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 reproduction of a manuscript diary of W. Hambly, surveyor, for the period 6 December 1793 to 1 May 1794. The diary entries discuss the survey process in Thurlow, Sidney, Huntingdon and Rawdon Townships. Also present is a typescript transcript of the diary with an appended footnote section which contains a glossary of terms.
File contains a printed page titled "To The Electors of Murney Ward", dated December 1st, 1888 and written by E. Guss Porter who was seeking re-election to the City Council. It outlines his services of the previous year.
File contains newspaper articles and clippings regarding the opening of the new Quinte Curling Club quarters in Belleville, in 1958 and other club activities including celebrations of its 100th anniversary in 1967. Articles are:
File contains a printed completed tax assessment issued to Isaac Frost for a retail property on the east side of Front Street, Ketcheson Ward, Belleville, in 1890.
File contains a letter dated 22 November 1969 from Brian Roberts, Carnation, Washington to Mrs. M.G. Plumpton, curator Hastings County Museum requesting information on the Rikley family. Included is a copy of a marriage certificate dated 4 April 1826 for Andrew Rikely (widower) son of Andrew to Eliza Arkles, daughter of John Arkles, married St. Thomas' Church, Belleville.
File contains a photocopied typescript history of the Kingston's Cheese Factory, which operated in Stirling from 1890 to 1946. Includes names of company presidents and cheesemakers.
File contains matriculation certificates "Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario" as well as death notice for Dr. Charles M. Reeves, Tweed Dentist born in Belleville ca. 1876
File contains wedding and obituary announcements, as well as a tax receipt for the Town of Belleville (1875) and personal accounts booklet. Donated by Maud Reeves of Belleville 1960.
File contains a typescript essay entitled "Deseronto and the Rathbun Company," by T. Dane Martin. File contents include a manuscript landing certificate issued by E.W. Rathbun & Co., Wholesale Lumber Dealers 22 October 1877, and a manuscript invoice issued 15 August 1895. Also present is a printed issue of Sylva : Lands and Forests Review, Vol. 12, no.6 (Nov-Dec, 1956) which includes a historical overview and photographs of the early lumber operations of Rathbun & Company
File contains a pedigree chart person No. 1 Harold Devirre Rowley b. 19 October 1909 Davidson, Sask. along with a letter dated 21 October 1968 to Mr. Rowley from Ralph Plumpton, then curator Hastings County Museum with family information from census and will of Wm. Rawley Sr. d. May 1869.
File contains: Exhibit 18, Trenton from minute book page 201 concerning the making Trenton C. North Railway Co. its divisional points & conditions 28 July 1911; Exhibit 5, Agreement between C. North Railway Co. & Town of Trenton, lists railways agreements 1 August 1911; Exhibit 14, re. abandonment of operation of Deseronto subdivision between Trenton Order No. 52012 Board of Railway Commissioners of Canada, Ottawa 12 June 1935
File contains a copy of the newspaper article detailing the wedding of Iola Vera Riggs to Ronald Struan Lewis on 18 Jun 1913 in Belleville, Ontario. The files also contains a copy of a newspaper article about Leona Kathleen Riggs (niece of Iola Riggs) and her aspirations as a singer.
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 a newspaper clipping from the Intelligencer dated 5 May 1966 titled "Mrs. Lavonia Stockelback, Artist, Author, Dies at 92"; the articles gives a brief bio of Mrs. Stockelback (nee Hunter) who was born in Belleville.
File contains 2 newspaper articles; one from the Ontario Intelligencer dated 13 November 1964 titled "Nichols Chemical, Sulphide, Will Close at Year's End Due Loss of Mine Market" and the second one (dated 30 May 1957 from the Tweed News) titled "Rawdon Family Have Acquired Sulphide Store.
File contains a newspaper article dated 28 May 1966 titled "Crown Grant Found In Attic Will Be Presented to Museum"; the file also contains an original "Exemplification of Grant to John Taylor" dated 13 February 1870.