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Alessandro Marchetti Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 203
  • Fonds
  • early 18th century

These are two manuscript copies of Marchetti's translation of Lucretius, Tito Lucrezio della natura delle cose.

Marchetti, Alessandro, 1633-1714

Norman McLeod Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 36
  • Fonds
  • 1861

Fonds contains a character sketch in prose of "Aunt Mary." McLeod later published a chapter entitled "Aunt Mary" in his book, "Character Sketches" (New York: Dodd, Mead, & Company, 1876).

Herman Witsius Ryland Collection

  • CA RBD MSG 813
  • Collection
  • 1810-1815

This collection consists of letters to Sir James Craig and others on the subject of Lower Canada, 1810-1815.

Ryland, Herman Witsius, 1760-1838

Duncan Cameron Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 1025
  • Fonds
  • 1804-1805

Cameron's papers comprise a journal kept in the Nipigon region from July 1804 to May 1805, together with a separate volume of extracts from the 1804 journal.

Cameron, Duncan, active 1804-1805

Raimondo Montecuccoli Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 103
  • Fonds
  • [18th century?]

These two volumes of Afforismi dell'Arte Bellica lasciati per eterna memoria del Gran Generale Principe Montecucoli are possibly extracts from his memoirs.

Montecuccoli, Raimondo, 1608-1681

Alexander Henry Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 1031
  • Fonds
  • 1806-1840

This records travels in the Red River Colony in 1806. On the final leaf it is noted that the text was revised 7 May 1840

Henry, Alexander, -1814

Roderick McKenzie Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 1036
  • Fonds
  • 1784-1837

approximately half this material consists of letters, covering the years 1823-1837, from Andrew William Cochran, 1792-1849, civil secretary to the governors of Lower Canada from 1812 onwards, and a member of the Executive Council from 1827 to 1841. The remainder comprises a number of accounts of travels and exploration by North West Company employees, probably collected by McKenzie for his history. Included are Charles McKenzie's expeditions amongst the Missisouri Indians; Edward Umfreville's journal of a canoe trip from Lake Superior to Portage de l'Isle 1784; accounts of the Athabaska Indians, 1795 and 1805, George Keith's memoirs of the McKenzie River Department, 1807-1817; and George Henry Monk's of the Department of Fond du Lac or Mississippi, 1807; John McDonnell's account of the Red River, ca 1787; and John Johnston's of Lake Superior and a letter on the North West Indians from Eneas McDonnell. Also included are letters written to McKenzie from Forks on the Mackenzie River by William Ferdinand Wentzel, 1807-1824.

McKenzie, Roderick, 1761-1844

Oliver Warner Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 105
  • Fonds
  • 1939

Fonds consists of an unpublished manuscript autobiography of Warner entitled "The Grey Mayor".

Warner, Oliver, 1903-1976

F.H. Ramsbottom Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 107
  • Fonds
  • 1860

A volume of miscellaneous pieces in verse which Ramsbottom submitted to Charles Dickens in 1866. Dickens advised against publication.

Ramsbottom, F.H., active 1860

James Denoon Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 1078
  • Fonds
  • 1850-1890

Fonds consists of forty notebooks containing poetry and essays written by Sgt. James Denoon of the Royal Artillery. These are copies of his works dating back to 1832 made by him while at his residence, Maple Bank in Three Rivers, Quebec during roughly the period from 1883 to 1890 to pass on to his granddaughter, Bertha. Denoon’s notebooks contain sporadic notes and commentary giving further information on the subjects of his poems and on his activities. There is some repetition of material, but several notebooks containing duplicated works are found to differ and contain various revisions, in some cases with significant differences. An article written by Carmine Starnino in the Arc Poetry Magazine (Summer, 2007) about this group of notebooks after they were discovered in Westmount, Quebec, discusses the merits of Denoon’s poetry and how they fit into 19th-century society during a time when many newspapers were inserting the works of everyday “closet poets”. In an editorial statement soliciting amateur poetry, the Quebec Gazette which published at least a pair of Denoon’s works described their purpose: As may at once please the Fancy and instruct the Judgement.

Denoon, James 1802-approximately 1890

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