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      A transcription of a letter written by James Fortier, the Port Colborne Lighthouse keeper, to the Honourable Jean Chabot regarding a salary adjustment. The original letter is currently unavailable. In the letter, Fortier discusses his participation in the War of 1812. He states his involvement at the Battle of Fort …

      The creases in the original document cannot be folded back, so some of the lines are illegible.

     

      An indenture between John Langs and Elizabeth Daniels dated the 21st of April 1854 for one hundred and forty-nine acres composed of lot number eight in the first range south of Ancaster road in the township of Brantford purchased for the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds.

      In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burials are not sacraments and are therefore not formally recorded by all parishes. In Ontario, official death records are kept by the …

      George Mathews, Montreal is credited as the lithographer

 Milwaukee Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI), 24 Apr 1854, p. 2     The Propeller Ontario a Slaver .--Some eight years since, a propeller was built at the upper landing, at Rochester, N. Y., by Goerge Steers, -- since famous as the builder of the America yacht,--and called the Ontario . She was unforunate in the lake ...

      Schooner W. S. Malcolm Waterlogged - Strange conduct of the Captain and four of the Crew. - Capt. Smith, of the schooner Kyle Spangler, which arrived here last night, reports to us he found the schooner W.S. Malcolm, Capt. Barck, with a cargo of lumber for this port, waterlogged, ...

      The Sault St. Marie Canal . - The Cleveland Plaindealer gives the following description of the Canal, which is to connect ...

      Loss of a Schooner and its Crew on Lake Ontario. - We alluded, a few days since, to the washing ashore of the body of a lad, near Pultneyville and stated the suppositions in regard to the identity of the deceased lad and the cause of his ...

      Anniversary of the Capture of Oswego On the 6th day of May, 1814 , forty years ago to-day, Oswego was captured by a British naval and land force, after a gallant defense by a small force of soldiers and ...

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      VESSELS IN PORT. - Navigation is pretty much closed up for this season. The weather has been more severe both for wind and cold than it has been for several seasons at this timeof the year. Vessels are mostly stripped, and all are being prepared to sleep out the winter. …

      Old Times Capt. Robert Hugunin states in a communication in the Chicago Press, that in the year 1803 and 1804 the first American vessel was built on Lake Ontario. She was 50 feet keel, 20 feet beam and 6 feet hold, and called the Fair American. She was built at …

      The Ship Masters' Charity The following notes show that the avails of the recent charity ball of the Ship-masters, have carried joy and comfort to desolate hearts: To the Ship Masters' Association of Oswego: - In returning my thanks to you for the kind consideration handed to ...

      Come To A Base Use. -- An eventful History. - We notice in the Democrat of this morning a statement that the propeller Ontario has recently landed a cargo of slaves on the coast of Cuba. The Ontario is a Rochester vessel, and has run an eventful career thus far. …

      The Great West, which was launched on Thursday from the ship yard of James A. Baker, has a new kind of steering wheel which is, we believe, superior to anything yet introduced on vessels here, as it obviates the necessity of having two or three men at the helm in …

      Loss Of A Schooner, And Its Crew On Lake Ontario. -- We alluded a few days since, to the washing ashore of the body of a lad, near Pultneyville, and stated the suppositions in regard to the identity of the deceased lad and the cause of his death. - We …