Search Results: Broadsides from Alexander Books (ABAC/ILAB)

York, 1809. Ephemera. Very Good. No Binding. Broadside with seal and Royal Coat of arms at the top. 48 × 36 cm. Form used for commissioning officers, this copy filled out in manuscript to Christopher Alexander Hagerman of Lenox and in the Midland District, Quarter Master in the First Regiment of the Lenox Militia, commanded by Colonel Hazelton Spencer. Dated at York, 2 January 1809, and signed in manuscript by Francis Gore Lt Broadside with seal and Royal Coat of arms at the top. 48 × 36 cm. Form used for commissioning officers, this copy filled out in manuscript to Christopher Alexander Hagerman of Lenox and in the Midland District, Quarter Master in the First Regiment of the Lenox Militia, commanded by Colonel Hazelton Spencer. Dated at York, 2 January 1809, and signed in manuscript by Francis Gore Lt Governor, Wm Halton, Secretary, and inscribed to Hagerman. Laid paper with folds, a slight cut in one of the folds, and reinforced on the verso at three places with paper strips, otherwise… Read More

Frederick Street, Toronto: Canada Company's Office, 1843. Ephemera. Very Good. No Binding. The Canada Company, having had numerous inquiries from various parts of British North America, and especially from the United States, upon Canada West... have been induced to arrange those questions, with the respective answers, and to print them in a form for general circulation.... Advertising leaflet. 4 pp. Dated: Toronto, 5th June 1843, Frederick Widder, Commissioner. Caption title with coat of arms (motto: "NON MUTAT GENUS SOLUM" /The country does not alter the race). Wove paper, folds, a few tiny tears. The leaflet poses 21 queries with answers, for example: No. 1-Situation of the Company's Lands, particularly as to Roads, Navigable Waters &c? Only 1 other copy is listed elsewhere: Metropolitan Toronto Library, Canadian History Department..

Toronto, Canada, 1838. Ephemera. Good. No Binding. Toronto: Printed at the Patriot Office, [1838]. pp. [133]-160, [2], 161-167, [1]. Collation: 34-422. It's possible that this pamphlet was part of a larger work. Sewn gatherings, the thread now gone, no wrapper. Wove paper, small pieces missing from the top right of the preliminary leaves and the last 2 leaves. Addressed to His Excellency Sir Francis Bond Head, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, the report was submitted by the Office of the Commissioners at Cornwall on 1 January 1838 by Jonas Jones, the President of the Board. The report consists of the minutes of the Saint Lawrence Commission in 1837 with letters from engineers and contractors, statement of expenditures (1834-7), and estimates of expenses for the completing the work on the Saint Lawrence Canals. Not recorded by Fleming's Upper Canadian Imprints, 1801-1841. The only other copy of this imprint is located at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto..

Goderich, Ontario: Office of the Clerk of the Peace, 1863. Paper. Very Good. No Binding. Broadside Issued under the auspices of Dan. Lizars, clerk of the peace, Huron and Bruce. Wove paper.Printed in 9 columns under the following headings: name of prosecutor; name of defendant; nature of the charge; date of the conviction; name of convicting Justice; amount of penalty, fine or damage; by whom paid over by said Justices; remarks. The crimes listed are of various kinds: misdemeanors, assault, drunk and disorderly conduct, gaming, grossly insulting and abusive language, trespassing, vagrancy, selling liquor on Sunday, dog stealing, etc. Very scarce item. Born on 22 February 1822, Daniel Home Lizars immigrated to Upper Canada in 1833 from Edinburgh, Scotland, with his family. He married Esther Longworths in July 1848. They had one son and two daughters. The first municipal clerk for the District of Huron, he served in that position from 16 October 1841 until 1846. He was called to the bar in 1853, was… Read More

Goderich, Ontario: Office of the Clerk of the Peace, 1862. Paper. Very Good. No Binding. Broadside Issued under the auspices of Dan. Lizars, clerk of the peace, Huron and Bruce. Wove paper.Printed in 9 columns under the following headings: name of prosecutor; name of defendant; nature of the charge; date of the conviction; name of convicting Justice; amount of penalty, fine or damage; by whom paid over by said Justices; remarks. The crimes listed are of various kinds: misdemeanors, assault, drunk and disorderly conduct, gaming, grossly insulting and abusive language, trespassing, vagrancy, selling liquor on Sunday, dog stealing, etc. Very scarce item. Born on 22 February 1822, Daniel Home Lizars immigrated to Upper Canada in 1833 from Edinburgh, Scotland, with his family. He married Esther Longworths in July 1848. They had one son and two daughters. The first municipal clerk for the District of Huron, he served in that position from 16 October 1841 until 1846. He was called to the bar in 1853, was… Read More

