Recueil de copies de pièces, relatives principalement à la famille des comtes de Nevers de la maison de Clèves. 1297-1574.

Contient : 1 Traité de Cateau-Cambrésis entre Henri II, roi de France, et Philippe II, roi d'Espagne. 3 avril 1559 ; 2 « Testament de feue dame Charlotte d'Albret, dame de Lautrec,... Milly en Gastinoys », 16 décembre 1526 ; 3 Contrat de mariage de messire Charles de Luxembourg, vicomte de Martigues, et de madame Claude de Foix, dame de Lautrec. Montrond, 14 janvier 1548 n. s ; 4 Sentence et arrêt de MARGUERITE D'AUTRICHE et LOUISE DE SAVOIE, prises pour arbitres sur le rachat du comté de Beaufort en Champagne. 31 juillet 1529 ; 5 Note concernant les serments de pairs de France, faits par les ducs de Guise et de Montmorency, le 12 novembre 1551, et par le duc d'Aumale, le 12 février 1552 n. s ; 6 Ordonnance provisionnelle de HENRI II, roi DE FRANCE, concernant l'ordre que devaient tenir les ducs de Guise, de Nevers et de Montpensier, pairs de France, à ses sacre et couronnement. Reims, 25 juillet 1547 ; 7 Lettres de bénéfice d'âge, en faveur de François II de Clèves, duc de Nevers, données par CHARLES IX, le 12 avril 1562 ; 8 Accord entre Antoine de Bourbon, roi de Navarre, et Jean de Bretagne, duc d'Étampes et comte de Penthièvre, pour les terres de Villemur et de Lautrec. 13 mars 1559 n. s ; 9 Lettres de CHARLES IX, conférant à François de Clèves, comte d'Eu, sur la résignation de François Ier de Clèves, duc de Nevers, père dudit comte d'Eu, la charge de gouverneur de Champagne. Saint-Germain en Laye, 26 août 1561 ; 10 Arrêt touchant le comté de Foix. 7 octobre 1517 ; 11 Contrat par suite duquel Narbonne est laissée à Louis XII par Gaston de Foix, en échange du comté de Beaufort. Blois, 19 novembre 1507 ; 12 Transaction entre François Ier de Clèves, duc de Nevers, et Jean de Bretagne, duc d'Étampes, touchant la succession de Claude de Foix, dame de Lautrec. 28 juin 1554 ; 13 « Arrest touchant la recompense » du comté « de Dreux », délaissé au roi Henri II par François Ier de Clèves, duc de Nevers. 18 mai 1557 ; 14 Arrêt par lequel il est dit que le duc de Nevers entrera en la possession des terres de Briost, au gouvernement de Péronne, et de Ressons sur le Mats, au gouvernement de Roye. 19 mai 1557 ; 15 Contrat de mariage entre François II de Clèves, comte d'Eu, et Anne de Bourbon, fille du duc de Montpensier, Louis de Bourbon. 6 septembre 1561 ; 16 Dates de la naissance et de la mort de François de Clèves, premier duc de Nevers, de Marguerite de Bourbon, sa femme, et de leurs enfants : François de Clèves, second duc de Nevers, Henriette de Clèves, Jacques de Clèves, troisième duc de Nevers, Catherine de Clèves, dame de Château Portien, et Marie de Clèves ; 17 Lettres de FRANÇOIS II, roi DE FRANCE, contenant les conditions du mariage de François II de Clèves, qualifié ici duc de Nevers, bien que son père ne fût pas mort, avec Marie de Bourbon, fille de François de Bourbon, comte de St-Pol, et d'Adrienne d'Estouteville, et veuve de Jean de Bourbon, comte de Soissons. 2 octobre 1560 ; 18 Lettres de CHARLES IX, par lesquelles il fait remise à Henriette de Clèves, comtesse de Beaufort, des droits seigneuriaux en ses terres de Champagne. Dieppe, 9 août 1563 ; 19 Lettres de CHARLES IX, relatives à l'hommage à lui fait par Henriette de Clèves, pour ses terres de Champagne. Gaillon, 15 juillet 1563 ; 20 Acte de la chambre des comptes sur le même sujet. 1er octobre 1563 ; 21 Transaction entre Jacques de Clèves, duc de Nevers, et Henriette de Clèves, comtesse de Beaufort, sa soeur. Fait et passé au « villaige de Ste Geneviefve de Nanterre », le 7 février 1563 n. s ; 22 Transaction entre Jacques de Clèves, duc de Nevers, et Anne de Bourbon, veuve de François II de Clèves, duc de Nevers, pour l'assignation de son douaire. 26 mai 1563 ; 23 Contrat de mariage entre Jacques II de Clèves, seigneur d'Orval, et Diane de La Marck. 6 janvier 1558 n. s ; 24 Partage fait par François Ier de Clèves, duc de Nevers, à ses enfants. Melun, 24 mars 1561 n. s ; 25 Lettres de CHARLES, cardinal DE BOURBON, archevêque de Rouen, et de LOUIS DE BOURBON, prince DE CONDE, relatives à l'aliénation des terres de Jacques de Clèves, duc de Nevers, pour l'acquit de ses dettes. 20 juin 1563 ; 26 Lettres de CHARLES IX sur le même sujet, de Gaillon, 14 juillet 1563, et pièces accessoires ; 27 Autres lettres de CHARLES IX sur la même affaire. Paris, 24 janvier 1564 n. s ; 28 Partage fait par CHARLOTTE DE BOURBON, comtesse douairière DE NEVERS, des biens délaissés par son mari, Engilbert de Clèves, comte de Nevers, entre ses enfants Charles de Clèves, comte de Nevers, et Louis de Clèves, frère dudit Charles, avec réserve, pour sa vie durant, d'une certaine quantité de rentes pour son entretien et ses aumônes, projetant de passer son veuvage en l'abbaye du Bois-aux-Dames, le tout consenti et approuvé par lesdits Srs de Clèves, ses enfants, avec l'autorisation du roi Louis XII, et enregistré au châtelet de Paris. 26, 28 mai et 6 juin 1514 ; 29 Contrat de la reunion de la justice du bourg Saint-Étienne de Nevers au duché de Nevers, passé le 31 août 1563 entre les religieux dudit St-Étienne et les conseillers du duc, et approuvé, le 26 septembre 1563, par ledit duc JACQUES DE CLEVES ; 30 Lettres de CHARLES IX sur la même affaire. Paris, novembre 1563 ; 31 Autres lettres de CHARLES IX sur la même affaire. Fontainebleau, février 1564 n. s ; 32 Vérification des précédentes lettres par le parlement. 