Recueil sur la marine et les colonies, de 1643 à 1769.

Contient : 1 « Decouverte de la terre australe par Abel Tasman » ; 2 Acte de LOUIS XIV, par lequel il règle les conditions dans lesquelles les « chefs d'escadre et capitaines de la marine qui seront nommez et choisis par » le « duc de Vandome » pour « courre sur les ennemis de l'Estat, nettoyer la mer des pirattes de Tunis et d'Alger et les prendre pour renforcer la chiourme de ses galleres », exerceront leur commission. « Donné à Vincennes, le XVIIIe jour d'octobre 1656 » ; 3 « Instruction au sieur de Fricambaud, en execution de l'ordonnance du roy, dont copie est cy dessus transcripte... Faict à Annet, le XXIIIIe jour d'octobre 1656. Signé : CESAR DE VANDOSME. Et, à costé, est escrit, de la main de S. A. : Instruction pour le sieur de Fricambaud, chef d'escadre allant en course pour le service du roy avec le vaisseau le Soleil, qui est à S. M. Et, plus bas : Par monseigneur Chappellain, et scellé du seau des armes de Sad. Altesse » ; 4 « Pensées d'un zelé François pour le bien de sa patrie, sur le project mis en lumière touchant le commerce des Indes orientales » ; 5 « Memoire de M. CLAUDE BLOT touchant la navigation et commerce, du 3e de may 1664. Pour monseigneur Du Fresne » ; 6 « Memoire sur les offres faittes de la part des Espagnols pour composer une compagnie de commerce pour les Indes, avec divers princes d'Allemagne » ; 7 « Memoire general de l'estat et scituation de l'isle St-Domingue, sa grandeur, le nombre de familles que la partie françoise de ceste isle peut entretenir, la bonté de ses portz, les differentes cultures qu'on y peut faire, et celles qui sont les plus necessaires ou utilles à l'Estat, les bestiaux qu'on y peut eslever, les differentes sortes de bois qui y croissent, et ce qu'il convient de faire pour les conserver et les perpetuer... A Paris, le 2e Xbre 1717 ». Signé : « DE LA BOULAYE ». — Au dos on lit : « Mss. venant de Mr Fevret de Fontette, conseiller au parlement de Dijon, mon parent et ami, sur l'ille de Saint-Domingue ». Original ; 8 Supplique adressée « à monseigneur de Pontchartrain » par « la femme du Sr Du Casse, gouverneur de Saint-Domingue », pour se plaindre des procédés de « Mr de Pointis » ; 9 Récit du siège et de la prise de Carthagène, en Colombie, par « Mr de Pointis » et « Mr Du Casse », gouverneur de S. Domingue, en 1697 ; 10 « Proposition pour la descouverte des terres australles... inconneues » et l'établissement d'une « mission chrestienne » en ces contrées, adressée à « Messieurs de la compagnie françoise des Indes Orientales » par « quelques particuliers ecclesiastiques et autres » ; 11 « Notes sur une partie des côtes de l'isle de Madagascar, depuis la pointe d'Itapere jusqu'à la baye d'Andrahomenu » ; 12 « Memoire touchant ce que l'on a fait esperer de la part du roy pour la formation d'une compagnie des terres australles, pour en faire la descouverte, y passer des colonies françoises et y annoncer l'Evangile » ; 13 « Copie d'un edit de creation d'un conseil souverain en la Nouvelle France, à Quebec ». Acte de LOUIS XIV. 1662 ; 14 « Monnoyes des Yndes » qui ont « cours dans tous les pays de la domination du Mogol... Diverses espèces de monnoye ayant cours dans tout le royaume de Perse » ; 15 « Bibliothèque de Mr le marquis de Quincye. Lettre mss. ecritte à M. Rollin, ancien recteur de l'Université de Paris, professeur d'eloquence au Collège royal, sur le lac Moeris d'Egipte... A Paris, le 30 juillet 1736 » ; 16 Lettre non signée d'un gentilhomme, qui semble être officier dans un régiment de l'Ile de France, dont le gouverneur était alors « Mr Des Roches ». Cette lettre, marquée « Duplicata », est adressée par ledit gentilhomme à sa femme. Il semble engagé à l'Ile de France dans une entreprise de mines de fer et de forges, et sa femme, restée à Paris, est en relation avec le Palais-Royal et les princesses de la maison d'Orléans. La lettre, en partie chiffrée, est datée « De Mondesir, à l'Isle de France, le 20 novembre 1769 ». Il y est fait allusion plusieurs fois à des passages du Voyage autour du monde de Bougainville ; 17 « Observations concernant la terre australe, tirées des ordres que la compagnie hollandaise des Indes Orientales donne aux capitaines et pilotes qu'elle envoye annuellement aux Grandes Indes et à leur fameuse Batavia » ; 18 « Memoire pour adjouster à l'instruction de S. M. envoyée le 22e decembre dernier au Sr commandeur de Neuchèses, intendant general de la navigation et commerce de France, commandant l'armée navalle de S. M... Faict à Paris, le 7e jour de febvrier 1662 »

