File contains a copy of the Deseronto Customs House Papers from 1874-1920.

File contains a poster with lists of the “Classification of Exports”, issued in 1887 by the Customs Department.

File contains a commission appointing Richard Rayburn, Esquire, as a collector in Her Majesty's Customs.

File contains a coasting license granted to John Shaw of Colburn in 1874.

File contains various commercial papers from Deseronto including: bank statements, invoice for a druggist and optician, the Deseronto Waterworks, etc.

This file contains a handwritten letter from the office of Weddell Bridge and Engine Works. It is dated 1901.

File contains correspondence from Department of the Interior, United States Patent Office to Mr. S.J. Ritchie, dated 1908, as well as from The Atlas Portland Cement Company regarding proposed crushed marble patents and deposit of limestone in Limerick Township. (1907-8).

File contains two account book from 1876 and 1898.

File contains a Burnetts floral handbook ca, 1877, a calendar from 1907, and miscellaneous advertisements.

File contains invoices, financial records, and other miscellaneous original records from various Belleville Booksellers and Stationers ca. 1864-1881.

File contains invoices from Belleville businesses ca. 1880s.

File contains various business invoices and adverts for Belleville businesses dating between 1880-1898.

The fonds consists of Dr. Van Arsdale Blakslee's personal and medical business receipts between the years of 1915 and 1940. There are receipts for medical supplies, tax receipts, and personal receipts such as household bills and car repairs. Many of the medical supply invoices are for products shipped by mail from Toronto or Montreal. Some of these companies in Toronto include: J.F Hartz Co. Limited, Ingram Bell, Ethical Drug Products Limited, and from Montreal Frank W. Horner Limited, Manufacturing Chemists. The majority of the receipts are from local businesses in Belleville and surrounding areas such as: F.W Jeffery Harware Merchant, Midland, Ontario, F.S Anderson Co. Genuine Scranton Coal, W.H Lattimer Druggist Belleville, Sprague the Cleaner, Greenleaf's Garage Machine Shop Foundry Electrical Contractors, R. Oliphant Son Butchers, McLaughlin Motor Car Company, Quinte Bicycle Store, The Belleville Pharmacy, E.D Finkle Electrical Contractor, J.S McKeown The Prescription Druggist, Porter, Butler and Payne Barristers, Solicitors Notaries Public etc. The Belleville Vulcanizing Co. J.T Warren Chevrolet Garage, Ed. F. Dickens Son Bakers and Confectioners, Smith Hardware, Chas J. Symons Gents Furnishings, Hats Caps, A.B Liddle Tailoring, Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing and many more. There are also household bills from the Belleville Gas Department, Belleville Water Works Department, Bell Telephone, Hydro Electric Power Commission and tax receipts from various years.

File contains booklets published by Black Diamond Cheese about the history of cheese. There are also newspaper clippings about Black Diamond Cheese Co. in Belleville.

The file contains an original copy of a souvenir booklet and program from City of Belleville "The Friendly City" Old Home Week July 14th to 19th, 1947.

File contains correspondence between Patricia Goldblatt and James Gill pertaining to cast iron toys made at Belleville Hardware & Lock Company.

File contains a 1958 calendar for Stroud coffee, as well as advertisements for Strouds Coffee products c.1904-15.

The file contains notes by Eva D. Barlow (Mrs. H.C.) about the settlement of the village of Deloro, incorporated in 1919.

File contains a copy of a press release that was sent to the Intelligencer with a brief history of the Bank of Montreal's banking facilities in Belleville, established 1843.