Series consists of correspondence and other documents, 1815-1862, relating to the imprisonment of MacNab in connection with the 1829 burning in effigy of Sir John Colborne at Hamilton; to events on the Niagara frontier during the Rebellion, to the cutting out of the CAROLINE, and the subsequent controversy connected with the role of Alexander McLeod; and to MacNab's claims for recognition of his services, as well as various commissions of appointment. This material is located on microfilm reel A-22
The series also includes reel A-305 which contains a diary of Sophia MacNab for 17 January-8 July 1846, dealing with home life, the death of her mother, and travels to Montreal and Quebec; scrap-books relating to Canadian affairs, 1837-1849, and to Viscount Bury's travels in Canada, 1883-1884 with his wife and daughters (Theodora and Hilda Keppel, who prepared the scrap-book) while a representative of British bondholders in Canadian railways; and the diary kept by Viscount Bury during a voyage from Peterborough to Lake Superior in 1857-1858. The microfilm was received before 1957; the originals were then in the custody of the Earl of Albemarle.
Reel A-305 also contains nine letters, 1849, from various political figures of Canada West forwarding petitions in favor of the recall of Lord Elgin. The microfilm copy was received in 1969 from the office of the Dominion Archivist.
Typescript extracts from a journal kept by Viscount Bury on a trip from Peterborough to St. Paul, Minnesota, 21 July-4 September 1854 (photostats, 20 pages). Copied from a text lent by the Earl of Albemarle to Rev. T. Melville Bailey, who in turn lent it in 1957 to the Hamilton Public Library.
There is also a poem entitled 'Constitution' written in pen and ink with a drawing of a foundering ship, to represent the 'ship of state'. The poem appears to have been written by someone concerned about the viability of the government. A notation on the back of the document suggests that it was written at the time of the MacNab-Taché administration. Indeed, the text of the poem refers to Sir Allan MacNab as the commander of the ship of state, suggesting a date of 1854. There is also a note that it was received from Lord Albemarle. This original document was found among the papers of W. Kaye Lamb.
