Pica 13: Newsletter of the Mackenzie Heritage Printery Museum, 2001

The Mackenzie Heritage Printery Museum in Queenston, Ontario, is Canada’s largest working printing museum. The museum is housed in the 19th century home of William Lyon Mackenzie, a journalist and politician who published the Colonial Advocate and was instrumental in the Rebellion of 1837. The museum contains a Louis Roy Press, the oldest in Canada and one of the few original wooden presses remaining in the world.

Province of Upper Canada Land Grant to Ann Cook, 1812

A grant of land to Ann Cook of the Township of Crowland. The land is situated in the township of Wainfleet, in the County of Lincoln, in the district of Niagara. Ann Cook is granted 200 acres in lot no. 32 in the 4th concession in Wainfleet. One of the signatures on the document is illegible but other signatures include: Prideaux Selby, auditor general on April 15, 1812. This is the date that the document was entered into the auditor’s office. Isaac Brock has signed in the upper left hand corner as “Isaac Brock President” which refers to the fact that he was President administering the Government of Upper Canada and Major General commanding the forces within the province. It is also signed on the left hand side by John Macdonell (who is buried at Brock’s Monument). At the time, he was the attorney general.

Province of Upper Canada Grant (vellum) to Thomas Fraser of the Township of Edwardsburgh granted 1 acre in Lot no.9 in the County of Stormont

Province of Upper Canada Grant (vellum) to Thomas Fraser of the Township of Edwardsburgh granted 1 acre in Lot no.9 in the County of Stormont. Signed by William Jarvis, Sir Isaac Brock, Prideaux Selby and John Macdonell. There are some holes in the document and there are small pieces missing on the right hand side. William Jarvis was the Provincial Secretary of the Lt. Governor of Upper Canada; Sir Isaac Brock. Jarvis was an officer in the Queen’s Rangers. He also served as Provincial Secretary of Upper Canada. A partial crown seal is attached, Mar. 26, 1812.

Isaac Newton : manzanas maduras.

Relato ilustrado en forma de cuento sobre la biografía de Sir Isaac Newton. Se recrea la vida del astrónomo, físico y matemático inglés, así como los principales rasgos de su pensamiento científico y sus aportaciones a la ciencia moderna. El objetivo es acercar a los más jóvenes las figuras de los grandes científicos de la historia. La publicación incluye dos páginas con actividades.

Lives of eminent persons, consisting of Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Mahomet, Wolsey, Sir E. Coke, Lord Somers, Caxton, Blake, Adam Smith, Niebuhr, Sir C. Wren, and Michael Angelo.

The "Life of Sir Isaac Newton" is substantially a translation from that in the "Biographie universelle", by M. Biot. cf. note at head of article.

The principles and practice of commerce,

Bibliography, p. 625.

The family expositor: or, A paraphrase and version of the New Testament; with critical notes, and a practical improvement of each section ...

Edited by Job Orton.

Prefaces and prologues to famous books : with introductions and notes.

(Contents, cont.) Preface of Fables, ancient and modern / by J. Dryden -- Preface to Joseph Andrews, by H. Fielding -- Preface to the English dictionary; Preface to Shakespeare / by S. Johnson -- Introduction to the Propylaen / by J.W. von Goethe-- Prefaces to various volumes of poems; Appendix to Lyrical ballads; Essays supplementary to preface / by William Wordsworth -- Preface to Cromwell / by Victor Hugo -- Preface to Leaves of grass / by Walt Whitman -- Introduction to the History of English literature / by H.A. Taine.

Antient metaphysics: or, The science of universals.

Imprint varies: v. 2-3, London, Printed for T. Cadell [etc.]--v.4-6, Edinburgh, Printed for Bell & Bradfute [etc.]

The story of Isaac Brock, hero, defender and saviour of upper Canada, 1812,

Mode of access: Internet.

The Albion, or British, Colonial and Foreign Weekly Gazette Vol. 5, No. 18- May 2, 1846. Article on Major General Isaac Brock and the 41st Regiment on the second (reverse) page.

A weekly paper published from 1822 to 1856.

An acrostic soghitha by Isaac ‘the Teacher’ in Sinai Syr. 10

El artículo ofrece una edición y traducción de una soghitha atribuida a ‘Isaac el Maestro, que se encuentran en el Sinaí siriaco 10. A la vista de la gran cantidad de memre inéditos atribuidos a uno u otro de los tres poetas siriacos de los siglos V y VI de nombre Isaac, un apéndice proporciona una lista alfabética de los incipits de todos los memre atribuidos a un Isaac que se encuentran en manuscritos tempranos datables en los siglos VI y VII.

New Brock Centre

The Brock centre was later renamed Alphie's Trough after Alfred, the horse given to General Brock by Sir James Craig.