File contains a newspaper clipping from 1966 about changing the name of geographic features between Belleville and Trenton in order to help remove bigotry in Canada; these sites were given names considered offensive today and have “no place in the geographic nomenclature. The article discusses a letter signed by J. Keith Fraser, executive secretary, Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographic Names, Geographical Branch, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa.
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.
File contains an envelope sent from Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to Dr. J.W. Farley, Trenton, Ontario. It contained a deed concerning the sale of property in Block H, Trent Port between Joseph and Mary Ann Shuter of Montreal and James Lyons Biggar of Murray Township, Northumberland. [Property now at 141 Dundas Street West, Trenton.]
File contains manuscript and typescript copies of correspondence sent and received by Col. W. N. Ponton concerning the development of hydroelectric power on the Trent River. Also contains correspondence regarding the proposed electrification of the Belleville waterworks by the Trenton Electric and Water Company.
The file contains miscellaneous receipts for Charles Moon, a Bayside Blacksmith. There are 5 ledgers (3676-1 to 3676-5) containing names and payments from individuals, ordered alphabetically.
The file contains a copy of a writing titled "A History of the Descendants of David Bucklin Johns, SUE and Sarah Maria Carley, DUE In Hastings County, Ontario". Written August 2006 by Sharon Anne Starkey, UE it is a collection of short biographies and documentation.
Deeds and mortgages for property on South King Street, Trenton. Individuals mentioned include Mary Booth, Clarissa Nugent, Charles D. Taft and George Frost