13 mai 1564 ; 33 Contrat de mariage entre Guy XVII, comte de Laval, de Montfort et de Quintin, et Claude de Foix, fille d'Odet de Foix, seigneur de Lautrec. 22 octobre 1535 ; 34 Contrat de mariage entre Antoine de Croy, comte de Porcéan, et Catherine de Clèves, fille de François Ier de Clèves, duc de Nevers, du 4 octobre 1560, et pièces accessoires ; 35 Testament de François Ier de Clèves, duc de Nevers. 26 octobre 1561 ; 36 Partage fait par JEAN DE BOURGOGNE, duc de Brabant, comte de Nevers, etc., entre les enfants de sa fille décédée, Élisabeth de Bourgogne, duchesse de Clèves, et Charlotte de Bourgogne, future dame d'Orval par son mariage avec Jean d'Albret, sire d'Orval, et future comtesse de Rethel, son autre fille. 1er avril 1486 ; 37 Articles faits pour le mariage de François II de Clèves, comte d'Eu, avec Anne de Bourbon, fille de Louis de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier. 26 mars 1561 n. s ; 38 Testament de Guy XVII, comte de Laval. 5 juillet 1544 ; 39 Codicille dudit comte de Laval ; 40 Contrat de mariage entre Odet de Foix, seigneur de Lautrec, et Charlotte d'Albret, fille de Jean d'Albret, comte de Dreux et de Rethel. Gien, 28 avril 1520 ; 41 Lettres patentes de HENRI II, portant décret et homologation de la transaction passée, le 28 juin 1554 (art. 12 de la présente notice), entre François Ier de Clèves, duc de Nevers, et Jean de Bretagne, duc d'Étampes, touchant la succession de Claude de Foix, dame de Lautrec. Paris, 21 novembre 1554 ; 42 Lettres patentes de FRANÇOIS Ier, portant érection du comté-pairie de Nevers en duché-pairie, en faveur de Marie d'Albret, comtesse de Nevers, et de son fils, François de Clèves, et des héritiers tant mâles que femelles. Paris, janvier 1539 n. s ; 43 Lettres patentes de CHARLES IX, portant continuation de la pairie de Nevers en la personne de Louis de Gonzague et de Henriette de Clèves, sa femme, duc et duchesse de Nevers. Moulins, 2 mars 1566 ; 44 Répétition cancellée du préambule de la pièce portée plus haut sous le numéro 42 ; 45 Lettres patentes de HENRI II, portant réunion du pays de Donziois au duché et pairie de Nevers. Paris, février 1553 n. s ; 46 Lettres de HENRI II, portant provision sur l'ordre que doivent tenir à son sacre François de Clèves, premier duc de Nevers, et les autres pairs de France. Reims, 25 juillet 1547 ; 47 Lettres patentes de CHARLES VII, portant érection du comté de Nevers en pairie, en faveur de Charles de Bourgogne, neveu de Jean sans Peur. Champigny, juillet 1459. En latin ; 48 Arrêt rendu par HENRI II, entre François Ier de Clèves, duc de Nevers, comte d'Eu, et les gens des trois états de Normandie, touchant le comté d'Eu. Châlons, 19 mars 1552 n. s ; 49 Partage fait entre Henriette, Catherine et Marie de Clèves, après la mort de Jacques de Clèves, duc de Nevers, leur frère. Moulins, 1er mars 1566 ; 50 Arrêt du conseil du roi, qui nomme curateurs de Henriette et de Catherine de Clèves, à l'effet du partage à intervenir entre elles et leur soeur, Marie de Clèves, les époux respectifs desdites princesses. Moulins, 1er mars 1566 ; 51 Lettres patentes de CHARLES IX, par lesquelles il approuve les termes du partage accordé entre Henriette, Catherine et Marie de Clèves, et permet au duc et à la duchesse de Nevers d'aliéner certains biens de la maison de Nevers, pour acquitter les dettes de ladite maison. Moulins, 1er mars 1566 ; 52 Lettres patentes de FRANÇOIS Ier, portant continuation de la pairie de Nevers, en la personne de Marie d'Albret, veuve de Charles de Clèves, comte de Nevers. N.-D. de Liance, 11 octobre 1521 ; 53 Lettres patentes de CHARLES IX, portant suppression des auditeurs de Nivernais et de Donziois, dont la juridiction sera désormais exercée par le seul bailli de Nivernais. St Germain en Laye, décembre 1561. A la suite est l'acte de vérification en parlement, le 18 décembre 1563, desdites lettres ; 54 Lettres patentes de CHARLES IX, portant don des profits dûs au roi pour les morts et mutations survenues en la maison de Nevers et à cause du mariage d'Henriette de Clèves, duchesse de Nevers, avec Louis de Gonzague. Moulins, 3 mars 1566 ; 55 Acte de la chambre des comptes, portant vérification desdites lettres. 6 mai 1567 ; 56 Testament d'ANTOINE DE CROY, prince de Porcéan. 28 avril 1567 ; 57 Transaction entre le roi LOUIS XII et Gaston, comte de Foix, touchant le duché de Nemours. Blois, novembre 1507 ; 58 Lettres de CHARLES VI, portant réception des « foy et hommage » de Valentine de Milan, veuve du duc d'Orléans, à cause de sa pairie, comprenant les duchés d'Orléans et de Valois, les comtés de Blois, Dunois, Beaumont-sur-Oise, Angoulême, etc. Paris, 3 janvier 1408 n. s ; 59 Autres lettres de CHARLES VI, données à Auxerre, le 22 août 1412, constatant l'hommage fait desdites terres par Charles, duc d'Orléans ; 60 Pièces relatives à l'érection de la pairie de Nivernais et Donziais, en faveur de Marguerite, fille de Philippe V, roi de France, comtesse de Flandres, et de Louis de Male, comte de Flandres, son fils : actes en français de PHILIPPE VI, roi DE FRANCE, 27 août, 13 décembre 1347, 2 décembre 1349 et, en latin, de JEAN LE BON, 10 avril 1350 ; 61 Lettres patentes de CHARLES VI, portant continuation de la pairie de Nivernais et Donziais en la personne de Philippe de Bourgogne, comte de Nevers, troisième fils de Philippe le Hardi, duc de Bourgogne. Paris, 26 août 1405 ; 62 Contrat de mariage de Louis de Gonzague, prince de Mantoue, et de Henriette de Clèves, duchesse de Nevers, 3 février 1565 ; 63 Dispense, en latin, du pape PIE IV, relative à ce mariage. 