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ABERDEEN, John Campbell Hamilton Gordon, First Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair [1847-1934].
Photo postcard, signed.
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5 ¼" x 3 3/8". ABERDEEN, John Campbell Hamilton Gordon, First Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair [1847-1934] [Governor-General of Canada (1893-1934)]. Photo (of Aberdeen) postcard, signed 'Aberdeen' to Miss M. John, stamped 'Private Secretary Lord Lieutenant.'
$150 USD Book Number: elala750 Order / Enquire

BELLEAU, Sir Narcisse Fortunat [1808-1894]
Autograph letter in French, signed.
Montreal: 1867..
8vo. 3 pages. docket title. (horizontal & vertical folds - 2 short tears at folds, blank bit soiled). BELLEAU, Sir Narcisse Fortunat [1808-1894] [Premier of United Canada (1865-67); First Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Quebec (1867-73)]. Autograph letter in French, signed, dated Montreal, January 4, 1867 on Executive Council Canada letterhead, to the 'Procureur Général du Bas Canada'. [Docket Title: Letter the Honble N.F.Belleau Sentence of Death on three Fenians Commuted to Imprisonment in Penitentiary - order to take three in charge by N. Schillar (?) 4 January 1867 - Dispatched 9 January 1867]. An important letter from Narcisse Belleau, premier of United Canada, on the fate of three convicted Fenians. Belleau requests that the unnamed prisoners, whose death sentences have just been commuted to imprisonment, be transported, under armed guard and by special train, directly to the provincial penitentiary at Kingston. Belleau stresses the necessity of keeping the matter strictly confidential: "Ce qui suit doit être tenu sous le plus grand secret & executé avec toute la discretion dont vous avez fait preuve en plusieurs occasions. "
$899 USD Book Number: elala754 Order / Enquire

BINNEY, Hibbert [1819-1887].
Autograph letter, signed.
Sydney(?): 1861(?)..
8vo. 4 pages. stitched in paper wrs. (horizontal folds). BINNEY, Hibbert [1819-1887] [Fourth Anglican Bishop of Nova Scotia (1851-87)]. Autograph letter, signed 'H. Nova Scotia', dated Sydney (.?), Hounston, March 26, 1861 (?), to Mr. Hodgson. ".I would have had much pleasure in being with you on the opening of your church if it had been possible, but I have been pretty well worked between friends & Societies since I came to England & I shall soon have to return to Halifax.".
$150 USD Book Number: elala756 Order / Enquire

BISMARCK, Schönhausen [1815-1904]. [Chancellor of the German Empire (1871-1890) & Prince].
Manuscript letter, signed 'Reinhausen'.
Berlin: 1886.
oblong 8vo. 1 page. BISMARCK, Schönhausen [1815-1904]. [Chancellor of the German Empire (1871-1890) & Prince]. Autograph letter by way of 'Reinhausen', Member of the Vice Chancellors Office, signed 'Reinhausen', dated Berlin the 16 August 1886, to William Murray Esq. Hamilton. On Westlock watermarked paper. oblong 8vo. pp. 1. (horizontal & vertical folds with two short tears in left creases). "To your Honor I am instructed to express the sincere thanks of Prince Bismarck for the well wishing sentiments expressed in the verses, enclosed in your favor of the 27th".
$125 USD Book Number: alysser163 Order / Enquire

BLAKE, Edward [1833-1912] [Second Prime Minister of Ontario (1871-72)].
Typed Letter, Signed, dated Toronto, Aug. 31st, 1895, on 'Blake, Lash & Cassels Barristers & Solicitor's letterhead, to William Murray, Athol. Bank, Hamilton.
Toronto: 1895..
4to. pp. 1 (horizontal & vertical folds). Blake thanks Murray for his letter and kind wishes. "I am afraid that there is not much prospect of my being in Hamilton on this trip, and therefore it must be by letter that I reciprocate your kind wishes for my welfare, and say, "How do you do?", and "Goodbye", all in a breath."
$150 USD Book Number: elala5918 Order / Enquire

BRIGHT, John [1811-1889].
Autograph letter, signed.
Rochdale: 1868..
24mo. 2 pages. BRIGHT, John [1811-1889] [British M.P., President of the Board of Trade]. Autograph letter, signed 'John Bright', dated Rochdale, August 19, 1868, to J.M.A.McCutcheon, General Agent, Fergus, Ontario. Offered with: Autograph letter, marked 'Copy', from McCutcheon to Bright, dated August 1, 1868. 4to. 3 pages.McCutcheon outlines the problems created by unscrupulous wholesale and retail merchants in Canada, and proposes that Britain would do well to establish a colonial trade agent in Canada. He offers himself as a candidate for the position, outlining his qualifications. Bright replies that he is unable to help: "I must leave the insecurity you speak of to cure itself." The Honourable John Bright of Rochdale, Lancashire, was a British statesman who was recognized as one of the most eloquent speakers of his day. Elected to Parliament in 1843, he fought successfully for the repeal of the Corn Laws. He denounced the British policy in the Crimean War and supported the union cause in the American Civil War. In 1868 he was appointed President of the British Board of Trade. He was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1873 and 1888. He opposed the home rule policy of Prime Minister Gladstone.
$175 USD Book Number: elala758 Order / Enquire

