Mossenton 1805."

File consists of a notebook. The front half of the volume records wages paid to shipyard workers beginning 14 July 1806. The second half of the notebook lists the types of timber used in ship construction with notes and tables related to shipbuilding. This part also includes records for shipping masts "On account of Robertson Forsyth & Co." through Moss Cove, Quebec. The notebook was used by Mossington while visiting Lower Canada to procures ships' masts.

File consists of a notebook. Inside the front cover bears the inscription, "Thos. Mossenton May 16 1816," and on the opposite page is written, "unfortunately broke." Mossington began writing in the volume with notes and numerical tables devoted to HMS "Cherub," a Cormorant-class sloop built in Dover in 1806. This section also includes: a note written at Woolwich in 1816 addressed from Thomas Shore to Henry Canham regarding the skills of an apprentice shipwright who had completed three-and-a-half years of service (the text was used more than once, as the names of both the apprentice and employer were crossed out and replaced with others); "A cure for the Ague given me by a gentleman in Canada"; and a list of English bishoprics copied from "Bell's Weekly Newspaper" of 21 Feb. 1813. The notebook was flipped and the section entitled "Shipping Book" begun, providing information about the shipment of masts and lumber, as well as a possible crew list.

File consists of a map and a large format pamphlet outlining the particulars of the Oulton Hall Estate in Lowestoft, Suffolk, in England from 1885; an indenture from 1810; a copy of George Borrow's will dated December 1, 1880; and documents relating to Borrow's estate.

File consists of a notebook containing notes and diagrams relating to the construction, provisioning, and crewing of the ships HMS "Swift" (a Quail-class schooner built in 1817) and HMS "Redbreast" (a 12-gun brig built in 1805), created while Thomas Mossington worked at the Woolwich dockyard.

File consists of an album of 79 miscellaneous British autographs and letters. It includes letters written to W.L. Courtney, J.M. Wilson and F. Max Muller. Persons represented include Sir Maziere Brady, R.G. Braybrooke, Sir Samuel E. Bridges, Sir John Burke, W.J. Courhope, E. Curtius, John Cam Hobhouse, Admiral J. Jervis, B. Jowett, C. Knight, A. Legros, Sir H.J.S. Maine, H.W. Massingham, Mowbray Morris, Mark Patison, Bonamy Price, E. Renan, A.H. Sayce, and W.A. Wright.

File consists of notes and numerical tables relating to the construction of ships.

File consists of folder of correspondence.

File consists of a small payroll book identifying the names of workers and wages paid. The notebook includes an advertisement published in "The Times" on 21 Apr. 1829 describing financial arrangements that can be made in London with the Bank of Upper Canada for the benefit of persons emigrating to the colony. This entry dates from around the time of Thomas Mossington's retirement from the Royal Navy prior to his settlement in Upper Canada.

File consists of folder of correspondence.

File consists of a four-page holograph letter written on one sheet of paper discussing the challenges facing American residents living in Hillier, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada and the impact of the 1837 Rebellion with his cousin, who lived in Tyringham South, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

File consists of one bound volume, handwritten, for the Kingston Preparative Meeting of Men Friends from February 25, 1841 to October 10, 1867. A Preparative Meeting was used to prepare for the regional monthly meeting (best compared to a parish council) for the Religious Society of Friends.

File contains records on subject (b.1848-d. 1916).

Box consists of 26 files of reproductions of letters from literary and artistic figures in Canada, such as Susanna Moodie, Daniel Fowler and George Munro Grant, addressed to Louisa Murray (b.1818-d.1894).

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.