Les artefacts inclus dans cette catégorie ont été fabriqués avec des matériaux d'origine animale ou végétale. Les protéines et la cellulose sont les composantes de base des objets fabriqués avec des matières organiques : cuir, bois, ossements, ivoire, ramures, laine, soie et coton, pour n'en nommer que quelques-uns.

Extract from 'The Answer to the Enquiries from the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Council of Trade and Plantations' by Andrew Leake, 1699.

The articles that follow is an attempt to identify the owners of 19 bottle-seal fragments from English glass wine bottles and to provide some insight into the practice of bottle-sealing.

Page 1 showing nine bottle-seal fragments from 17th and 18th century English glass wine bottles unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

Page 2 showing eight bottle-seal fragments from 18th century English glass wine bottles unearthed at the Colony of Avalon.

Information about Sir George Calvert and the establishment of the Colony of Avalon at Ferryland.

An extract from Letter to Board of Trade, by Colonel J. Gibson, dated June 28, 1697.

Counsel for Cecil Calvert (Second Baron Baltimore), in his case concerning the Province of Avalon, dating from December 23, 1651.

Overview of the presence of the Kirkes in Newfoundland, including the granting of the island and the legal battles between the Kirkes and the Calverts.

Letter to Archbishop Laud from Sir David Kirke, dated October 2, 1639, and dealing with planters, health, weather, religion, and the Anglican Church.

Overview of the Dutch raid on Ferryland in 1673, which occurred after the Dutch had been defeated by the English and lost their colonies in what is now New York.

Deposition of Edward Davis, taken on September 23, 1695, and dealing with France, war, fortifications, and ordance.

An Account of Fishing and Sack Ships in Ferryland and Caplin Bay

A List of ships Fishing in Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1675

A List of the Inhabitants Names etc., for Ferryland, 1708

Names of the English Inhabitants, with the Number of Boats and Men, and their Wives and Children at Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1676

An account of all the inhabitants and planters living in Ferryland and Caplin Bay

An Account of the Inhabitants in Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1682

An Account of the Inhabitants in Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1684

An Account of the Number of the Inhabitants etc., in Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1692