- CA ON00156 TR/1278-12
- Bestanddeel
- [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.
File contains a photocopied typescript history of Mayo Township from its settlement in 1858 to ca. 1906. Also contains an excerpt from the 1889 Hastings County Directory, listings Mayo and Carlow Township land owners by concession. Also contains a newspaper clipping concerning the history of McArthur's Mill to 1934.
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.
Mayo Township : surveyors' field notes, 1869, 1880
File contains photocopied manuscript field notes of H.O. Wood, Provincial Land Surveyor, 1869, and M.J. Butler, Provincial Land Surveyor, 1880. Provides description of Mayo Township natural resources including timber and soil potential.
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.
The fonds consists of 633 photographs, 23 negatives, letters, sympathy cards, business cards, newspaper clippings, genealogy and family history and a few business papers belonging to the Smith family, primarily Frank Smith of Madoc. The photographs found in this fonds mainly depict the area around Madoc, with some from Bancroft, Maynooth and other places in Hastings County. A large number of the photographs were taken on vacation or while travelling through Canada and the United States. The photographs were taken in Florida, Atlantic City, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Healy Falls, Shaw Falls, Coppercliffe, Ottawa, Port Carling, Gaspe, Napanee, Madoc, Bancroft, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick.
The families primarily depicted in the photographs are the Smith family, McCaw family, Swayne family and Cassidy family. Many of the photographs have names and places written on the back of them. Other people mentioned on the photographs include: Jean Phillips Thompson, Mary Smith Barton, Aunt Vera, Muriel Smith, George Wright, Hugh Pepper, Frank Smith, Frank and Jane Packer Ingersoll, Elizabeth Baker, Martin Porter, Kay Seaton, Helen Whycock, Bessie Woods, Tom Ross, Jack and Ann Yonkers.
There are 3 letters from Henry and Eliza Smith between 1872 and 1874; a birth certificate for Frank Smith, news clippings on the Smith and McCaw families and events in Madoc. There are also family trees and other genealogical information connecting the Smith, McCaw and other families. Much of the information appears to have been gathered by Mary Elizabeth Barton (born Smith: lived from 1921 to 2017).
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West Hastings Agricultural Society treasurer's book
Account book including names of prize winners and lists of members.
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