Covering letter from Francis Colborne (son of Sir John Colborne) to de Lery Macdonald, written 27 June 1895; handwritten copy of a letter from Colborne to Fitzroy Somerset (Horse Guards), originally written 22 December 1837, written from Montreal, and addressed to "My Lord."

Letter from Sir John Colborne addressed to the Officer of the United States Army in command at St. Albans. With a petition granted by Colborne to Benoit Lallie, 1 May 1840, to keep a ferry on the Ottawa River at Ste. Rose (includes English and French versions of the petition.