London and Surrounding Area Records

Brief Account of the voyage from England to Balaklava, 1855 (part 1)

The manuscript includes regular diary entries on the details of the trip and has sketches of ports and sights along the route. This is attributed to Alfred Ram as his signature is with the sketches.

Henry Becher diary 1865

Henry Becher is the second son of Henry Corry Rowley Becher and Sarah Evanson Leonard Becher. Henry Becher was born at Thornwood in London on July 5, 1846. He studied law with his father’s firm of Becher, Barker and Street, joined the firm after being called to the bar in 1867.

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Howard letters 1850s

Letters from John Howard to his mother in England describing his trip across the Atlantic to Upper Canada and establishing farm near Strathroy, 1858-1859.

Marion Lightbourn diary

Diary written by young woman, Marion Chawner Lightbourn during her visit to Shaw-Wood family at Woodholme in 1883. She writes briefly about the flood in London during July of 1883.