CARLETON, Sir Guy, First Baron Dorchester [1724-1808].
Manuscript letter, signed.
Quebec: 1791..
small 4to. one page, with integral blank (docket title on verso) (laid down). CARLETON, Sir Guy, First Baron Dorchester [1724-1808] [Lieutenant-Governor (1766-68) and Governor (1768-78) of the Province of Quebec; Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in North America (1782-86); Governor of Quebec and Governor-in-Chief of British North America (1786-96). Manuscript letter, signed 'Dorchester', dated Quebec, January 13, 1791, to Alexander Adair in London, marked 'Duplicate'. Informing Adair that "I drew on you in favour of Mr. T.A.Coffin for Five hundred pounds sterling in two bills.Inclosed is a certificate that Lady Dorchester is living." Carleton served as quartermaster of the expedition led by Wolfe against Quebec and was wounded at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. When James Murray was recalled from Quebec in 1766, Carleton was sent there as lieutenant-governor and was appointed governor in 1768. As governor he favoured the maintenance of French laws and customs rather than the introduction of British law and representative institutions and played a crucial role in the framing of the Quebec Act of 1774. It was through his efforts that the American invasion of Canada in 1775-76 was defeated, a service for which he was created KCB. As Governor-in-Chief of British North America he directed the evacuation of the troops and Loyalists from New York in 1783.
$1250 USD Book Number: elala762 Order / Enquire

CARTWRIGHT, Sir Richard John [1835-1912] [Statesman].
Typed letter, signed.
Ottawa: 1902..
4to. 1 page on Department of Trade & Commerce Minister's Office letterhead. CARTWRIGHT, Sir Richard John [1835-1912] [Statesman]. Typed letter, signed, dated Ottawa Nov. 11, 1902, on Department of Trade & Commerce Minister's Office letterhead, to William Murray Esq. at Athol Bank in Hamilton. 4to. pp. 1. (horizontal folds). Cartwright thanks Murray humorously. "I have your letter of the 10th instant, and I regret to say that Imperial honours do not sufficiently develop the poetic faculty to enable me to reply in the same strain."
$100 USD Book Number: alysser166 Order / Enquire

CAVERN, William [1830-1904] [Principal of Knox College (1873-1904)].
Autograph letter, signed.
Toronto: 1902..
12mo. 1 page on Knox College, Toronto letterhead. CAVERN, William [1830-1904] [Principal of Knox College (1873-1904)]. Autograph letter, signed, dated 11 Oct, 1902, on Knox College, Toronto letterhead, to William Murray Esq., Athol Bank, Hamilton. 12mo. pp. 1, with integral blank. (horizontal folds). With envelope (stamp cut out). Cavern thanks Murray for his flattering verses.
$60 USD Book Number: alysser167 Order / Enquire

COCHRAN, Andrew William [1792-1849].
Autograph letter, signed.
Quebec: 1835..
4to. 2 pages, with integral blank leaf. (horizontal & vertical folds). COCHRAN, Andrew William [1792-1849] [Civil Secretary to the Governor of Lower Canada]. Autograph letter, signed by Cochran and A.M.Mountain [widow of Salter Jehosphaphat Mountain [1770-1830]], dated Quebec, October 19, 1835, to John Torrance Esqr., Montreal. Cochran wrote this letter on behalf of George Jehoshaphat Mountain [1789-1863], an executor of the estate of Salter Jehosphaphat Mountain. The letter authorizes Torrance to pay S.J.Mountain's widow, Anna Maria, any money owing from the estate of his father, Jacob Mountain [1749-1825]. The second page of the letter contains a similar authorization from Jacob Mountain's daughter, Mary Anne.
$100 USD Book Number: elala766 Order / Enquire

CRAIGIE, John [1757-1813].
Manuscript letter concerning Craigie, signed by J.Erskine and J.King.
np: 1808..
folio. 3 pages. verso of second leaf blank except for docket title. (fold marks, blank soiled). from the J.G.Bell and Sir Thomas Phillips collections. (CRAIGIE, John [1757-1813] [Office-Holder, Businessman and Politician]). Manuscript letter, signed by J.Erskine and J.King, dated Comptrollers Office, July 23, 1808, to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury. Relating to the investigation and dismissal of the Canadian office holder, John Craigie. Appointed to the position of commissary general in 1794, Craigie held the post until he was dismissed by Governor Craig in 1808 for misappropriation of government funds.".Sir James Craig informs your Lordships that a board of Accounts, reported on Mr. Craigie's Accounts on the 22d of April and that it appeared therefrom that there was a Balance due from him to the amount of [pounds] 22,872 19 2/4 - that there is a sum of [pounds] 2187 12.0 ¼ which is outstanding in the hands of Mr. Craigie's Sub Accounts and for which he will probably be able to account; At the same time observing that the Accounts upon which the Board have reported reached no lower than to 25 Decr. 1806.". The letter recommends appropriate legal steps be taken for securing Craigie's property and effects.
$350 USD Book Number: elala768 Order / Enquire

