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Celia File's description of her life as a teacher at the Central Mohawk School on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, where she worked for six years from 1921.

File contains a history of the ancestors of John M. Parrott of Belleville and of his farm at 590 Dundas Street East, written by Lois Foster

The file contains the original discharge paper for Private George Barlow from Captain Wellesly Richey's Independent Company of Militia. He served from 1 May 1839 to 30 April 1840. Dated 1 May 1840 and signed in Belleville.

Business card reading:
Anglo-American, Front Street, Belleville
George Hoggard, Proprietor
Strict Attention Given to Travellers
The Best $1.00 a Day House in the City.
Street Cars pass the Door every 15 Minutes. Stages Call for All Parts.

A newspaper article announcing the death of Col. Roscoe Vanderwater.

An obituary for Col. Roscoe Vanderwater.

Four items:

1. Apprenticeship indentures signed by George Skinner Tickell, his mother, Eliza Talley Tickell and Edward Winter, cabinet maker, carpenter, joiner and builder of Tavistock, Devon, England
2. Letter of appreciation from George S. Tickell's Front Street store employees, with two prints of scenes of Devon printed by Rock & Co of London: Vixen Toor, Dartmoor and Fish House on the Dart near Totnes

A newspaper article about the funeral for Col. Roscoe Vanderwater.

Brochure promoting Belleville, Ontario.

Heavily annotated menu with Canadian and Chinese dishes.

The file contains a photocopy, taken from the original, of the By-Laws, Rules & Regulations of Moira Fire Company No. 1, passed May 1868.

A photocopy of a poster created in 1886 proclaiming "Murray Canal Demonstration! The preliminary opening of the Murray Canal will be celebrated on Wednesday, Oct. 6th, '86 at Twelve O'Clock Point, near Trenton, by a grand Demonstration, at which Sir John A. MacDonald and Hon. Messrs. White, Foster & Bowell will be present."

Notice encouraging emigrants to settle in Hastings County, signed by Thomas Campbell, president, and J. H. Samson, secretary, of the Emigrant Society of the county.

A newspaper photograph of members of the Trenton Victoria Order of Nurses, Miss Mary Margaret Gillies, Mrs. Jean Onyette, Mrs. Ann Larry, and Mrs. Ann Smith, wearing VON uniforms from different eras.

This file contains 4 clippings pertaining to the Quaker Cemetery located in Moira.

1. A newspaper article from the Ontario Intelligencer dated 2 October 1958 titled "Many Pioneers of District Buried in Moira Cemetery". The article references family names: Swetman, Mullett, Baker, Wood, Hudson, Howe, Denyke and Grass
2. A handwritten genealogy of the Baker Family beginning with William and Ann Baker from Ireland
3. An article titled "The Quaker Church" giving a brief history of the church and referencing family names: Mullett, Swetman, Merrill, Latta, Hockey, Wood, Haight, Ostrom, Baker, McTaggart, and Ketcheson
4. A copy of a page taken from an unknown publication with family information for the Vantassel Family, the Baker Family and Later Families with names Diamond, Denike, Outwaters, Emerson, McGowan and Lafferty.

Cover page of the Returns of the Survey of the Township of Wollaston, prepared under the direction of Ontario land surveyor John Allen Snow.

Parchment-covered paper book containing accounts of Robert Shann, flax dresser of Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England, from 1836 to 1838. The volume also contains the will of Robert Shann, in which he leaves his estate to be divided equally between his borther and sister, Christopher and Jane Shann. The executor was George Elwood, shoemaker and the will was dated 2 June 1827. The will was witnessed by William Jennings, John Turnbull and Rob Butterfield. There are also some botanical and biological notes, a poem, and sketches of buildings and boats.

St. Agnes School annual booklet 1913-14

The file contains copies of the Programme for the "Unveiling and Dedication of Historical Plaque at Stone Church, Fourth of Sidney, Sunday, October 23, 1977", along with handwritten notes of the address given by the then President of the Hastings County Historical Society, Mrs. Patricia Bennett.

A detailed account of the history of the Belleville YMCA.