- CA ON00156 GB/9
- Series
- 1839-1926
Part of Gerry Boyce records
Books formerly owned by William Nisbet Ponton.
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Part of Gerry Boyce records
Books formerly owned by William Nisbet Ponton.
Argyll Light Infantry : story of formation, 1862
File contains a newspaper article with a historical retrospective on the formation of the Argryll Light Infantry in response to a perceived threat from the United States during the Civil War.
Argyll Light Infantry : list of officers, 1863-1943
File contains a photocopied printed list of the officers by rank of the Fifteenth Battalion Argyll Light Infantry from 1863 to 1943.
Lennox and Addington : Sheriff's Office
File contains miscellaneous legal papers including manuscript writs of execution against goods and lands, writs of summons and copies of manuscript and typescript correspondence to the Sheriff of Lennox and Addington County from Belleville barristers and solicitors.
Railway : Prince Edward & North Hastings Railways, Ponton letter
File contains a photocopied newspaper notice of a shareholders meeting of the Belleville and North Hastings Railway Company, 1 October 1878. Also present is manuscript letter from [G. Sergeant] General Manager of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada 29 April 1891 to W.N. Ponton rejecting the extension of a double track at Belleville.
School Exams – English – Bishop Strachan School; Examiner: W.N. Ponton, M.A. 1880-82
File contains English exams from 1880 and 1882 from Bishop Strachan School with examiner W.N. Ponton, M.A.
Mines and Minerals : Hastings County
File contains several typescript reports and correspondence concerning the mineral resources and the treatment of ores, including gold, iron, and other minerals found in Hastings County. Also contains a printed prospectus of The Gladstone and Sulphuret Gold Mining Company of Ontario ca. 1881, which had temporary headquarters at Belleville.
Gladstone & Sulphuret Goldmining Co., Belleville
File contains manuscript correspondence and corporate reports relating to the Gladstone and Sulphuret Gold Mining Company. Also present are mimeographed copies of a list of lands owned or controlled by W.N. Ponton in north Hastings ca. 1910, and a mimeographed copy of the results of a mineral analysis of Coe Hill, and Madoc area ores
Railway : Ponton letter concerning Grand Trunk dining room
File contains a typescript letter from W.N. Ponton to L.J. Sergeant, General Manager, Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, Montreal regarding a proposed deputation of the Hastings County Council and the Board of Trade to the G.T.R. in Montreal pressing the need for a dining room at the Belleville terminus.
File contains Belleville Gas Co. invoices from c.1886, a c.1927 Belleville Gas Co. bill for W.N.Ponton, a Belleville Gas Co. Letter from c.1898 to Col. W.N.Ponton, and miscellaneous Belleville Gas Co. Letters and invoices from the W.N.Ponton estate.
Belleville Gas Company
“Buy Belleville” – Article by W.N. Ponton 1890
File contains newspaper clippings written by and about W.N Ponton on “Buying Belleville” and on buying electricity from Trenton.
Newspapers : 'North Hastings Review' advertising quote
File contains a manuscript quote for printing services by the North Hastings Review issued to W.N. Ponton.
Officers' Mess Kit : price list for complete kit, 1895
File contains a printed list of the item cost for a complete kit for an officers' mess, by Apsley, Pellatt & Co. China and Earthenware Manufacturers, London, England. Also present is a manuscript listing of file items in the W.N. Ponton Papers, 1896-[1908] with brief descriptions of the contents including memoranda, lectures and correspondence.
Newspapers: “The Belleville Sun” statement to W.N. Ponton
File contains a manuscript statement of account from the Belleville Sun concerning advertising charges incurred by Col. W.N. Ponton.
Oddfellows : letter re: Grand Lodge, I.O.O.F. 1897
File contains a manuscript letter dated 7 August 1897 on I.O.O.F. printed letterhead, from A. Bates, Secretary, Belleville Branch, Grand Lodge of the International Order of Oddfellows, to W.N. Ponton thanking the latter for making the Armory available for a reception of the Grand Lodge in August, 1897.
Letter from Henry Corby to Col. Ponton
Letter written from Henry Corby to Colonel Ponton, containing H. Corby Distiller & Importer letterhead
Corby, Harry
Belleville Post Office – 1st letter posted at Belleville under new penny rate Dec 1898
File contains a c.1898 certificate of post office registration, c.1898 letter from Lt. Col. Ponton re Marquess of Lorne, c.1898 letter to Col. Ponton from J. Earl Halliwell, and a c.1898 letter to the Marquess of Lorne John Douglas Sutherland Campbell.
South African [Boer] War : Belleville boys, 1899
File contains a newspaper describing the departure of ten young members of the Argyll Light Infantry as they left for duty in South Africa in October, 1899.
Argyll Light Infantry : invitations to concerts and display
File contains a printed invitation announcing a talk and photographic display by Frank Yeigh, Toronto, which included photographs of the Argyll Light Infantry in 1899. Also present is a printed announcement of a concert in support of the Canadian Patriotic Fund, held in Stirling on February 27, 1900.
The Gilbert Parker collection consists of three folders. The first contains pieces of correspondence, primarily to Col. W.N. Ponton. Amoung the items he sent to Ponton were two propogandist pamphlets by Reverend H.M. Gwatkin and William Archer respectively. The second folder contains two of his publications, of which the poem "Was it Some Golden Star" was put to music by Edward Elgar, and two publications directed towards the United States with the aim of bringing them into World War I on the British side. The final folder contains items from the Gilbert Parker Banquet in 1902 with items including a menu and an invitation.
Parker, Sir Gilbert