DALHOUSIE, George Ramsay, 9th Earl of [1770-1838].
Autograph letter, signed.
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8vo. 2 pages, with integral leaf which is blank except for address & seal. (horizontal folds). DALHOUSIE, George Ramsay, 9th Earl of [1770-1838] [Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia (1816-20), Governor of Lower Canada and Governor-in-Chief of British North America (1819-28)]. Autograph letter, signed 'Dalhousie', undated, to Herman Witsius Ryland [1760-1838] [Clerk of the Executive Council of Lower Canada (1793-1838)]. "After perusal of the Report of 10th. Feb. 1812, which I returned to you today with the other paper, I beg you could be so good to ascertain for me whether the sum of [pounds] 20000 has been brought forward as part of the [pounds] 90,000 now in question, or whether only [pounds] 12,000 of it has been stated in that Acct. "I presume the latter sum only has been brought forward but if it should be otherwise & the larger Sum credited as a debt.then this acknowledgement given to the Jesuits Board of [pounds] 8000 will be a double acknowledgement of the same Sum-"Which ever way it stands, it is desirable to ascertain the facts."
$450 USD Book Number: elala769 Order / Enquire

DALHOUSIE, George Ramsay, 9th Earl of [1770-1838].
Manuscript document, signed.
Quebec: 1828..
folio. 3 pages, docket title marked 'Original' on verso of second leaf. with seal. (horizontal & vertical folds with short tears). DALHOUSIE, George Ramsay, 9th Earl of [1770-1838] [Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia (1816-20), Governor of Lower Canada and Governor-in-Chief of British North America (1819-28)]. Manuscript Document (Letter of Attorney, William (Guillaume) Billy to Messrs. Minets & Strides, London), signed 'Dalhousie', dated Quebec, April 1, 1828. Also signed by L. Panet and W.F.Scott, public notaries of the province of Lower Canada, and L. Montizambert, Secty. & Regr.
$400 USD Book Number: elala771 Order / Enquire

DALHOUSIE, George Ramsay, 9th Earl of [1770-1838].
Manuscript document, signed.
Quebec: 1828..
folio. 3 pages, docket title marked 'Original' on verso of second leaf. with seal. (horizontal & vertical folds with short tears). DALHOUSIE, George Ramsay, 9th Earl of [1770-1838] [Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia (1816-20), Governor of Lower Canada and Governor-in-Chief of British North America (1819-28)]. Manuscript Document (Act of Notoriety identifying William (Guillaume) Billy), signed 'Dalhousie', dated Quebec, April 1, 1828. Also signed by L. Panet and W.F.Scott, public notaries of the province of Lower Canada, and James Kerr, Justice of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench for the District of Quebec.
$400 USD Book Number: elala772 Order / Enquire

DES BARRES, Joseph Frederick Wallet [1721-1824] [Army officer, military engineer, surveyor, First Lieutenant Governor of Cape Breton, (1784-87), founder of Sydney, and Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (1804-12)].
Manuscript document in secretarial hand, unsigned, dated Prince Edward Island Government House, July 28, 1812.
[Charlottetown]: 1812..
one-page folio. (horizontal folds, several tears with no loss of text). matted & framed (size of frame: 21.75 x 16 inches; 55.2 x 40.6 cm.). A distinguished military engineer, DesBarres served in the British Army in North America during the Seven Years' War, and participated in the capture of Louisbourg in 1758 and of Quebec in 1759. General James Wolfe used a chart which he prepared of the St. Lawrence River and approaches to Quebec in his assault on the city. From 1763 to 1773 DesBarres surveyed and charted the Atlantic coast from Newfoundland to New York, which resulted in the publication in 1777 of the Atlantic Neptune, a four-volume atlas "which stands as a landmark in Canadian cartographic achievement" (R.J.Morgan, DCB, VI pp. 196) and is considered to be the most important atlas of North America published in the eighteenth century. He went on to become the first Lieutenant Governor of Cape Breton, 1784-87, the founder of Sydney, and the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, 1804-12. He faced considerable opposition to his administration in both colonies and with the home government and in each instance was recalled to England. The present document is dated just one month before his recall from Prince Edward Island in August of 1812. In it DesBarres reprimands the Grand Jury for overstepping the bounds of their authority although he says he is willing to attribute their statements to "good intentions in an infant colony language which under other circumstances might be very differently received."
$400 USD Book Number: elala5919 Order / Enquire

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