File contains three original documents: a letter dated 8 November 1855 to Isiah Human; a motion from Meeting of Municipal Council of the County of Hastings circa. 1850; a letter to the Municipal Council of Hastings - all detailing an accident involving Thomas Smith and request for financial restitution to both Mr. Smith and Mr. Henry Fanning.
File contains a typescript translation of a letter dated 24 August 1899 from E. Zamora, a former Cuban official imprisoned in Madrid, seeking legal and monetary assistance.
File contains a manuscript paper entitled “The Grand Trunk Railway Strike at Belleville, 1876-1877 : a brief outline,” presented by Gerald E. Boyce at a winter, 1965 meeting of the Belleville Rotary Club. The paper discusses the strike action by trainmen and the dispatch of police and companies of the local battalion to deal with strikers and their supporters.
File contains a newspaper clipping dated 5 August 1958 concerning Roscoe Robson, former M.P. for East Hastings, who resigned his office to accept the position of Sheriff of Hastings County.
The file contains a copy of the notice of the Sheriff's sale of all right and title of Lewis Day & Henry Day to the South half of Lot No. 14 in the 2nd Conc. of the Township of Kingston, dated 3-December-1828.
File contains two separate news articles about Rev. William King, and his work in protecting slaves during the time of the underground railroad, and the founding of Buxton, Ontario.
File contains a document pertaining to the abolishment of slavery. The document is; "an Act to prevent the further introduction of slaves, and to limit the term of contracts for servitude within this province."
This file contains a letter written by Henry K. Smith; the first Fish and Game Warden of Hastings County. The letter, an attestation of oath acknowledging his duty to office and community.
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 printed poster advising municipal residents to vote for the reduction of licensed drinking places in various municipalities, including Belleville. Also present is a newspaper clipping announcing an upcoming talk entitled “The Man that Rum Makes,” by Dr. W.J. Fairfield on 21 November 1887, and a clipping about a horse theft in Sidney after a drinking episode by the perpetrator.
File contains a newspaper clipping regarding meetings of the Trent Valley Police Association with municipal councils in Northumberland and Hastings Counties concerning duties and salaries.
File contains a printed poster issued by Ponton & Morden, Solicitors, Belleville, advertising a sale on 11 July 1892 of a block of land on Ontario street in Trenton, by power of sale due to default.