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Innes v. Chambers (3); Victoria; 1861.64

No. of Plaint – 714

Summons; Invoice for £23.6.8; Judgment Confessed

  • Chambers is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £24.17.6. The amount is due for an unpaid promissory note between the Defendant and the Plaintiff. It is also due for the purchase price of a farm at Rocky Point as contained in a promissory note drawn between the parties involved.

Cameron v. Baugh (1); Victoria; 1861.75

No. of Plaint – 534

Summons

  • Cameron had previously obtained a judgment against the Defendant for £13.13.10 which remains unsatisfied. The Summons states that if the Defendant does not appear in obedience to this summons, he may be committed to the common gaol.

Salisbury v. Porter

File consists of two documents: Summons; Consent to Money Being Paid Out. Plaintiffs attorney to attend in Chambers to show cause why the Plaintiff should not find security for the Defendant's costs in this action.

Wilcox v. Pemberton et al

File consists of four document: (2) Costs; Affidavit of J. Wilcox; Order. Plaintiff had erected and maintained a Hotel on Wharf Street in Victoria which did quite well, being in a location beside the harbour and near the bridge. However, the Defendants then constructed a bar across the bridge which "entirely intercepts and obstructs the transit and traffic of vehicle," they no longer travel in front of the Plaintiffs hotel and his business as Innkeeper has thereby been greatly injured as a result.

Grelley v. Craft et al

File consists of eight documents: Affidavit of P. Grelley; Order; Order to Amend Bill; Notice of Motion; Summons; Affidavit of Service of Summons; Order; Affidavit of H.P. Crease. Plaintiff claims $730 owed to him by the Defendant for the use and occupation of the Colonial Hotel. Court Order states that the Receiver be at liberty to wind up the business of the Colonial Hotel and to bring on and pay the accounts of the said receivership.

Dickson v. Vereydhen

File consists of three documents: Affidavit of J. Dickson; Affidavit of W. Culverwell; Order for Capria. Defendant is indebted to the Plaintiff for 34 pounds, 2 shillings and 1 pence for work and labour done and goods sold and delivered. The Plaintiff is concerned that the Defendant is about to quit the colony unless he is apprehended.

Pryce v. Waddington

File consists of 3 documents: Record; List of Names; Plaintiff's Bill of Costs. Pryce is suing the Defendant for 107 pounds, 12 shillings, and 6 pence for work done by the Plaintiff for the Defendant at his request and for money founds to be due from the Defendant to the Plaintiff on accounts stated between them.

Historical records and research subject files

The series consists of historical records acquired by Fleming as well as research subject files he created in his study of British Colombian history. Subjects include the Alaska American/Canadian border dispute, British Columbia settler colonial history, the forestry and timber industry, trade and commerce in the Pacific Northwest, and particularly the Nootka crisis and the expedition of Alessandro Malaspina. Record types include correspondence, indentures, pamphlets, articles, notes, presentation materials, and photographs from Fleming's research related travel.

[Envelopes]

Envelopes addressed to Mr. and Miss Shore Smith. Two envelopes with Hungarian stamps from the late 1870s; two envelopes with no stamp marked "To enquire" in the upper left; two envelopes with British stamps; one envelope with no stamp or marking, but with a note on the front signed "F.N."

William Rose fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1010
  • Fonds
  • 1861-1968

Fonds consists of materials documenting the life and career of William Rose, and includes correspondence (1905-1967), diaries (1895-1939), drafts of manuscripts, articles, translations, poetry, lecture notes, published materials (including clippings), offprints, and photographs. Among these are several pieces written under his pseudonym Jan Rozycki. The records are arranged in the following series: Correspondence, Published Works, Reports, Notes, Notebooks, Diaries, Manuscripts, Translations, Reviews, Publications About Rose, Works by Others, Rose Family Records, and Photographs.

Rose, William

An Act to provide for and Regulate the Sale of Wines, Spirits, Malt and other Liquors. Whereas it is expedient to regulate the Sale of Wines, Spirituous, Malt and other Liquors, and to grant Licenses to persons duly authorising them to sell the same; …

[Coat of arms, small] AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AND REGULATE THE SALE OF WINES, SPIRITS,
MALT AND OTHER LIQUORS. ... ASSENTED TO THIS 18TH DAY OF JULY, 1861. JAMES DOUGLAS,
GOVERNOR.

Liquor License Act.

Proclamation. No. 13, A. D. 1861. By His Excellency James Douglas, Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of British Columbia and its Dependencies, Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c. Whereas, under and by virtue of an Act of Parliament made and passed in the Session of Parliament held in the 21st and 22nd years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled “An Act to provide for the Government of British Columbia,” …

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Royal coat of arms A] R. PROCLAMATION. NO.13, A.D. 1861. BY HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES DOUGLAS, COMPANION OF THE MOST HONORABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE SAME, &C., &C. ... {L.S.} ISSUED UNDER THE PUBLIC SEAL OF THE SAID COLONY, AT VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND, THIS FOURTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE, AND IN THE TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF HER MAJESTY’S REIGN, BY ME, JAMES DOUGLAS. BY HIS EXCELLENCY’S COMMAND, WILLIAM A.G. YOUNG. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

British Columbia Road Loans Act. 1861.

