Emigration : letters from Sussex emigrants who sailed from Portsmouth in April 1832 on board the ships Lord Melville and Eveline for Upper Canada : extracts from various writers on emigration to Canada, and from Canadian newspapers, with references to the letters : Capt. Hale's instructions to emigrants : and a gazetteer of the places named in the letters.

Compiled by Thomas Sockett for the Petworth Emigration Committee. Cf. National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints.

Observations upon emigration to Upper Canada, being the prize essay, for which was awarded a gold medal, from the Upper Canada Celtic Society.

Mode of access: Internet.

Continuation of Letters from Sussex emigrants in Upper Canada, written in 1836.

The committee was formed under the sanction of the earl of Egremont to afford assistance to emigrants to Canada. Thomas Sockett, chairman of the committee.

Report of the proceedings connected with the disputes between the Earl of Selkirk, and the North-West company, at the assizes held at York in upper Canada, October, 1818. From minutes taken in court.

Mode of access: Internet.

A brief history of the church in Upper Canada : containing the acts of Parliament, imperial and provincial, royal instructions, proceedings of the deputation, correspondence with the government, clergy reserves' question, &c. &c. /

Mode of access: Internet.

Travels in the United States of America, and part of Upper Canada.

Mode of access: Internet.

A topographical description of the province of Lower Canada : with remarks upon Upper Canada : and on the relative connexion of both provinces with the United States of America /

Includes index.

The History of the Consulate & The Empire of France Under Napoleon

The book is stamped in the front and back with the "Upper Canada College" crest. There is also a plate within the book indicating that it was presented to H.K. Woodruff by the senate as an acknowledgement of merit and as a reward for general proficiency in Upper Canada College in June, 1878. On the top of this plate it says: 1st Form Prize, Upper Modern Form. The full text is available in the Brock University Special Collections and Archives or view the full text at the following link: http://www.archive.org/details/consulateempire1and2thie

Day book for the Dominion Accountant

Day book for the Dominion Accountant (soft cover). This notebook has T. Benson on the front cover, but Hamilton K. Woodruff is written within the back cover and within the front cover. There are also other names written within the front cover. The book contains many loose notes regarding book-keeping [This is from Upper Canada College], 1876-1878.

Ledger for the Dominion Accountant

Ledger for the Dominion Accountant (soft cover) book-keeping book. The name H.K. Woodruff is in the front cover. Many of the pages are loose, or have been removed. [This is from Upper Canada College] 1877-1878.

Journal for the Dominion Accountant

Journal for the Dominion Accountant (soft cover). This notebook has the name Thomas Benson written on the front cover. The book is stained. The stains do not affect the text. Some of the pages are missing. [This is from Upper Canada College], 1877-1878.

The Canada law journal.

Imprint varies.

Gilbert McMicken document, n.d.

Gilbert McMicken emigrated to Upper Canada in 1832 and settled in Chippawa. In 1835 he was married to Ann Theresa Duff. In 1837 the family moved to Queenston where he was directly involved in the Kingston-Queenston trade endeavours begun by Robert Hamilton. He had a variety of interests, including a partnership with James Hamilton, son of Robert Hamilton. He was also a collector of customs in Queenston and operated the Niagara Suspension Bridge Bank for a time. He entered politics and represented Niagara as well as becoming mayor of Clifton, now part of Niagara Falls, Ont., in 1856. McMicken went on to have an illustrious career, serving as land agent and leader of Canada’s first undercover agency. McMicken moved to Manitoba and was active in business and politics. He died in Winnipeg in 1891. Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography – Gilbert McMicken website (March 22, 2010)

Lt. Col. John Clark Papers, 1838-1851 [photocopy]

Lt. Col. John Clark (1787-1862) was born in Kingston, Upper Canada. In 1801 Clark became a private in the 1st regiment of the Lincoln Militia, serving under Ralfe Clench. By June 1812 he was promoted to lieutenant by Maj. Gen. Sir Isaac Brock. During the War of 1812 he served as lieutenant and adjutant for the Lincoln Militia flank company on the Niagara frontier under Col. William Claus, and was present at the surrender of the enemy at the battle of Queenston Heights. By 1838 the Lincoln Militia was being re-organized and Lt. Col John Clark was requested to lead the 5th Regiment, made up of men from both Grantham and Louth townships in Lincoln County. He served in this capacity until his retirement in 1851?. Around this same time Clark bought from William May Jr. a house in Grantham Township. He was to call his home Walnut Dale Farm. John Clark also served as the customs collector for Port Dalhousie, and as a secretary in the Welland Canal Company. One hundred years later efforts by a local heritage group to save John Clark’s home failed, when the house was hit by arsonists. By this time the house had become known as the May-Clark-Seiler House. See RG 195 Anne Taylor Fonds for more information regarding the efforts of the heritage group to save this home. Clark died in 1862 at the age of 79 years and is buried in Victoria Lawn Cemetery. John Clark’s daughter Catherine (mentioned in the diary portion of the papers) was married to William Morgan Eccles.

J.W. Spencer fonds, 1866, 1881-1921

Joseph William Winthrop Spencer (commonly known as J.W. Spencer) was a geologist and geomorphologist best known for his work on the geology of southern Ontario and the Great Lakes. He was born in Dundas, Upper Canada in 1851, but moved to Hamilton, Ontario in 1867. In 1871, he began studies in geology at McGill College in Montreal. In 1875 he worked in the Michigan copper mines and shortly afterwards prepared a thesis on the copper deposits. He submitted this thesis to the University of Gottingen in Germany in 1877 and was awarded a doctorate in geology, the second Canadian to earn a doctorate in this field. In 1880, he became a professor of geology and chemistry at King’s College in Windsor, N.S. Subsequently, he taught at the University of Missouri, and then the University of Georgia, but moved to Washington, D.C. in 1894, where he worked as a consultant geologist. Spencer spent much of his life studying preglacial river valleys in Ontario and the origins of the Great Lakes, as well as the Niagara River and Falls. In 1907, he published a book titled The Falls of Niagara: their evolution and varying relations to the Great Lakes. His opinions in these areas differed from some of his contemporaries, namely the American geologist Grove Karl Gilbert. Gilbert published a review of the The Falls of Niagara that exposed some flaws and inaccuracies in Spencer’s estimate of the age of the falls. Spencer’s studies also took him to the Caribbean and Central America. In 1920 he moved back to Canada, but died the following year.