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.
File contains a newspaper clipping from 1968 about the Hastings County Municipalities election results, including three upset victories of Reeves defeated. On the back of this article is an article about Trenton voters wanting to keep the old Post Office.
File contains letters requesting genealogical information about William McMasters who in the Belleville/Trenton area in the mid-1800s. There is also the family history of Elizabeth Finkle, wife of William McMasters.
File contains correspondence from John Brett McGeachie, P.Eng. born 17 November 1912 Barbara Street, Trenton, Ontario. It contains an autobiography as well as genealogy for the Brett Family.
The file contains original copies of Voter's List of the Village of Trenton in the County of Hastings for the years 1879, 1881, 1884, 1887, 1901 and 1907
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.
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 manuscript correspondence originating from and received by William Robertson regarding lands at River Trent in Murray Township. Also present is a completed, printed approval of the Board of Endowment Office, Toronto, of an application for purchase of lot 28, concession 3, Township of Murray by William Robertson, 29 August 1851.
File contains a printed souvenir supplement to the Toronto Daily Star entitled “The Queen & the Seaway,” regarding the opening of St. Lawrence Seaway and the upcoming royal visit by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Also present are newspaper clippings regarding the Royal visit including an article from The Ontario Intelligencer, 27 July 1959 concerning the Trenton stop of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip during the royal tour.
File contains a number of newspaper photos from various dates and titled "Picture Peeks Into The Past", these are pictures of boats in and on the Trent River and about boating in Trenton.
File contains a newspaper article from The Intelligencer, dated 22-July-1967 and titled "It's Only Five Minutes But it Starts Drivers Fuming" and is about the swing bridge in Trenton.
File contains a number of newspaper photos from various dates and titled "Picture Peeks Into The Past", these are pictures of buildings in and around Trenton.
File contains an original letter, dated 21-September-1896 from R. Weddell, Proprietor, Weddell Bridge and Engine Works and address ed Mr. N. Ponton Esq. regarding a lake lot.