File contains a manuscript history of Glen Ross from its founding ca. 1859 as the settlement of Tupperville to ca. 1918, by Mrs. Arthur Pyear. Also present is a letter from Mrs.Arthur Pyear to Gerry Boyce, 3 June 1965 accompanying the history.
File contains several manuscript letters, 1965-1967, from Clarence S. Chard, to Gerry Boyce, President of the Hastings County Historical Society, concerning the history of the River Valley and Oak Hills community ca. 1910-1967; a five page genealogy of early settler families in River Valley and Oak Hill; and a manuscript essay on the history of River Valley ca.1881-1959 by Mrs. Roy (Bessie) Bush, Stirling. Also present are several newspaper clippings concerning meetings of the River Valley Women's Institute, 1960-1964.
This file contains a clipping from The Evening Telegram, Toronto. Dated; January 29th 1944. This article is about The Bay of Quinte, and Captain Jacob [John] W. Meyers.
This file contains a clipping of the obituary for former county Sheriff, Thomas William Solmes. He was appointed Sheriff in October, 1947. He died at the age of 69.
File contains: a copy of a motion dated 3 May 1791 naming the persons appointed to serve as Town Officers; a copy of the programme from the opening of the "Sidney Township Centennial Hall and Municipal Offices" dated 17 June 1967; a letter addressed to Mr. G. Boyce (Hastings County Centennial) from C.S. Chard with some memos of the area.
File contains two copies of a booklet titled "Historic Highlights The Corporation of the Township of Sidney 1790-1967" written by J.B. Harder, Clerk of Township of Sidney, assisted by Thelma B. Harder.
File contains a manuscript license issued by the Province of Ontario on 13 October 1879 approving the operation of a ferry from Sidney Township in Hastings County to Ameliasburgh Township in Prince Edward County. Also present are two printed, completed bills of sale, dated 5 November 1880 transferring 64 shares in the steam paddler, Mary Ethel, built at Trenton, to the Bay of Quinte Navigation Company (Limited).
File contains newspaper article from the Ontario Intelligencer dated 5-April-1962 titled "Sidney Township Woman Ardent Wild Life Photographer But She Can Also Make Wolf Hunter's Trophy Look Alive"
File contains two completed printed certificates of Reeve for Township of Sidney, confirming Kecham Graham and Baltis Mose as Township Reeves in 1865 and 1871, respectively.
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.
File contains a printed booklet entitled Township of Sidney, A By-Law Relating to Public Morals and Other Matters,” 1909; a Township of Sidney Financial Statement, 1965; and several newspaper clippings relating to Sidney Township Council meetings, 1957-1966, and miscellaneous engraved wedding and anniversary invitations.
File contains a photocopied survey map of the first concession of the Township of Sidney surveyed by John Emerson, P.L.S. for the Boundary Line Commissioners for the Victoria District, 1840.
File contains a photocopied advertisement for a shop opening by S.Stevens, decorative painter, Sidney Township in 1848, and an advertisement of two acres of land and a house for sale on Trenton Road for $650 in 1881.
File contains photocopied manuscript lists of persons nominated for township and parish officers in Sidney Township, 1790-1819. Also contains a newspaper article regarding the establishment of the Sidney Township Council and highlights of its proceedings to the 1930s. Also present is photocopied typescript outline of the history of Sidney Township and Trenton from ca. 1787-1819.
File contains a photocopy of a newspaper article from The Daily Intelligencer, dated 1-August-1925, titled "Beginnings of Sidney, Thurlow; Romance, Fact, Strangely Mixed Sidney Led Municipal Ventures".
File contains a manuscript deed of land issued on 2 November 1833 to David Roblin for a 100-acre parcel of land purchased from Henry Rose, located at Lot number 32, third concession, in the Township of Sidney, County of Hastings.
File contains a manuscript abstract of registered legal instruments concerning lot 38, in the 1st concession of the Township of Sidney, Hastings County, the majority of which are transactions involving members of the Ponton and Hutton families.