1830. Ephemera. Very Good. No Binding. 45 × 57 cm. Text in English and French, each in triple columns, listing the regulations for the District of Montreal. First order dated April 30th, 1813, under the name of A. Reid, Ck. P. Final order dated: 26th April, 1830, under the name of John Delisle, Ck. P. This copy has ms. notes in English and French dated April 1840: "Granted to Benoit Lalie to ferry from Isle Jesuit to the Parish of Terrebonne.." The notes list the prices for conveyance, for example: "For a Calesh or Carl drawn by the horse and the driver one shilling 1/". The printed text in English ends: "And every Ferryman shall be bound to Ferry gratis the Messengers carrying his Majesty's Mail. | BY THE ORDER OF THE COURT | Deslisle & Deslisle, Ck. P." But in this copy, "Deslisle & Deslisle, Ck. P." has been altered by hand to read: "Deslisle & Brehaul Deslisle, Ck. P." Written on the verso of the broadside is written:… Read More

Goderich, Ontario: Office of the Clerk of the Peace, 1862. Paper. Very Good. No Binding. Broadside Issued under the auspices of Dan. Lizars, clerk of the peace, Huron and Bruce. Wove paper.Printed in 9 columns under the following headings: name of prosecutor; name of defendant; nature of the charge; date of the conviction; name of convicting Justice; amount of penalty, fine or damage; by whom paid over by said Justices; remarks. The crimes listed are of various kinds: misdemeanors, assault, drunk and disorderly conduct, gaming, grossly insulting and abusive language, trespassing, vagrancy, selling liquor on Sunday, dog stealing, etc. Very scarce item. Born on 22 February 1822, Daniel Home Lizars immigrated to Upper Canada in 1833 from Edinburgh, Scotland, with his family. He married Esther Longworths in July 1848. They had one son and two daughters. The first municipal clerk for the District of Huron, he served in that position from 16 October 1841 until 1846. He was called to the bar in 1853, was… Read More

Woodstock, Canada, 1865. Ephemera. Very Good. No Binding. Grey, William (1812-?). To the Electors of the Town of Woodstock. Broadside. 36 x 17 cm. Signed and dated at end: William Grey, Woodstock, Dec. 30, 1865. William Grey responds to the accusations of John McWhinnie in the Woodstock Sentinel "in reference to his conduct on the Market question" and other matters of a municipal nature. Only 1 or 2 copies are known to be extant: Library and Archives Canada and the Metropolitan Toronto Library. Born on 18 October 1812 in West Pennard, Somersetshire, England, William Grey settled in Oxford County in 1825. He was a gentleman farmer and owned considerable town property in the environs of Woodstock, Ontario, including the Royal Hotel (erected, in 1843). He was in the Town or County Council much of the time. He was the second Mayor of Woodstock and held the same office several terms for at least 25 years. He was also one of the oldest magistrates in the county. In… Read More

York, Upper Canada, 1804. Ephemera. Very Good. No Binding. [York, Upper Canada: s.n., May 1804]. Broadside. 32.5 × 19.5 cm. The text begins: "GENTLEMEN, The period at which the present Parliament must necessarily meet its dissolution having nearly arrived; I am induced to offer myself as a Candidate to represent you in the ensuing Parliament.." 3 paragraphs of text with the last four lines: "I have the Honor to be | GENTLEMEN, | your devoted humble Servant, | WILLIAM WEEKES." Laid paper backed on linen, with folds. This copy of this broadside has writing in two places: (1) in dark black ink at the top left are 5 inconsequential lines ("10 plain squares | 28 plain fish.."); (2) 12 lines after the text as follows: "[hand pointing to the right] Mr Weekes cannot yield to the impression that any anonymous Address, or the Excertions of a puny officiate shall sway the free and independent Electors of this Riding into an acquiescence in any imaginary Representation.… Read More

York, Upper Canada: Robert Stanton, 1829. Ephemera. Very Good. No Binding. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. U.C. Gazette, Extraordinary. York, Upper Canada, Friday, March 20, 1829. [Printed by Robert Stanton] By Authority [of Sir John Colborne, Lieutenant-Governor]. Broadside with Royal coat of arms and the motto of the Order of the Garter printed at the top. Printed in two columns. Ragged at the right side and bottom, a couple of pin holes, marked "Dup" in pencil on the verso. Signed "R Baldwin Esq" on the top right side, presumably the signature of Robert Baldwin (1804-1858), the Canadian lawyer and politician who, with his political partner Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, led the first responsible ministry in Canada. The Upper Canada Gazette, the official government paper, which began in 1793 (see Fleming, Upper Canadian Imprints 1801-1841, n110), issued a number of "Extraordinary" issues between 1799 and 1839. This "Extraordinary" issue is not recorded by… Read More