1er octobre 1563 ; 64 Lettres de CHARLES IX relatives à la même affaire. Toulouse, 7 février 1565 ; 65 Lettres de pairie du comté d'Eu, données par CHARLES VII en faveur de Charles d'Artois, comte d'Eu. Vendôme, août 1458. En latin ; 66 Lettres de pairie d'Artois, données par PHILIPPE LE BEL, roi DE FRANCE, en faveur de Robert, comte d'Artois. En latin. Septembre 1297 ; 67 Acte de PHILIPPE V LE LONG, par lequel la comté et pairie d'Artois est adjugée à Mahault, comtesse d'Artois, contre Robert III d'Artois, comte de Beaumont. Paris, mai 1318 ; 68 Acte de PHILIPPE VI DE VALOIS, qui donne raison à Jeanne de France et à Eudes IV, duc de Bourgogne, comtesse et comte d'Artois, contre Robert III, comte de Beaumont. Paris, 18 février 1338 n. s ; 69 Lettres de CHARLES IX, par lesquelles il accorde le gouvernement de Champagne à Henri de Lorraine, duc de Guise. Blois, 26 février 1563 n. s ; 70 Testament de madame CLAUDE DE FOIX, dame DE LAUTREC. 16 mars 1549 n. s ; 71 Acte de CHARLES V, ratifiant l'acquisition de la baronnie de Warcq-sur-Meuse par Louis de Male, comte de Flandres. Beauté-sur-Marne, 23 avril 1380 ; 72 Contrat de la délivrance faite par Louis de Gonzague, duc de Nevers, et Henriette de Clèves, sa femme, à mademoiselle Marie de Clèves, marquise d'Isles, des terres du comté d'Eu, restant du partage de madame de Guise, pour le parfournissement de son partage. Après le 1er mars 1566 ; 73 Lettres de CHARLES IX, accordant le gouvernement de Picardie à Henri Ier de Bourbon, prince de Condé. Paris, 2 septembre 1573 ; 74 Autres lettres de Charles IX, mettant Henri Ier de Bourbon, prince de Condé, âgé de 18 ans, hors de la tutelle et curatelle du cardinal de Bourbon, et lui laissant la pleine et entière administration de ses biens. Paris, 15 avril 1571 ; 75 Lettres de bénéfice d'inventaire, accordées au même Henri Ier de Bourbon par CHARLES IX. Paris, 7 juin 1571. A la suite, acte au nom de CHARLES DE PELLEVE, concernant l'enregistrement au siège présidial de Laon, le 17 août 1571, desdites lettres de bénéfice d'inventaire ; 76 Contrat de mariage entre Guillaume de Bretagne, comte de Périgord et vicomte de Limoges, et Isabeau de La Tour, fille de Bertrand de La Tour, comte de Boulogne et d'Auvergne. 8 juin 1450 ; 77 Contrat de mariage entre Arnaud-Amanieu d'Albret, sire d'Orval et de Lesparre, et ladite Isabeau de La Tour. 25 novembre 1456 ; 78 Testament de ladite dame ISABEAU DE LA TOUR. 15 février 1487 n. s ; 79 Lettres patentes du don fait par FRANÇOIS Ier à Marie d'Albret, comtesse de Nevers, et à Jean d'Albret, seigneur d'Orval, son père, de la garde des personne et biens de François Ier de Clèves, comte d'Eu, fils de ladite Marie d'Albret. 11 octobre 1521 ; 80 Contrat de donation faite par Jean d'Albret, comte de Dreux, Sr d'Orval, à Marie d'Albret, comtesse de Nevers, veuve de Charles de Clèves, comte d'Eu, et à Charlotte d'Albret, épouse d'Odet de Foix, Sr de Lautrec, ses filles. 20 juin 1523 ; 81 Acceptation par lesdites dames Marie et Charlotte d'Albret des donations à elles faites par Jean d'Albret, leur père, et renonciation à sa succession. 21 mars 1525 n. s ; 82 Extrait des registres du conseil privé du roi, contenant « arrest donné par le roy sur la recompense de Dreux ». Le duc de Nevers, François de Clèves, est condamné à prendre la terre de Briost, au gouvernement de Péronne, et celle de Ressons sur le Mats, au gouvernement de Roye, en échange du comté de Dreux. 19 février 1557 n. s ; 83 Transaction entre Henri II, roi de France, et François Ier de Clèves, duc de Nevers, sur la « recompense de Dreux ». Villers-Cotterets, 7 et 8 avril 1557 n. s ; 84 Lettres de HENRI II ratifiant ladite transaction. Villers-Cotterets, 12 avril 1557 n. s ; 85 Protestation de Jean d'Albret, sieur d'Orval, touchant la succession de la maison de Boulogne, lorsqu'il fut procureur de Madeleine de La Tour, pour le traité de mariage de ladite demoiselle et de Laurent de Médicis, duc d'Urbin. Amboise, 26 janvier 1518 n. s ; 86 Transaction entre le roi François II et Louis II de Bourbon, duc de Montpensier, touchant la succession de Bourbon. 27 novembre 1560 ; 87 Homologation par le parlement de la transaction précédente. 25 juin 1561 ; 88 « Creation de tutelle » de Gaston, Henri et Claude de Foix, enfants d'Odet de Foix, seigneur de Lautrec. 26 octobre 1528 ; 89 Contrat de mariage entre Henri Ier de Bourbon, prince de Condé, et Marie de Clèves, marquise d'Isles. 3 août 1572 ; 90 Arrêt par lequel la princesse de Condé, marquise d'Isles, est autorisée à faire poursuite de ses procès et affaires, sous l'autorité du cardinal de Bourbon, son oncle. 30 juin 1574 ; 91 Lettres de HENRI II, relatives au mariage entre Jean de Bourbon, comte d'Enghien et de Soissons, et Marie de Bourbon d'Estouteville, fille de François de Bourbon, comte de Saint-Paul, et d'Adrienne, duchesse d'Estouteville. Reims, 14 juin 1557