An Act to enlarge the time limited by the Victoria Gas Company’s Act, 1860, for the establishment of Gas Works and Buildings by the Victoria Gas Company. Whereas, by the third section of the said Act, it is declared that the said Company shall, within one year from the passage of the said Act, unavoidable causalities of the sea and fire not preventing, …

V. [Coat of arms A] R. AN ACT TO ENLARGE THE TIME LIMITED BY THE VICTORIA GAS COMPANY’S ACT, 1860, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GAS WORKS AND BUILDINGS BY THE VICTORIA GAS COMPANY. ... RECEIVED MY ASSENT THIS 9TH DAY OF DECEMBER, A.D. 1861. JAMES DOUGLAS.

Victoria Gas Company’s Extension Act, 1861.

Wilcox v. Pemberton et al

File contains: Affidavit of G. Balls. Regarding the road from Esquimalt to Victoria, erected by the government for use by the public. The stoppage of the road by obstructing the bridge with a bar across the same thereby impending the traffic along the bridge has caused much injury to the property holders on Wharf Street.

Dupuis v. Staples et al

File contains: Affidavit of E. Dupuis. Captain Staples and others, owners of the steamship Pacific, are justly and truly indebted to the Plaintiff for 53 pounds, 8 shillings, for the value of certain articles delivered to the Defendants as common carriers to be delivered to him in Victoria. They have not been delivered and the Plaintiff believes that the Defendants are about to leave for San Francisco and he asks that they be apprehended.

Grelley v. Kraft et al

File contains: Notice of Motion; (2) Draft: of Order; Receipt for Papers Out of Court; Notice of Filing Answer; Appearance for H. Kraft; Judges Minutes; Statement of Facts; Affidavit of Defendant Kraft; and Bill of Complaint. The Defendants leased the Colonial Hotel in Victoria from the Plaintiffs for one year. Disagreements arose between the parties and the Plaintiff asks that Kraft stops any further construction or renovation on the Hotel while the case between them is resolved with the Defendants paying the Plaintiff for damages suffered.

Robert Allison Hood fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1253
  • Fonds
  • 1861, 1888-1958

The fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, photographs, printed material, memorabilia, and other documents related to Hood's personal life and interests, his writing, and his career in real estate and financial management. Also included are documents related to Hood's involvement in the Canadian Authors Association, the St. Andrew's and Caledonian Society, the Scottish Dramatic Society, and the Central Presbyterian Church in Vancouver. The fonds also contains a subfonds consisting of Hood Brothers' correspondence and financial records.

Hood, Robert Allison

Gambitz v. Bond (2); Victoria; 1861.08

No. of Plaint – 692

Summons; Warrant

  • Gambitz had obtained a judgment against the Plaintiff for £2.17 for debt and £4.16 for costs, and the judgment remains unsatisfied. As outlined in the Warrant, the Defendant had still not satisfied the judgment, the Defendant is to be committed for six days to the common gaol.

Lekind v. Lewis (2); Victoria; 1861.17

No. of Plaint – 711

Summons; Invoice for £26

  • Lewis is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £28.15.10. The amount is due for reversing a judgment for the Defendant in Sacramento County, California. It appears that the Plaintiff provided the Defendant with legal services for the said judgment.

Shaw v. Magee (3); Victoria; 1861.51

No. of Plaint – 855

Summons; Invoice for £10.5; Judgment Confessed

  • Magee is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £12.8.10. The amount is due for 13 days of labor performed by the Plaintiff for the Defendant as a carpenter, building a house on Government Street.

Monterio v. Waite

File consists of five documents: Affidavit of Waite; Testimony of J. Monterio; Order, Rule to Discontinue; Judges Order Allowing Appearance and Defense to Action. Defendant and Plaintiff were in a business partnership together and the Defendant Waite is indebted to the Plaintiff for $233.54 for a debt incurred while in this partnership

Price and Green v. Nuttall

File consists of 1 document: Writ of Summons (Statement of Account attached). The Plaintiffs complain that the Defendant is indebted to them for 122 pounds, 17 shillings, and 7 pence for goods sold and delivered by the Plaintiffs to the Defendant at his request and also for money due from the Defendant to the Plaintiffs on an account stated between them (particulars listed in the attached Statement of Account).

Photographs series

Series consists of photographs of William Rose, members of his family, and friends and colleagues. Most of the images, except those of Rose, are unidentified.

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