Proposal for Construction of Brock’s Monument, Queenston, newspaper fragment, 1824

Brock’s Monument is owned by Parks Canada and maintained by the Niagara Parks Commission in collaboration with the Friends of Fort George and Niagara National Historic Sites. It is located in Queenston Heights Park atop the Niagara Escarpment. On March 14, 1815, Parliament passed an act to erect a monument to the memory of General Isaac Brock. A design by engineer Francis Hall was selected. He envisioned a 135 ft. tall Tuscan column, made out of stone with a winding staircase inside. By the spring of 1824, work had begun on the monument. In June of that year, the cornerstone was laid and William Lyon Mackenzie was in attendance at the ceremony. It was on October 13th, 1824 (the anniversary of Brock’s death) that 6000 people traveled to Queenston to inter the remains of Brock and Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonell. This was the second burial for both. After 3 years the tower had reached 135 feet, but there was no inscription at the base, the fence around the observation deck had not been installed and there was no statue of Brock. Hall submitted a plan to finish the statue, but he was turned down and a simple ornament was placed where the Brock statue should have been. A massive blast of gunpowder destroyed the monument in 1840. It is alleged that an American sympathizer with the Upper Canada Rebellion set off the blast. Brock and Macdonell’s bodies were reburied in the Hamilton Family Cemetery in Queenston. The present monument was rebuilt in 1853. William Thomas (designer of St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto) was the architect. Brock and Macdonell were once again laid to rest in separate vaults at the statue. In 1968, Brock’s Monument was declared a national historical site. In 2005, it was closed to the public due to safety concerns, but it reopened in 2010. Source: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/brocks-monument-queenston-heights

Copy of page 141 of Confederation by Joseph Pope annotated by John A. Macdonald, 1867

Joseph Pope was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island in 1854. He was the private secretary to Sir John A. Macdonald from 1882-1891. He worked as the assistant clerk to the Privy Council and undersecretary of state for Canada from 1896-1909. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1901. He was later knighted as a Knight Commander of the same order. Joseph Pope was the first permanent head of the Department of External Affairs (now Foreign Affairs and Internal Trade) 1909-1925. He was an advisor to Prime Ministers from Macdonald to King. He died in Ottawa, in 1926. As well as Confederation, Pope also penned: Memoirs of Sir John A. Macdonald : A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion; The Day of Sir John Macdonald; Jacques Cartier, his life and voyages; Traditions and Sir John A. MacDonald vindicated : a review of the Right Honourable Sir Richard Cartwright's reminiscences as well as other books Pope’s son, Maurice Arthur Pope wrote a book about Joseph entitled Public Servant: the Memoirs of Sir Joseph Pope”.

Act of Parliament Preventing Private Distillation, Scotland, 1824

The Act begins: "An Act to continue, until the Tenth Day of November One thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, certain Parts of an Act of the Third Year of His present Majesty, among other Things for the preventing private Distillation in Scotland"

Presentation from the Office of Macdonald and Rykert regarding the Case of O'Connor vs. the Great Western Railway Co.

Presentation from the Office of Macdonald and Rykert regarding the Case of O’Connor vs. the Great Western Railway Co. This is a handwritten, 9 ½ page double sided document). Some of the witnesses for the plaintiff included: Robert Johnson, John Ryder, Edward Duffy, Gilbert Gregory, John Cutter, James Patterson, Samuel Rush and Francis Bigger, among others. They claimed that the Great Western Railway Co. was destroying their land. Jacob Dittrick claimed that the culverts were not large enough to carry off water. Mr. Jackson noticed injury to his flats. Wild grass was destroying the bottom grass, May 6, 1836.

Historia de la Facultad de Derecho y Criminología de la UANL 1824-2002

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Las defensas de México en 1824

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[Discurso dirigido al Honorable Congreso Constituyente del Estado libre de Querétaro, al tiempo de su instalación, verificada el día 17 de Febrero de 1824 por el Gefe Superior Político y Militar como Presidente de la Escma. Diputación Provisional, que cesó en aquel dia sus penciones

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Memoria de los acontecimientos políticos y militares pertenecientes al Partido de Tehuacán, en el tiempo de nuestra Independencia, la que comienza en el año de 1810, continua el espacio de catorce años y la concluye con los últimos acontecimientos que finalisaron en el año de 1824.

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Funcionarios municipales del estado de Nuevo León, 1894-1896.

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Colección de leyes, decretos y circulares expedidas por el gobierno del Estado desde el 1o. de agosto de 1824.

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Colección de los decretos espedidos por la H. Legislatura del Estado de Nuevo León, desde 1o. de Agosto de 1824 en que se instaló, hasta 16 de diciembre de 1830.

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Dictamen presentado por la Comisión de Hacienda al Honorable Congreso de este Estado el 22 de diciembre de 1824.

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Conferencia moral celebrada en el salón de sínodos del palacio episcopal, resuelta por el Illm. y Remo. Sr. Dr. D. Francisco Melitón Vargas Digmo. prelado diocesano , el día 3 de diciembre del año de 1894

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Cinq années de ma vie 1894-1899

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Constitución Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos: sancionada por el Congreso General Constituyente, el 4 de octubre de 1824

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