Evolution of an Archean greenstone belt in the Stormy Lake - Kawashegamuk Lake area (stratigraphy, structure and geochemistry) - Western Wabigoon Subprovince, Northwest Ontario /

330 km 2 of the easter-n part of the Archean Manitou Lakes - Stormy Lake metavolcanic - metasedimentary belt have been mapped and sampled. A large number of rocks ~.vere analyzed for the major and trace constituents including the rare-earth elements (REE). The Stormy Lake - Kawashegamuk Lake area may be subdivided into four major lithological groups of supracrustal rocks 1) A north-facing mafic assemblage, consisting of pillowed tholeiitic basalts and gabbro sills characterized by flat REE profiles, is exposed in the south part of the map area and belongs to a 8000 m thick homoclinal assemblage outside the map area. Felsic pyroclastic rocks believed to have been issued from a large central vent conformably overlie the tholeiites. 2) A dominantly epiclastic group facing to the north consists of terrestrial deposits interpreted to be an alluvial fan deposit ; a submarine facies is represented by turbiditic sediments. 3) The northeastern part of the study area consists of volcanic rocks belonging to two mafic - felsic cycles facing to the southuest ; andesitic flows with fractionated REE patterns make up a large part of the upper cycle, whereas the lower cycle has a stronger chemical polarity being represented by tholeiitic flows, with flat REE, which a r e succeeded by dacitic and rhyolitic pyroclasti cs. iii 4) A thick monotonous succession of tholeiitic pillmled basalt f lows and gabbro sills with flat REE represent the youngest supracrustal rocks. TIle entire belt underwent folding, faulting and granitic plutonism during a tectono-thermal event around 2700 Ma ago. Rocks exposed in the map area were subjected to regional greenschist facies metamorphism, but higher metamorphic grades are present near late granitic intrusions. Geochemical studies have been useful in 1) distinguishing the various rock units ; 2) relating volcanic and intrusive rocks 3) studying the significance of chemical changes due to post magmatic processes 4) determining the petrogenesis of the major volcanic rock types. In doing so, two major volcanic suites have been recognized : a) a tholeiitic suite, mostly represented by mafic rocks, was derived from partial melting of upper mantle material depleted in Ti, K and the light REE ; b) a calc-alkalic suite which evolved from partial melting of amphibolite in the lower crust. The more differentiated magma types have been produced by a multistage process involving partial melting and fractional crystallization to yield a continuum of compos i t i ons ranging from basaltic andesite to rhyolite. A model for the development of the eastern part of the Manitou Lakes - Stormy Lake belt has been proposed.

