PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF CANADA ARCHIVES PUBLIQUES DU CANADA MANUSCRIPT DIVISION DIVISION DES MANUSCRITS HILL COLLECTION MG 24, I 9 Finding Aid No. 362 / Instrument de i.echerche no 362 Addition and revis4n by Addition et révision préparées Michèle Corbett in 1975. par Michèle Corbett en 1975. Ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages Introduction li Shelf List iii-v Subject Lists Subject List for Volume 13 vi Subject List for Volumes 14-17 vi-viii Subject List for Volume 30 viii-x Subject List for Volume 31 Items transferred to Picture Division xi Items transferred to the Library xii-xiii Alphabetical Lis -Uof Authors 1-222 /ii INTRODUCTION Hamnett Pinhey Hill (1876-1942), an Ottawa lawyer, collected documents relating to the early hilstory of Bytown. Much of this collection relates to the Pinhey, Christie and Hill families. Mary Anne Pinhey married Dr. Hamnett Hill in 1844 and their eldest son, Hamnett Pinhey Hill, married Margaret Christie. Legal papers of the firm Hill and Hill are to be found in MG 28, III 46. The collection was assembled by Hamnett Pinhey Hill, K.C. and presented to the Publi c Archives in 1954 and 1956 by his son, Mr. Hamnett Pinhey Hill Jr. In the origi nal arrangement, roman numerals were used to designate each group of file of the papers of Doctor Alexander Christie and Hamnett Pinhey, within the group or file, items were numbered. The papers are now divided in five series as follows: 1. Christie Family II Pinhey Family III Hill Family IV John Gray V Miscellaneous A card index covering parts of the collection in its original classification serves as an incomplete conversion list to the new page numbers. Addition and Revision Michèle Corbett 1975 SHELF LIST I CHRISTIE FAK IL Y Dr . Alexander James Christie, Alexander James Christie Jr ., Thomas Alexander Christie, James Christie . Volume Pages 1 Correspondence, n .d .,1814-1826 2 If , 1827-1832 1-313 3 11 314-638 11 1 1833-1838 639-945 54 1839 - September 1841 946-1298 1841-1843 6 1299-1675 1844-1877 1676-2029 Miscellaneous,,n .d . 1807-1827 87 It ,11 1828-183 2030-22736 , 1837-1871 2275-2465 PINHEY FAMILY Hamnett Pinhey, Horace Pinhey, Constance Pinhey, C .H . Pinhey . Volume Eqaes 9 Corres~ondence, n .d ., 10 Miscellaneous, n 1817-1832 2466-2836 .d ., 1815-1821 2837-3194 11 1822-1868 3195-3465 III HILL FAMIL Y Dr . Hamnett Hill, Hamnett Pinhey Hill Sr ., Hamnett Pinhey Hill, K .C . /i v III HILL FAMILY (cont'd) Volume Pages 12 Correspondence, n.d., 1850 ï 1864-1942 3466-3792 Miscellaneous, n.d., 1810-1864 - 13 Manuscripts 3793-4147 IV JOHN GRAY Land and Estate. The greater part consists of grants to John McKindlay whose land was purchased by John Gray. Volume 229111 14 John Gray, land and estate, 1798-1864 4148-4273 15 John McKindlay, grants, 1801-1826 4274-4301 16 1802-1822 4302-4325 17 II II 1802-1804 4326-4343 V MISCELLANEOUS Volume Pages 18 Miscellaneous Correspondence, n.d., 1716, 1818-1833 4344-4635 19 le , 1834-1847 4636-4914 20 11 il , 1848-1877, 1941 4915-5382 21 ,i Material, n.d., 1811 - June 1832 5383-5659 22 si " , July 1832 - 1841 5660-5936 23 I, " , 1842-1854 5937-6173 24 II " , 1855-1865 6174-6317 25 el " , 1866 - June 1876 6318-6408 26 ig " , June 1876-- 1888 6409-6547 27 I. " , 1889-1942 6548-6681 /v V MISCELLANEOUS (cont'd) Volume Pages I 28 John By Estate Miscellaneous, n.d., 1831-1852, 1861-1867, 6682-7049 1876-1877 29 Printed House of Assembly Bills and other Papers, n.d., 7050-7210 1830-1843 30 Printed Pamphlets 7211-8054 31 Miscellaneous Bound Volumes 8055-8538 32 Scrapbooks 8539-8832 33 8833-8850 34 Notes and Copies 8851-9155 35 Roll of Genealogical Material on Pinhey and Christie families (Vertical Filing Cabinet) 36 Roll containing graduation diploma of A.J. Christie, 3 April, 1807 37 Roll containing document relating to the Scottish Church, 1688 (Vertical Filing Cabinet) SUBJECT LIST /vi Volume Page s 13 Robert Randall and the Le Breton Flat 3794-3880 Ottawa : A Hundred Years Ago .Professor A .H . Young 3881-3886 The Bytown Gazette - A Pioneer Newspaper H .P . Hill 3887-3969 Memorandum Re Dr . Alexander James Christie 3970-3973 Report to His Grace Duke of ington by Commission 3974-3977 of which Major General Sir James Carmichael Smith, President , 9 September 1825 Sketch of Steward Derbishire 3978-3983 Sketch of John By It 11 11 11 3999-4004 4005-4023 Bytown in 1837 . Typed copy 4024-4064 Hill Family Manuscripts 4065-4147 1 Volumes!14ito-11 7 Lands held by John Gray, 1799-1829, and by the Gray estate, 1829-1864 . With the exception of a grant to Gray in Markham, 1804, the lands i-,,ere acquired by purchase . The greater part of the collection consists of deeds to land acquired by John McKindlay, 1799-1825, which came in Gray's possession, although there are comparatively few records of transfer from McKindlay to Gray . 