From 1843 to 1857 the capital of Canada had moved between Kingston, Montréal, Toronto and Quebec City. Seeing as agreement on a permanent capital was so contentious, the matter was deferred to the young Queen Victoria. The 2 pocketbooks contain articles about the proposed locations of the capital of Canada, reflecting the decidedly biased opinion that Kingston would be the best choice due to the City's location, security and lifestyle.
The fonds consists of minute books, 1824-1886, letterbook (secretary's book), 1879-1896, contracts of teachers, 1895-1910, and financial records, 1875-1926.
Account book consisting of a variety of transactions by an unknown proprietor of an unnamed brewery. Translations entered by name of buyer. As of 1867, there are daily transactions of owners including lists of school moneys and of tenants.
The fonds consists of correspondence, student records, 1934-1968, calendars, publicity material, scrapbook, press clippings, photographs and an autobiographical sketch of W.T. Rogers. Some files relate to the Brockville Business College.
The fonds consists of one microfilm reel of the Census in 1842 of Kingston, Ward 4, census returns for Township of Kingston, 1851 and census returns for the City of Kingston, 1861. Also includes a transcription of the 1851 census of Kingston Township, Frontenac County (from Public Archives microfilm 11721) by Chris Graham.
Canada (Province). Board of Statistics and Registration