Recueil de pièces, mss. et imprimées, sur l'histoire d'Amérique, formé par le P. Léonard de Ste-Catherine de Sienne, Augustin déchaussé.

Contient : Mémoire adressé au Roy par le sr Champlain. Impr. in-4° ; Notes sur le Canada et l'évêché de Quebec ; « Information concernant l'affaire de Darien en 1699 ; » copie de l'imprimé ; « Les costes aux environs de la rivière de Misisipi, découvertes par Mr de la Salle en 1683,... par N. de Fer. 1701. » Carte et texte gravés ; Pièces diverses sur le fleuve Mississipi, parmi lesquelles une copie de la « lettre de M. d'Iberville, ou relation de son voyage... à l'embouchure du fleuve de Mississipi... 1699 ; » — fol. 49 : « Journal du voyage fait [à l'embouchure de la rivière de Mississipi] par... M. d'Iberville et le chevalier de Surgères... » (1698-1699) ; — fol. 107 : « Croquis du Mississipy..., par le sr Tonty... 1700 ; » — fol. 108 : « Campagne du vaisseau de la Renommée, en 1699 et 1700, sur la rivière de Mississipi » ; — fol. 119 : « Extrait de la relation des avantures et voyages de Mathieu Sàgean, 1701 ; » — fol. 127 : « Letre historique touchant le Mississipi, écrite à Paris, le 6 aoust 1702, par M. de Remonville » ; « Relation du voyage du sr de Beauchesne au Chilli, dans la mer du sud de l'Amérique, par le destroit de Magellan... » (1698-1701) ; Autre relation du même ; « Mémoire pour la découverte et la conqueste des pays de Quivira et de Thequaye dans l'Amérique septentrionale » ; Copie d'une lettré anonyme sur un voyage de Porto-Rico à Carthagène et sur les combats livrés à la flotte anglaise (1702)

Graffiti, memory and contested space : mnemonic initiatives following trauma and/or repression in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Graffiti, Memory and Contested Space: Mnemonic Initiatives Following Periods of Trauma and/or Repression in Buenos Aires, Argentina This thesis concerns the popular articulation ofmemory following periods or incidents of trauma in Argentina. I am interested in how groups lay claim to various public spaces in the city and how they convert these spaces into mnemonic battlegrounds. In considering these spaces of trauma and places of memory, I am primarily interested in how graffiti writing (stencils, spray-paint, signatures, etchings, wall-paintings, murals and installations) is used to make these spaces transmit particular memories that impugn official versions of the past. This thesis draws on literatures focused on popular/public memory. Scholars argue that memory is socially constructed and thus actively contested. Marginal initiatives such as graffiti writing challenge the memory projects of the state as well as state projects that are perceived by citizens to be 'inadequate,' 'inappropriate,' and/or as promoting the erasure of memory. Many of these initiatives are a reaction to the proreconciliation and pro-oblivion strategies of previous governments. I outline that the history of silences and impunity, and a longstanding emphasis on reconciliation at the expense of truth and justice has created an environment of vulnerable memory in Argentina. Popular memory entrepreneurs react by aggressively articulating their memories in time and in space. As a result of this intense memory work, the built landscape in Buenos Aires is dotted with mnemonic initiatives that aim to contradict or subvert officially sanctioned memories. I also suggest that memory workers in Argentina persistently and carefially use the sites of trauma as well as key public spaces to ensure official as well as popular audiences . The data for this project was collected in five spaces in Buenos Aires, the Plaza de Mayo, Plaza Congreso, La Republica Cromanon nightclub, Avellaneda Train Station and El Olimpo, a former detention centre from the military dictatorship.