Palynology of late-glacial and postglacial sediments in Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada, as related to the Great Lakes history /

This investigation comprises three parts: (1) the source, mechanism of transport, and distribution of pollen, spores and other palynomorphs in Georgian Bay bottom sediments and a comparison of these data with the contemporary vegetation, (2) the relative significance of fluvial transportation of pollen and spores, and (3) the late- and postglacial history of vegetational and climatic changes in the Georgicin Bay region. Modem pollen and spore assemblages in Georgian Bay do reflect the surrovinding vegetation when preservation and pollen production by the different species are considered and accounted for. Relative pollen percentage and concentration isopoll patterns indicate that rivers contribute large quantities of pollen and spores to Georgian Bay. This is further substantiated by large amounts of pollen and spores which were caught in traps in the Moon, Muskoka, and Nottawasaga Rivers which flow into Georgian Bay. The majority of pollen and spores caught in these traps were washed into the rivers by surface water runoff and so reflect the vegetation of the watershed in a regional sense. In a 12.9 metre long sediment core from northeastern Georgian Bay the relative percentage and absolute pollen concentrations allow correlation of Georgian Bay Lake phases with climatic and forest history. Four distinct pollen zones are distinguished: zone GB IV which is the oldest, reflects the succession from open spruce woodland to boreal forest; zone GB III represents a period of pine-mixed hardwoods forests from about 10,000 to 7,500 years ago. A pine-maplehemlock association dominated in zone GB II, although during the culmination of postglacial warming about 4,000 to 5,000 years ago the Georgian Bay forests had a more deciduous character. Zone GB I clearly shows European man's disturbance of the forest by logging activities.

