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      This is a handwritten letter, dated 1860, to Colonel MacDougall from Allan McNab concerning the site of Brock's death and his monument. MacDougall was a member of the committee responsible for building the monument.

      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 …

      This is a letter from Joseph Clement, Ensign of the 1st Regiment of the Lincoln Militia, concerning the guards located between the Queenston Camp and Corbin’s Inn. He stated that he visited them between 2 and 5 pm and found them to be present and alert. On the back of …

      A letter, dated July 1860, by Geof Taylor to Sir Allan McNabb concerning Brock's Spring in Queenston. He reports that a Mr. Robinson was taking the water from the spring and bringing it back to his house. Taylor was inquiring whether or not McNabb approved of this act. McNabb was …

      The letter was written from the military headquarters at 4 Mile Creek on September 17th (or 19th), 1813. Shaw was requesting that Ten Broeck's company rendezvous at the head quarters. During this time, the Americans were occupying Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake) and Fort George. Script in ink on water marked paper "Britannia".

      A letter addressed to Colonel Proctor, Commanding Officer of the 41st Regiment at Fort George, Niagara from David Todd, Morris Town County of St. Lawrence on 9 Feb., 1812. Todd asked Colonel Proctor to forward a letter to his nephew.

      [1812], 29 July: Major-General Isaac Brock, York, to James FitzGibbon. I lament that you should have been so long impressed with the idea that I possessed the means of being serviceable to you. I had scarcely heard of Mr. Johnson having declined a Company in the Glengarry (which would have …

      A letter regarding a meeting in Dunnville to discuss the Brock Monument.

      Copy of a letter written by J.W. Crooks in May 1816 dicussing the creation of a road, as requested by freeholders residing in Four Mile Creek, from below the hill of the late Joseph Clements, in a direct line to a beach tree at Four Mile Creek, below the barn …

      A letter from John Clark at Fort George to Major Jacob Ten Broeck, 4th Regiment of the Lincoln Militia, in Grantham which discusses the shortage of men at the Fort. It is dated May 3rd 1814 and is scripted in ink on writing paper folded to form an envelope.

      A letter dated August 1814, from Alex MacDonnell to Lieutenant Donald McDougal concerning his request for a transfer. He also asked about the status of McDougal's wounds and whether he would be ready for active service again soon.

      This letter, from Lord Palmerston, Secretary of War, to Lt. General Drummond discusses claims for compensation by officers wounded in action. He stated that applications must be sent to him along with a report from a Medicine Board of Officers and certificates from the Commanding Officers of Regiments that show …

      A letter dated January 9, 1814, from Amos Lee in Queenston to Captain Benjamin Carryl in Williamsville, New York. Lee was an American prisoner in Queenston at the house of Gilbert Fields, a local farmer and former Butler's Ranger. During the war, this house was also used as a barracks …

      Maria Jarvis is Mrs. George Hamilton The baby boy was Robert Jarvis Hamilton Eliza Jarvis is Mrs. W.B. Robinson Hannah Jarvis, Mrs. Alex Hamilton

      This is a handwritten letter from Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell, wife of Fort-Major Donald Campbell, to her son. The letter mainly focuses on her husband's military career which includes service in Europe and in North America.

      This letter was written to Lieut. Tom Leonard in Kingston, Upper Canada from M.L. (possibly a family member) on December 1814. It discusses family concerns about his illness and the hope that he might write to them soon. It also mentions Col. Drummond's kindness to send updated letters to the …

      This letter was written to Lieut. Leonard of the 104th Regiment at Fort George from Capt. Geof [Shaw] in Chippawa on September 12th, 1814. It states that Leonard was neglecting his post by not being present at Fort George at all times and living too far away. He restates Leonard's …

      This letter is to Lieut. Thomas Leonard in Kingston, Upper Canada, from his sister, Elizabeth Leonard, in St. Johns, New Brunswick. In the letter she mostly discusses the local gossip of individuals in St. Johns. Leonard was from the 104th New Brunswick Regiment that was raised in 1803 and sent …

      This letter mentions how anxious the family is to hear from Thomas and provides information on the people living in St. Johns for his benefit. Leonard was from the 104th New Brunswick Regiment that was raised in 1803 and sent to Upper Canada where they participated in the battles of …

      This is a letter, dated August 1860, to Colonel McDougal from Sir Allan McNabb in Dundurn, regarding the spot where Sir Isaac Brock fell during the Battle of Queenston Heights. Both McDougal and McNabb were on the Committee for the Erection of Brock's Monument. McDougal was in the Upper Canada …