- CA ON00156 TR/1278-12
- File
- [1800s]
File contains a brief photocopied, printed essay on farming in the early nineteenth century.
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File contains a brief photocopied, printed essay on farming in the early nineteenth century.
File contains manuscript probate documents relating to the estate of Henry Le Vesiconte [Levisconte], Captain in the Royal Navy and later gentleman farmer, and a manuscript last will and testament of Sarah Le Vesiconte, widow of Henry Le Vesiconte, 1856. Also contains a typescript excerpts from the Diary of Captain Le Visconte recounting his voyage to Belleville from England and describing conditions in Belleville upon his arrival in 1835.
Hutton Family papers : letter to wife, 1834
File contains a typescript copy of a letter from William Hutton to his wife Fanny Hutton in regard to her joining him in Canada. Includes considerable description of settlement and agricultural conditions in Hastings County.
File contains a Letters Patent, recorded in 1838, authorizing a fair in Frankford.
Sidney Township: Part Assessment Roll, 1850
File contains eight pages of manuscript assessment rolls listing property holders in Sidney Township in 1859 by lot and concession, including extent of improved acreage.
The Canadian Agriculturalist, 1852
File contains a printed copy of the Canadian Agriculturalist, July 1852. Includes a Report on the State of Agriculture in Hastings County by William Hutton, with information on the extent and types of agriculture practised in Hastings County, and crop production in 1852.
Belleville - Trade Statistics - Xerox Copy
Copy of trade statistics for shipments leaving and entering Belleville, Ontario.
Hastings County Request from Bureau of Agriculture W. Halton 1856
File contains documents from Hastings County, including a request from the Bureau of Agriculture & Statistics and a census table from 1856 to record information such as occupied land acreage, number of horses, number of carriages, etc.
Everett, R.J. Strathroy; advert of lands 1858
File contains a newspaper advertisement published in 1858 for the sale of farm lands in Belleville.
Hastings Agricultural Society : grant for fairs, 1859
File contains manuscript resolutions of the Hastings County Council concerning grants to the Hastings Agricultural Society for the purposes of agricultural fairs and exhibitions.
Hastings County Animal Bylaws 1862
File contains a bylaw from 1862 to prevent hogs and pigs “from running at large and doing damage to the public roads”.
Hastings County Letter re: Immigration 1862
File contains an 1862 letter regarding immigration and a notice from the Government Immigration Office discussing the increased number of immigrants from the United Kingdom and the United States, proposing farmers hire new immigrants for farm labour and on large farms build a log cabin for a family to stay in.
Hastings County documents – seed bill 1865
File contains documents from the County of Hastings from 1864-1865, including a 1865 Seed Bill to encourage agriculture and manufactures in order to create a system of agriculture adapted to the soil and climate and does not exclusively grow grain.
Hastings County Industrial Farm & Poor Farming 1907
File contains 1865 communications regarding the establishment of an industrial farm for the poor in Belleville. There is also a 1907 booklet “Rules and Regulations to Govern House of Refuge and Industrial Farm of the County of Hastings”.
Hastings County: House of Refuge and Industrial Farm
File contains motions from Hastings County Council meetings from 1869-1870 regarding the establishment of an Industrial Farm and Poor House in Belleville. There is also a copy of the “Second Annual Report of the Inspector of the House of Industry & Refuge for the County of Waterloo, 1869” that may have been used in the discussions.
Hastings County Immigration 1870
File contains a letter from the Department of Agriculture and Public Works to the Warden of Hastings in 1870 regarding immigrants and farm labour, and a copy of the Constitution of the Peterbo Immigration Society.
West Hastings Agricultural Society treasurer's book
Account book including names of prize winners and lists of members.
West Hastings Agricultural Society
Hastings Agricultural Societies : East & West, 1881.
File contains a newspaper clipping regarding the election of officers of the Hastings County Federation of Agriculture for 1969.
McCurdy, Jonathan : deed of sale of livestock, 1887
File contains a manuscript deed of sale of livestock by Jonathan McCurdy, Sidney Township, 1887.
Ponton (family)
R. J. Graham: evaporator and cider mills, 1890
File contains a newspaper clipping describing the operation of R.J. Graham Company's evaporator and cider mills