Gender bias in the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study 2003 (TIMMS) for Canadian students /

This study is a secondary data analysis of the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study 2003 (TIMSS) to determine if there is a gender bias, unbalanced number of items suited to the cognitive skill of one gender, and to compare performance by location. Results of the Grade 8, math portion of the test were examined. Items were coded as verbal, spatial, verbal /spatial or neither and as conventional or unconventional. A Kruskal- Wallis was completed for each category, comparing performance of students from Ontario, Quebec, and Singapore. A Factor Analysis was completed to determine if there were item categories with similar characteristics. Gender differences favouring males were found in the verbal conventional category for Canadian students and in the spatial conventional category for students in Quebec. The greatest differences were by location, as students in Singapore outperformed students from Canada in all areas except for the spatial unconventional category. Finally, whether an item is conventional or unconventional is more important than whether the item is verbal or spatial. Results show the importance of fair assessment for the genders in both the classroom and on standardized tests.

Learning and healing: a wellness pedagogy for Aboriginal teacher education /

During the last 30 years Aboriginal peoples in Canada have made steady progress in reclaiming the responsibility for the education of their young people, especially in primary and secondary school. In comparison the education and or training of adult populations has not kept pace and many socioeconomic and sociocultural indicators demonstrate a ' , continued confinement of those populations to the margins of the dominant society of Canada. It is the adults, the mothers and the fathers, the grandmothers and grandfathers, the aunties and uncles that are the first teachers of the next generation and the nature of these relationships replicates the culture of unwellness in each subsequent generation through those teachers. There are few examples in the Aboriginal adult education literatures that give voice to the educational experience of the Learner. This study addresses that gap by exploring the perspectives embedded in the stories of a Circle of Learners who are, or were enrolled in the Bachelor of Education in Aboriginal Adult Education program at Brock University. That Circle of 1 participants included 9 women and 1 man, 6 of whom were from various i Anishinabek nations while 4 represented the Hotinonshd:ni nations in southern Ontario. They are an eclectic group, representing many professions, age groups, spiritual traditions, and backgrounds. This then is their story, the story of the heaming and Healing pedagogy and an expanded vision of Aboriginal education and research at Brock University.

Fifth series of historical documents : [All relating to the War of 1812].

Published under the auspices of "The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec".

Grantham Township Records Collection

Item one is a minute book for Grantham Township, Ontario. It records the proceedings of meetings from 1818-1854 and the names of parish and town officers from 1818 to 1842. Names include: Chisholm, Ball, Steele, TenBroeck, Shipman, Laraway, McKerney, Adams, Pawling, Merritt, Rolls, Robertson, Lampman, Phelps, Darling. Also notes the laws agreed upon for the period - mainly dealing with livestock. Item two is a report and evidence of boundary line disputes in the Township of Grantham. Includes affidavits from witnesses to the boundary dispute and a report to the Honourable the Commissioner of Crown Lands Quebec. The affadavits were recorded in 1844, and transcribed into the folio in 1852. Lewis A. Ball was the commissioner before whom the affadavits were sworn and duly recorded. Includes field notes by Frederic F. Passmore, Provincial land surveyor. The boundary lines in dispute were 1. between the 2nd and 3rd Concessions, from Lot no. 1 to Lot no. 5, 2. between the 4th and 5th concessions, from lot no. 4 to lot no. 5 and 3. between lots 14 in the 9th and 10th concession of the Township of Grantham.