Biogeochemistry of Paleozoic brachiopods from New York State and Ontario

A comprehensive elemental, isotopic and microstructural analyses was undertaken of brachiopod calcites from the Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian), Clinton Group (Middle Silurian) and Middle to Upper Ordovician strata of Ontario and New York State. The majority of specimens were microstructurally and chemically preserved in a pristine state, although a number of specimens show some degree of post-depositional alteration. Brachiopod calcites from the Hamilton and Clinton Groups were altered by marine derived waters whereas Trenton Group (Middle Ordovician) brachiopods altered in meteorically derived fluids. Analysis of the elemental and isotopic compositions of pristine Hamilton Group brachiopods indicates there are several chemical relationships inherent to brachiopod calcite. Taxonomic differentiation of Mg, Sr and Na contents was evident in three co-occuring species from the Hamilton Group. Mean Mg contents of pristine brachiopods were respectively Athyris spiriferoides (1309ppm), Mucrospirifer mucronatus (1035ppm) and Mediospirifer audacula (789ppm). Similarly, taxonomic differentiation of shell calcite compositions was observed in co-occuring brachiopods from the Clinton Group (Middle Silurian) and the Trenton Group (Middle Ordovician). The taxonomic control of elemental regulation into shell calcite is probably related to the slightly different physiological systems and secretory mechanisms. A relationship was observed in Hamilton Group species between the depth of respective brachiopod communities and their Mg, Sr and Na contents. These elements were depleted in the shell calcites of deeper brachiopods compared to their counterparts in shallower reaches. Apparently shell calcite elemental composition is related to environmental conditions of the depositional setting, which may have controlled the secretory regime, mineral morphology of shell calcite and precipitation rates of each species. Despite the change in Mg, Sr and Na contents between beds and formations in response to environmental conditions, the taxonomic differentiation of shell calcite composition is maintained. Thus, it may be possible to predict relative depth changes in paleoenvironmental reconstructions using brachiopod calcite. This relationship of brachiopod chemistry to depth was also tested within a transgressiveregressive (T-R) cycle in the Rochester Shale Formation (Middle Silurian). Decreasing Mg, Sr and Na contents were observed in the transition from the shallow carbonates of the Irondequoit Formation to the deeper shales of the lowest 2 m of Rochester Shale. However, no isotopic and elemental trends were observed within the entire T-R cycle which suggests that either the water conditions did not change significantly or that the cycle is illusory. A similar relationship was observed between the Fe and Mn chemistries of shell calcite and redox/paleo-oxygen conditions. Hamilton Group brachiopods analysed from deeper areas of the shelf are enriched in Mn and Fe relative to those from shallow zones. The presence of black shales and dysaerobic faunas, during deposition of the Hamilton Group, suggests that the waters of the northern Appalachian Basin were stratified. The deeper brachiopods were marginally positioned above an oxycline and their shell calcites reflect periodic incursions of oxygen depleted water. Furthermore, analysis of Dalmanella from the black shales of the Collingwood Shale (Upper Ordovician) in comparison to those from the carbonates of the Verulam Formation (Middle Ordovician) confirm the relationship of Fe and Mn contents to periodic but not permanent incursions of low oxygen waters. The isotopic compositions of brachiopod calcite found in Hamilton Group (813C; +2.5% 0 to +5.5% 0; 8180 -2.50/00 to -4.00/00) and Clinton Group (813C; +4.00/00 to +6.0; 8180; -1.8% 0 to -3.60/ 00) are heavier than previously reported. Uncorrected paleotemperatures (assuming normal salinity, 0% 0 SMOW and no fractionation effects) derived from these isotopic values suggest that the Clinton sea temperature (Middle Silurian) ranged from 18°C to 28°C and Hamilton seas (Middle Devonian) ranged between 24°C and 29°C. In addition, the isotopic variation of brachiopod shell calcite is significant and is related to environmental conditions. Within a single time-correlative shell bed (the Demissa Bed; Hamilton Group) a positive isotopic shift of 2-2.5% 0 in 013C compositions and a positive shift of 1.0-1.50/00 in 0180 composition of shell calcite is observed, corresponding with a deepening of brachiopod habitats toward the axis of the Appalachian Basin. Moroever, a faunal succession from deeper Ambocoelia dominated brachiopod association to a shallow Tropidoleptus dominated assocation is reflected by isotopic shifts of 1.0-1.50/00. Although, other studies have emphasized the significance of ±20/oo shifts in brachiopod isotopic compositions, the recognition of isotopic variability in brachiopod calcite within single beds and within depositional settings such as the Appalachian Basin has important implications for the interpretation of secular isotopic trends. A significant proportion of the variation observed isotopic distribution during the Paleozoic is related to environmental conditions within the depositional setting.

The Falkland Islands War of 1982: a legal, diplomatic and strategic evaluation

The Falkland Islands War of 1982 was fought over competing claims to sovereignty over a group of islands off the east coast of South America. The dispute was between Argentina and the United Kingdom. Argentina claims the islands under rights to Spanish succession, the fact that they lie off the Argentine coast line and that in 1833 Great Britain took the islands illegally and by force. The United Kingdom claims the islands primarily through prescription--the fact that they have governed the islands in a peaceful, continuous and public manner since 1833. The British also hold that the population living on the islands, roughly eighteen hundred British descendants, should be able to decide their own future. The United Kingdom also lays claim to the islands through rights of discovery and settlement, although this claim has always been challenged by Spain who until 1811 governed the islands. Both claims have legal support, and the final decision if there will ever be one is difficult to predict. Sadly today the ultimate test of sovereignty does not come through international law but remains in the idea that "He is sovereign who can defend his sovereignty." The years preceding the Argentine invasion of 1982 witnessed many diplomatic exchanges between The United Kingdom and Argentina over the future of the islands. During this time the British sent signals to Argentina that ii implied a decline in British resolve to hold the islands and demonstrated that military action did more to further the talks along than did actual negotiations. The Argentine military junta read these signals and decided that they could take the islands in a quick military invasion and that the United Kingdom would consider the act as a fait accompli and would not protest the invasion. The British in response to this claimed that they never signaled to Argentina that a military solution was acceptable to them and launched a Royal Navy task force to liberate the islands. Both governments responded to an international crisis with means that were designed both to resolve the international crisis and increase the domestic popularity of the government. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was facing an all-time low in popularity for post-War Prime Ministers while Argentine President General Galtieri needed to gain mass popular support so he could remain a viable President after he was scheduled to lose command of the army and a seat on the military junta that ran the country. The military war for the Falklands is indicative of the nature of modern warfare between Third World countries. It shows that the gap in military capabilities between Third and First World countries is narrowing significantly. Modern warfare between a First and Third World country is no longer a 'walk over' for the First World country.

