File contains a letter dated 19-April-1887 from F.W. Armstrong (see link for biography http://www.aols.org/sites/default/files/Armstrong-F.W.pdf) addressed to A. Robertson Esq. Ottawa and regarding payment for survey work for the Government in 1882 & 1883.
The file contains the original deed of land situated in Hungerford, dated 17-September-1889. Sales between William Allen Knowels Jr., Mary Adelaide Knowels and John M. Beatty.
File contains a newspaper advertisement dated 21 November 1961, announcing the candidacy of Benjamin Safe, Chairman of Public Works, for the office of Mayor of Belleville, and announcement on 1 December 1961 of Mr. Safe's withdrawal from the mayoralty contest due to illness.
File contains a newspaper article concerning the closure of the Belleville office of Canadian Pacific Telecommunications, after over a century of operations as a telegraph office under various owners.
File contains a typescript letter to Dorothy Sargent from J.R. Ellis, Mayor of the City of Belleville, commending Ms. Sargent's efforts on behalf of the Centennial Year celebrations and enclosing a printed certificate of recognition of service. Also present is a silhouette drawing from the St. Louis Fair, 1904 by E.J. Perry with the inscription on verso : J.T. Sargent.
File contains a manuscript register for School Section 20, Thurlow Township for 1880-1901. Also present is a circular letter dated September 1, 1921 from H.J. Clarke, Public School Inspector, Hastings County, to Hastings County teachers concerning registers to be maintained by teachers, teacher's conventions and related administrative matters.
File contains an Intelligencer article, 6 December 1966, announcing the forthcoming retirement of Elmer “Sandy” Sandercock, deputy-speaker of the Ontario Legislature and MPP (Conservative) for Hastings West since 1948. Also present is a printed program for a Testimonial Dinner in honour of the MPP at the Masonic Temple in Belleville, 8 December 1966.
File contains an 1899 newspaper clipping about United Empire Loyalist families who arrived in the Bay of Quinte region with enslaved people and a 1961 newspaper article about Alexander Milton Ross.
File contains a manuscript petition by Silvester Fanning to the Warden and Councillors of the County of Hastings for damages to property and expenses incurred in 1857.
File contains a Maclean's magazine article, 22 January 1966, entitled “Bobby Hull,” profiling the NHL player and cattle breeder, originally from Point Anne. Also includes an Intelligencer article, 6 May 1966 concerning the erection of a sign at Point Anne honouring Hull.
File contains an original Order of Service for the 97th Anniversary of the I.O.O.F. Stirling Lodge No. 239 dated Sunday, May 7th, 1916; along with 3 newspaper articles from 1956-57 about subsequent anniversary celebrations and presentations of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.)
File contains correspondence from the Town of Trenton to Mr. Gerald Boyce, Hastings County Historical Society, requesting assistance for Miss Dorothy Johns of California who was researching family histories for "Sherman" and "Livingston" with connections to Upper Canada. There is some genealogical information pertaining to both families included in the correspondence.
File contains a letter of 24 March 1966 from Mitchell Sharp, Minister of Finance, to Mr. H.S. Hill, Belleville responding to a concern raised by Mr. Hill regarding the need for a reduction in the basic income tax exemptions to offset increased costs of living.