Walker Brothers Quarries Limited fonds, 1975, 1980-1981, 1984, 1987-1989

Serving the Niagara and surrounding areas for over 120 years, Walker Industries has made its impact not only commercially, but also culturally. Beginning in 1875 with the erection of a stone sawing mill on a property John Walker purchased from the Welland Canal Loan Company. One of the first projects Walker cut stone for was the Merritton Town Hall. In 1882 the business expanded to include Walkers children, changing the name to Walker & Sons. Eventually in 1887 the two eldest sons took control of the business operation and their partnership changed the company’s name to Walker Brothers, the same year the company began operating its first quarry. The quarry was conveniently located alongside the 3rd Welland canal, offering easy access to Toronto and Hamilton. It was also close to the railway system which allowed immediate access to Thorold and Niagara Falls and later access to parts of Ontario and Quebec. The quarry supplied stone to build numerous halls and armouries across Ontario. A use was also found for the ‘waste products’ of cutting the limestone. Leftover stone chips were sent to paper mills, where stone was needed as part of the sulphite pulp process for making paper. Beginning to supply the Ontario Paper Company with stone in 1913, meant not only long, hard, work, but also more profit for the company. Before mechanization, most of the loading and unloading of the stone was done by hand, taking 19 man-hours to load an 18 yard railway car. Mechanization followed in 1947 when the plant became fully mechanized making the work easier and increasing production rates. In 1957 the company moved from its original location and opened the St. Catharines Crushed Stone Plant.

Plan of the river from Niagara to Fort Schlosser

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The Columbian Newspaper vol. IV no. 1105- June 12, 1813

The "Columbian" was established by Mr. Holt in 1808 as an "organ of the Clintonians" (Journalism in the United States, from 1690-1872 By Frederic Hudson) and a replacement to the "Citizen". It was a passionate Democratic paper that supported both Jefferson and Madison. Holt later sold the "Columbian" to Alden Spooner, who published the Long Island "Star". The Columbian ceased in 1821. This issue includes the following War of 1812 topics: Page 2: copies of letters from U.S. Gen. H. Dearborn describing the U.S. attack on Ft. George 27 May 1813; letter from Gen. H. Dearborn describing U.S. pursuit of British troops at Beaver Dams and the U.S. capture of Fort Erie; list of U.S. killed and wounded in Commodore Isaac Chauncey's squadron in attack on York 27 April, 1813; list of killed and wounded in Commodore Isaac Chauncey's squadron in attack on Ft. George 27 May 1813; abstract of the cartel for the exchange of prisoners of war between Great Britain and the United States; mention of troop movements through New York on their way to the battle front; list of persons killed or lost on the privateer Saratoga; Page 3: account of the loss of the U.S. war ships the Growler and Eagle to the British; news from Quebec and Kingston of troop movements; U.S. ship Syren unsuccessfully pursues British ship Herald; account of a U.S. cargo ship being captured by a British military ship; account of U.S. ship Siro capturing British ship Loyal Sam; report from Halifax of recent British troop and ship movements; list of recent troop enrollments in various states; report of British troop build up in Kingston;

Ship canal. Ottawa versus the Trent. [letter], 1863.

One published letter addressed to the Hon. Sidney Smith, M.L.C., Quebec from W.S. Conger, dated April 6, 1863, Peterborough. The headline reads: Ship Canal. Ottawa versus the Trent. This letter contains reprinted portions of a letter that W.S. Conger wrote in March 1858 to the Hon. Charles Alleyn, then Commissioner of Public Works.

Township of Crowland. Petition and letter regarding a land dispute, 1854, 1855.

Consists of a petition by residents of the Township of Crowland, and a letter addressed to the Hon. Commissioner of Crown Lands. Both items concern a dispute of a land survey. The petition is dated May 26, 1854, and is by inhabitants of the fourth concession in the Township of Crowland. The petition is signed by 9 residents. The names include James Cook (?), Samuel Buchner, James Rock (?), Wm. Vanalstine (?), Seth Skinner, Daniel Holcomb, P. Skinner (?), Henry Buchner, and Cornelius McHay (?). The letter is dated July 20, 1855 and is addressed to the Hon. Commissioner of Crown Lands, Quebec. It is signed by Arthur Johnston, Town Reeve, Bertie.

John O. McKellar (ship) certificates, 1952-1983.

