228 pp, 9 7/8" H. B&w illustrations. Contents: The Insurrection in the Short Hills in 1838; The Hamiltons of Queenston, Kingston and Hamilton; The Petuns; The Nottawasaga River Route; The First Commission of the Peace for the District of Mecklenburg; Some Events in the History of Kingston; Early History of the Anglican Church in Kingston; Some Epochs in the Story of Old Kingston; The Navies of Lake Ontario in the War of 1812. Notes from the Papers of a Naval Officer then serving on His Majesty's Ships; Cataraqui; Captain William Gilkison. Notes from a Paper; Early Churches in the Niagara Peninsula, Stamford and Chippewa, with Marriage Records of Thomas and James Cummings, J.P., and Extracts from the Cummings Papers. Interior - soft slight bump at top corner of pages, light toning in margins of pages, inside hinges have glue residue and paper pulls, staples at rear inside hinge are rusty. Exterior - small tear and wear at top/bottom of front hinge, light browning to edges of covers, some darkening/browning to edges of text block, soft crease at top corner of front cover.