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[Niagra Falls]. Rules and Regulations for Inn-Keepers. 1836
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January 27, 09:56 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,200 USD
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[NIAGARA FALLS]
1836. RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR INN-KEEPERS. NIAGARA, UPPER CANADA: PRINTED BY THE NIAGARA GLEANER, 1836
Broadside (11 3/8 x 7 in.; 286 x 178 mm). Decorative floral border, "6" in "1836" accomplished in ink; portions of right margin and lower right corner torn away with some loss to decorative border; horizontal folds.
Early hotel regulations for Upper Canada, made out to prominent hotelier Monty Crysler, who built the first Clifton House Hotel in 1833. Clifton House was the most important hotel for the next century in Niagara Falls (originally called Clifton Falls). The document lists rules for care of guests, their horses and carriages, sales of liquor, etc.
Printed by the Niagara Gleaner, a weekly newspaper, which ceased publication in 1837. Niagara, renamed Niagara-on-the-Lake, was the first capital of Upper Canada. Unrecorded.