The law of the sea: the United States, Canada and the deep seabed

The Falkland Islands War of 1982 was fought over competing claims to sovereignty over a group of islands off the east coast of South America. The dispute was between Argentina and the United Kingdom. Argentina claims the islands under rights to Spanish succession, the fact that they lie off the Argentine coast line and that in 1833 Great Britain took the islands illegally and by force. The United Kingdom claims the islands primarily through prescription--the fact that they have governed the islands in a peaceful, continuous and public manner since 1833. The British also hold that the population living on the islands, roughly eighteen hundred British descendants, should be able to decide their own future. The United Kingdom also lays claim to the islands through rights of discovery and settlement, although this claim has always been challenged by Spain who until 1811 governed the islands. Both claims have legal support, and the final decision if there will ever be one is difficult to predict. Sadly today the ultimate test of sovereignty does not come through international law but remains in the idea that "He is sovereign who can defend his sovereignty." The years preceding the Argentine invasion of 1982 witnessed many diplomatic exchanges between The United Kingdom and Argentina over the future of the islands. During this time the British sent signals to Argentina that ii implied a decline in British resolve to hold the islands and demonstrated that military action did more to further the talks along than did actual negotiations. The Argentine military junta read these signals and decided that they could take the islands in a quick military invasion and that the United Kingdom would consider the act as a fait accompli and would not protest the invasion. The British in response to this claimed that they never signaled to Argentina that a military solution was acceptable to them and launched a Royal Navy task force to liberate the islands. Both governments responded to an international crisis with means that were designed both to resolve the international crisis and increase the domestic popularity of the government. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was facing an all-time low in popularity for post-War Prime Ministers while Argentine President General Galtieri needed to gain mass popular support so he could remain a viable President after he was scheduled to lose command of the army and a seat on the military junta that ran the country. The military war for the Falklands is indicative of the nature of modern warfare between Third World countries. It shows that the gap in military capabilities between Third and First World countries is narrowing significantly. Modern warfare between a First and Third World country is no longer a 'walk over' for the First World country.

CCK, dietary variety, and food intake in rats /

Among the environmental factors that can affect food intake is the extent of dietary variety available in the environment. Numerous studies have demonstrated that variety in a meal can increase the amount of food consumed in humans, rats, and other species. A physiological mechanism that has been demonstrated to affect food intake is the gut peptide cholecystokinin (CCK) which is released from the upper small intestine during the ingestion of food. Peripherally administered CCK has a robust inhibitory effect on the intake of a single-food meal. Thus, dietary variety and CCK both affect meal size, with dietary variety increasing intake and CCK decreasing intake. This raises the question ofhow dietary variety and CCK might interact to affect meal size. Previous studies of CCK's effects have focused on situations in which only one food was available for consumption. However, in an animal's natural environment it would frequently occur that the animal would come across a number of foods either simultaneously or in quick succession, thus providing the animal access to a variety of foods during a meal. Accordingly, the effect ofCCK on food intake in single-food and multiple-food meals was examined. It was found that food intake was greater in multiple-food than in single-food meals provided that foods in the multiplefood meal were presented either simultaneously or in increasing order of preference. When foods in the multiple-food meal were presented in decreasing order of preference, intake was similar to that observed in single-food meals. In addition, it was found that CCK inhibited food intake in a dose-dependent manner, and that its effects on food intake were similar regardless of meal type. Therefore, the inhibitory effects ofCCK were not diminished when a variety of foods were available for consumption. Furthermore, the finding that CCK did not differentially affect the intake of the two types of meals does not provide support for the recent-foods hypothesis which postulates that CCK decreases food intake by reducing the palatability of only recently consumed foods. However, it is consistent with the all-foods hypothesis, which predicts that CCK reduces food intake by decreasing the palatability of all foods. The 600 ng/kg dose of the CCK^-antagonist lorglumide significantly antagonized the inhibitory effect of exogenous CCK on food intake, and the magnitude of this effect was similar for both types of meal. These results suggest that exogenous CCK inhibits food intake through the activation ofCCK^ receptors. However, when administered by itself, the 600^ig/kg dose of lorglumide did not increase food intake in either single-food or multiple-food meals, suggesting that peripheral endogenous CCK may not play a major role in the control of food intake.

I.O.D.E. Earl Mountbatten Chapter Fonds, 1945-2007

The I.O.D.E. as we currently know it today was founded in 1900 by Margaret Polson Murray of Montreal, who recognized a need for loyal support of Canadians departing to fight in the Boer War with the Empire forces in South Africa. She encouraged the formation of a federation of women to promote patriotism, loyalty and service to others. The first chapter was formed in Fredericton, New Brunswick on January 15th 1900. Primary chapters were formed in quick succession across Canada. In 1901, Edith Boulton Nordheimer was elected the first national president, the location of the head office became Toronto, Ontario and the federation was incorporated as Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire and Children of the Empire Junior Branch. The Earl Mountbatten Chapter was formed in 1947 and is continuing to be a functioning chapter at the time of writing this finding aid. During the 1970’s the name I.O.D.E. was officially adopted. It is a federally chartered not-for-profit, charitable organization. Structured to report under the jurisdiction of the National chapter are the Provincial chapters, the Municipal chapters and the Primary chapters. The I.O.D.E. is associated with the Victory League in England and Daughters of the British Empire in the United States and it is proud of its heritage and traditions. Queen Elizabeth II is the current patron of the organization and although chapters sometimes disband there are always new chapters forming, including e-chapters that meet through 21st century electronics.

