Niagara Parks Commission annual report, 1919.

Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Captain Lewis Warrington and others : memorial of Lewis Warrington, Captain in the U.S. Navy, (in behalf of himself and the officers and crew of the U.S. sloop-of-war Peacock); praying that the one half of the proceeds of the Epervier and goods which went into the officers and crew of said vessel, it having been decreed to them by the United States court as captors. April 26, 1848.--

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Clarke Chapman, son of Colonel Frank M. Chapman and nephew of C. C. Chapman

Clarke Chapman, son of Colonel Frank M. Chapman and nephew of C. C. Chapman.

Frank Marion Chapman

Cabinet card photographic portrait of Frank Marion Chapman, taken in Ottumwa, Iowa, ca. 1890s.

Palmetto Grove, estate of Frank M. Chapman, at Cypress and Grand Avenue, Covina, California

Palmetto Grove, 80 acre estate of Frank M. Chapman, located at Cypress and Grand Avenue, Covina, California, ca. 1915.

Grant Chapman, Clarke Chapman, and Frank Chapman Jr., Palmetto Grove, Covina, California, ca. 1915

Left to right: Grant Chapman, Clarke Chapman, and Frank Chapman Jr., sons of Frank Marion and Wilhelmina Zillen Chapman, on a porch at Palmetto Grove, Covina, California, ca. 1915.

Grounds of Palmetto Grove, estate of Frank Marion Chapman, Covina, California, ca. 1915

Grounds of Palmetto Grove, estate of Frank Marion Chapman, Covina, California, ca. 1915.

Grant Chapman, son of Col. Frank M. Chapman, Covina, California

Grant Chapman, son of Col. Frank M. Chapman, Covina, California, ca. 1910.

Frank Chapman Jr. [?] in a touring car, beside the Palmetto Grove house, Covina, California, 1909

Frank Chapman Jr. [?] in a touring car, beside the Palmetto Grove house, Covina, California, August, 1909.

Reverend Frank Dowling and his wife, Bethia Paul Dowling, 1935

Reverend Frank Dowling and his wife, Bethia Paul Dowling, 1935.

City of Niagara Falls Plans, 1846, 1877, 1884, 1886, 1889-1890, 1892-1894, 1903-1905, 1910, 1914, 1919, 1925, 1927-1928, n.d.

The collection consists of 37 plans, surveys or maps of the City of Niagara Falls beginning in 1846 until 1928. Some of the plans were created for the Falls Company, a group of land speculators that included Buchanan, Murray, Street, Allen, Robinson and others. Other plans relate to the building of the suspension bridge and the railway. Some plans and drawing may refer to estate documents in RG 167 Niagara South estate and legal documents collection. Item 22 has been scanned for preservation purposes.

Frank Reynolds fonds, 1967-1975, 1988-1990, 2007, n.d.

Frank Reynolds graduated from Brock University in 1970. While a student at Brock Mr. Reynolds was active in student life, as editor of the student newspaper and as president of the student union. He also produced other student publications, including yearbooks. In 1970 he organized the Rock at Brock, which brought various rock groups to the university campus.

Horton Family collection, 1912, 1919, 1924, n.d.

Dr. William Hamilton Merritt, Jr. was born in 1865 and died in 1924. He was the son of Jedidiah Prendergast Merritt and Emily Prescott, grandson of William Hamilton Merritt. In 1892 he was married to Maud Claudman Hudson of Memphis, Tennessee and had a daughter and a son. During World War I he commanded the 14th battery at Flanders and after becoming ill served as part of the 9th Canadian Field Ambulance, 3rd Canadian Division, serving at a military hospital in Orpington, Kent, England and in 1917 at a military hospital in France. Dr. Merritt served as alderman and mayor for the city of St. Catharines, Ont. He was also a vice-president of the Imperial Bank of Canada, and served on the board of the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge. A memorial service was held in St. Thomas Church, St. Catharines, Ont. on April 24, 1924.