16 inches . Presented by H .P . Hill, Ottawa . Volume Pages 14 Grant to Gray, Markham, 1804 4148-4149 /vii Volume Pael 14 Sales ito Gray by: Andrew Christie, Roxborough, 1820 4150-4152 William Berczy, Markham, 1804 41 53-41 54 Grant to heirs of Robert Ellice, Godmanchester, 1811. 4155-4171 Lands acquired by Samuel Heron from John Wilson, York, 1798 4172-4173 from Eva Bradt, Scarborough, 1799 41 74-41 75 from Alexander Gray, York, 1802 4176-4178 Sales by Heron to Gray York and Vaughan, 1801 4179-4184 York, Vaughan, and Scarborough, 1803 4185-4187 Scarborough, 1807 41 88-41 90 Sale by Alex.Macdonell to Gray, land in Norwich, 1809, with 4191-4195 release of dower by Ann Macdonell Sales by John McKindlay to Gray 4196-4213 Thurlow, 1829 Clarence, Cumberland, and Gloucester, 1829 Williamsburg, 1829 Hawkesbury, Alfred and Plantagenet, 1829 Roxborough, 1829 Kenyon, 1829 Portland, 1829 Lancaster, 1829 Cumberland, 1829 (to the Gray estate). Estate of John Gray Minutes of survey for land owned by Benjamin Hall, 4214-4218 Montreal, 1833 J. /viii Volume L'191t1 14 Estate of John Gray (cont'd) Agtkement with the Seminary St. Sulpice, 1835 4219-4226 Sale to Charles Castle, Montreal, 1836 4227-4231 Sale to Lawrence Castle, Montreal, 1836 4232-4236 Sale to John McCord, Montreal, 1836 4237-4243 Protest by Sydney Bellingham and his wife, Arabella 4244-4249 Holmes Bellingham, 1843 Commutation granted by the Seminary St. Sulpice, 1844 4250-4253 Agreement with Peter Warren Dease as to boundaries, 1855 4254-4258 Assignment and transfer by Arabella Holmes Bellingham, 4259-4267 1864 15 Lands acquired by John McKindlay Alfred, 1801-1805 4274-4285 Clarence, 1801-1826 4286-4293 Cumberland, 1802-1805 4294-4301 16 Hawkesbury, 1802-1825 4302-4307 Kenyon, 1804 4308-4309 Kingston, 1799 Loughborough, 1806 4312-4313 Plantagenet, 1802-1822 4314-4325 17 Portland, 1802 4326-4327 Roxborough, 1802-1804 4328-4339 Thurlow, 1802 4340-4341 Williamsburg, 1802 4342-4343 30 The Engineering Journal, August, 1931 (containing a 7211-7212 biography of Lt. Col. John By) A bill intituled an act for the Union of Canada, Nova Scotia 7213-7259 etc. (1867) /ix Volume Pages 30 Municiipal Council for Dalhousie District 7260-7404 the County of Carleton 7405-7449 the County of Waterloo 7450-7465 Act for the better establishment and maintenance of 7466-7486 Common School in Upper Canada Historique des Journaux d'Ottawa, by F.J. Audet, 1896 7487-7732 The Periodical Literature of Upper Canada, by W.S. Wallace, 7733-7553 1931 Recollections of Bytown and its Inhabitants, by William 7554-7647 Pittman Lett: 1874 The Struggle for the Capital of Canada, by Fred Cook, (1938) 7648-7667 The City of Ottawa and its Relations with the Federal 7668-7684 Authority, by Fred Cook, 1909 Early names of the Ottawa River, 1938 7685-7693 The Story of the Ottawa Valley, 1910 7694-7736 Ottawa Citÿ,-Passenger Railway 7737-7743 Bytown and Prescott Railway (Engineer's Report) 7744-7776 Medical Memoirs of Bytown, by Dr. H.B. Small 7777-7793 /x Volume Pages 30 When lesuit Saints passed the Chaudière 7794-7800 Poems 7801-7834 Sermon preached at the opening of St. Mary's Church, 1828 7835-7848 Christ Church, Huntley, Centenary, 1839-1939 7849-7865 Petition of William Mackenzie, acting executor to the Estate 7866-7938 of the Late Robert Randall, 1852 Sir Richard Scott, K.C. (1825-1913), by W.L. Scott, 1937 7939-7966 Thomas McKay, Rideau Hall and Earnscliffe, by F.J. Audet, 7967-7988 1932 Robert Randall and The Le Breton Flats, by H.P. Hill, 1919 7989-8054 31 Minutes of the General Sessions of the Peace, Dalhousie 8057-8257 District, 12 April, 1842 - 3 January, 1845 and Minutes of the General Sessions of the Peace, Dalhousie District, 7 January, 1845 - 1 February, 1848 Minutes of Quarter Sessions, Dalhousie District, 19 July, 8258-8408 1843 - 7 January, 1851 Record Book, Recorder's court, 2 September, 1867 - 22 December, 1868 8409-8475 Scrap book of Edward Malloch relating to lands 1841-1843, 8476-8538 1852-1853 'xi ITEMS TRANSFERRED TO PICTURE DIVISION Old Reference D7scription XVII, 86 - old newsprint picture of Ottawa, 1865 or 1866. XXXIII, 121 - ruins of Colonel By's house on Major's Hill, 1861. 40-51 - Mrs. Alexander Christie, vice-president of Protestant Orphans' Home, 1885. XXVIII, 12 - site of the last duel in Ontario at Perth where Lyons was killed by Wilson in 1833. XXV, 105 - John Burrows. XVII, 87 - old view of Victoria St. I, 2 - portrait of Dr. Alexander James Christie as a young man.