I.O.D.E. Second Dragoons Chapter Fonds, 1967-1983

The I.O.D.E. as we currently know it today was founded in 1900 by Margaret Polson Murray of Montreal, who recognized a need for loyal support of Canadians departing to fight in the Boer War with the Empire RG310 page 2 forces in South Africa. She encouraged the formation of a federation of women to promote patriotism, loyalty and service to others. The first chapter was formed in Fredericton, New Brunswick on January 15th 1900. Primary chapters were formed in quick succession across Canada. In 1901, Edith Boulton Nordheimer was elected the first national president, the location of the head office became Toronto, Ontario and the federation was incorporated as Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire and Children of the Empire Junior Branch. The Second Dragoons Chapter was formed in 1933 and was disbanded in 1983, which was their 50th anniversary. During the 1970’s the name I.O.D.E. was officially adopted. It is a federally chartered not-for-profit, charitable organization. Structured to report under the jurisdiction of the National chapter are the Provincial chapters, the Municipal chapters and the Primary chapters. The I.O.D.E. is associated with the Victory League in England and Daughters of the British Empire in the United States and it is proud of its heritage and traditions. Queen Elizabeth II is the current patron of the organization and although chapters sometimes disband there are always new chapters forming, including e-chapters that meet through 21st century electronics

I.O.D.E. Duke of Kent Chapter Fonds, 1934-1980

The I.O.D.E. as we currently know it today was founded in 1900 by Margaret Polson Murray of Montreal, who recognized a need for loyal support of Canadians departing to fight in the Boer War with the Empire forces in South Africa. She encouraged the formation of a federation of women to promote patriotism, loyalty and service to others. The first chapter was formed in Fredericton, New Brunswick on January 15th 1900. Primary chapters were formed in quick succession across Canada. In 1901, Edith Boulton Nordheimer was elected the first national president, the location of the head office became Toronto, Ontario and the federation was incorporated as Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire and Children of the Empire Junior Branch. The Duke of Kent Chapter was formed in 1934 and was disbanded in 1980. During the 1970’s the name I.O.D.E. was officially adopted. It is a federally chartered not-for-profit, charitable organization. Structured to report under the jurisdiction of the National chapter are the Provincial chapters, the Municipal chapters and the Primary chapters. The I.O.D.E. is associated with the Victory League in England and Daughters of the British Empire in the United States and it is proud of its heritage and traditions. Queen Elizabeth II is the current patron of the organization and although chapters sometimes disband there are always new chapters forming, including e-chapters that meet through 21st century electronics.

William Van Every fonds, 1784, 1804-1806, 1815-1816, 1828, 1832, n.d.

William Van Every, son of McGregory and Mary Wilcox (Jaycocks) Van Every, was born in New York state in 1765. During the Revolutionary War he joined Butler’s Rangers and served under Captain John McDonnell. He was granted three lots of land in the Township of Niagara, with additional lands granted at later dates. William married Elizabeth, daughter of George Young. Elizabeth was the widow of Col. Frederick Dochstader and mother of Catherine Dochstader, b. 1781. William Van Every died in 1832, his wife Elizabeth in 1851. Both are buried in the Warner Cemetery, in present day Niagara Falls. The children of William Van Every and Elizabeth Young were Mary, Elizabeth, Phoebe, John, Peter, William, Rebecca, Samuel and Joseph. Source: Mary Blackadar Piersol, The Records of the Van Every Family, Toronto : Best Printing, 1947. And, Patricia M. Orr, Historic Woodend, sponsored by Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, 1980?

A Notorial Transumpt, 1497

Govan was an ancient settlement, former burgh and now a district in Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated 2.5 miles west of Glasgow City Centre, on the south bank of the River Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Kelvin and the district of Patrick. Archaeological evidence shows that there was a church and burial ground here as early as 600-800 AD. Numerous carved tombstones dating from 900- 1100 have been found. Govan was a village comprised of thatched cottages until well into the 19th century. It became a shipbuilding town in the early 19th century.

Letter - Nikola Tesla to William B. Rankine, 19 April 1904

A letter from Nikola Tesla to William B. Rankine in the year 1904. Tesla discusses the worth of his patents/companies. Tesla also remarks on the power of several of his machines including "Tesla Coil", "Tesla Transformer", and "Tesla High-Potential Methods".

Opinion Regarding the Estate of S.D. Woodruff

An opinion regarding the estate of S.D. Woodruff. This is in regard to the liability of the estate to pay succession duties in Ontario upon certain American bonds and securities in the City of New York. This is a 6 page printed document prepared by Dewart, Young and Maw - February 7, 1905.

Letter to Mr. Lee who was clerk of the Heir Devisee Committee in Toronto from Samuel D. Woodruff

Letter to Mr. Lee who was clerk of the Heir Devisee Committee in Toronto from Samuel D. Woodruff. [The Heir and Devisee Committee was formed to clarify the titles to land of heirs of people who had been assigned Crown lands before 1795. Many of the original grantees had not taken out patents to confirm their legal right to the land.] This letter confirms that steps have been taken to issue the patent, July 19, 1847.