Microfilm copies of the Mecklenburg Quarter Session, 1790-1816 and Lunenburg Quarter Session, 1789-1802. Also transcriptions for the Mecklenberg District Sessions as transcribed and compiled by Linda Corupe.
The fonds consists of bargain and sale indentures, deeds, grants, leases, and proclamations re. seizure of property of deserters after War of 1812. Includes correspondence regarding Belleville, 1816, and several items relating to land matters in the Ottawa area. In 1763, the British Crown began to issue grants of land in Ontario, largely to attract British settlers to Canada. These grants were made by way of location tickets or occupation permits. Land certificates were made to veterans and United Empire Loyalists. Grants of land ranged from 200-5000 acres, depending on the rank of the soldier.
Correspondence, game book, news clippings, photographs and documents recording family and civic happenings in Kingston with mention of well-known people and families of their area, 1875-1876 and 1889.
Collection consists of correspondence, published and manuscript poetry, and photographs relating to Bliss Carman, Charles G.D. Roberts, Kate Eastman, Lorne Pierce, and Dr. Ernest Fewster and his wife, Grace E. Smith.
Collection consists of memorabilia relating to various family members' time at Queen's University, with the majority of items from Margaret Purcell Arts'30 and her husband Charles Green Science ' 31. This includes photographs around Queen's campus and Kingston, and the diplomas and convocation hoods for Margaret Purcell Green and Charles Stanley Green.