The John O. McKellar was a ship that belonged to the Scott Misener fleet. The first ship named after McKellar was launched on Januaray 25, 1929, from Wallsend, England, and was bound for Sault St. Marie, Ontario. This ship became part of the Colonial Steamship Company in 1950, and in 1952 was renamed the J.G. Irwin when construction of a new John O. McKellar was completed. John Oscar McKellar was born on June 28, 1878 in Lobo Township, Middlesex County, west of London, Ont. He worked as a marine engineer, and became acquainted with Robert Scott Misener when the two were shipmates serving with the Algoma central fleet. In 1919, the two men joined forces to run a shipping company. Together, they purchased the wooden steamer "Simon Langell", and worked together on the ship for the next three years. Throughout his career with Misener's company, John McKellar served as Chief Engineer, then Marine Superintendent, and finally Secretary-Treasurer. He died on September 19, 1951.

O.S. Rixford Manufacturing Company corporate stock book, 1883-1898.

Around 1837, Luther Rixford founded a tool manufacturing business (originally known as the Luther Rixford Manufacturing Co.) in East Highgate, Vermont, that specialized in manufacturing scythes and other agricultural tools. A branch of this business was established in Upper Bedford, Quebec, around the late 1840's. Subsequent generations of the Rixford family took over the operations of both facilities, and in 1857 Oscar S. Rixford renamed the company the O.S. Rixford Manufacturing Co. The company was incorporated in 1883. Around 1920, the O.S. Rixford Manufacturing Company (of Canada) was acquired by Welland Vale Manufacturing, in St. Catharines, Ontario. The Rixford Company in Vermont continued operations until 1956, when decreasing demand for the tools they manufactured caused them to close their doors.

Collective violence : a study of the gendered and socio-economic factors behind early modern Italian and English witch hunts

In this study, I build upon my previous research in which I focus on religious doctrine as a gendered disciplinary apparatus, and examine the witch trials in early modem England and Italy in light of socio-economic issues relating to gender and class. This project examines the witch hunts/trials and early modem visual representations of witches, and what I suggest is an attempt to create docile bodies out of members of society who are deemed unruly, problematic and otherwise 'undesirable'; it is the witch's body that is deemed counternormative. This study demonstrates that it is neighbours and other acquaintances of accused witches that take on the role of the invisible guard of Bantham's Panoptic on. As someone who is trained in the study of English literature and literary theory, my approach is one that is informed by this methodology. It is my specialization in early modem British literature that first exposed me to witch-hunting manuals and tales of the supernatural, and it is for this reason that my research commences with a study of representations of witches and witchcraft in early modem England. From my initial exposure to such materials I proceed to examine the similarities and the differences of the cultural significance of the supernatural vis-a.-vis women's activities in early modem Italy. The subsequent discussion of visual representations of witches involves a predominance of Germanic artists, as the seminal work on the discernment of witches and the application of punishment known as the Malleus Meleficarum, was written in Germany circa 1486. Textual accounts of witch trials such as: "A Pitiless Mother (1616)," "The Wonderful Discovery of the Witchcrafts of Margaret and Philippa Flower (1619)," "Magic and Poison: The Trial ofChiaretta and Fedele (circa 1550)", and the "The Case of Benvegnuda Pincinella: Medicine Woman or Witch (1518),"and witchhunting manuals such as the Malleus Melejicarum and Strix will be put in direct dialogue with visual representations of witches in light of historical discourses pertaining to gender performance and gendered expectations. Issues relating to class will be examined as they pertain to the material conditions of presumed witches. The dominant group in any temporal or geographic location possesses the tools of representation. Therefore, it is not surprising that the physical characteristics, sexual habits and social material conditions that are attributed to suspected witches are attributes that can be deemed deviant by the ruling class. The research will juxtapose the social material conditions of suspected witches with the guilt, anxiety, and projection of fear that the dominant groups experienced in light of the changing economic landscape of the Renaissance. The shift from feudalism to primitive accumulation, and capitalism saw a rise in people living in poverty and therefore an increased dependence upon the good will of others. I will discuss the social material conditions of accused witches as informed by what Robyn Wiegman terms a "minoritizing discourse" (210). People of higher economic standing often blamed their social, medical, and/or economic difficulties on the less fortunate, resulting in accusations of witchcraft.