Désignation sommaire des... objets composant un... mobilier moderne... Vente 30 avril 1828,...

[Vente (Art). 1828-04-30. Paris]

Galerie du Luxembourg, des Musées, palais et châteaux roy. de France gravée et publiée sous la direction de feu Francisque Noel... Dessins, planches,... Vente 12 mars 1828,...

[Vente (Art). 1828-03-12. Paris]

Grant Keyes Chapman, riding on an ostrich, 1928

Grant Keyes Chapman, son of Grant Chapman and grandson of Frank M. Chapman, riding on an ostrich, 1928.

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.

Copies of two dispatches upon the subject of the Welland Canal, 1827-1828

The material is a printed record of two dispatches sent by Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada to secretary of state for the colonies, the first in 1827 to Earl Bathurst, the second in 1828 to Right Hon. W. Huskisson. The dispatches concern funding for the canal as well as an introduction of William Hamilton Merritt as managing agent of the Welland Canal Company. It was the intention of the Welland Canal Company to send Mr. Merritt to England to gain further assistance from the government and private investors.