Original letters, along with typed transcripts and 'Douglas Library Notes' dealing with same, of John Wilson to James M. O'Leary about Grosse Ile, the epidemic of 1847 and Irish immigration to Canada.
Photocopy of register of births, deaths and marriages, which appears to have been maintained first by Franklin Jones and later by Percy Wilson, for Hillier Township, Prince Edward County.
Journal of a trip, by an unknown writer, on the "Herald" to Denmark, the West Indies and Quebec and on the "Britannia" to Greece. The journal imparts stories of the Emporer's inspection of his fleet at Cronstadt, the port of St. Petersburg, meeting the "Queen of Hurons" in Quebec, a journey up Mount Ida in Turkey, and various other adventures.
Letter from Francis Willock, who resided near Lindsay, describing to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Gray of Perth, the death of his wife, her daughter, Margaret, shortly after the still-birth of their twelfth child.
Holograph letters of Dickens addressed to George Beadwell, father of his first love, Maria, 26 July 1840, and Friday, 26 Nov. 1852. Photocopy of note, 2 July 1862.
