File contains a copy of a press release that was sent to the Intelligencer with a brief history of the Bank of Montreal's banking facilities in Belleville, established 1843.
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.
The file contains a handwritten photocopy of Bye Law No. 91 dated 17-November-1858, to amend Bye Law No. 1 - to encourage Fire Companies to be formed in Belleville.
File contains a letter from A.G.W. Lamont to the Hastings Historical Society with a copy of a petition dated 21-December-1798 submitted by customers of John W. Meyer requesting the erection of additional mills.
Newspaper article from the Ontario Intelligencer, dated Oct 23, 1964 and titled "Belleville 1860:The Shambles of a Royal Visit". Also in the file a photocopy of a poster dated Sept 3, 1860 with the program (order of service) for the arrival of the Prince of Wales.
File contains an original curriculum containing general information about the programs along with photos, lists of graduates, testimonials, prices etc. owned by Howard Aselstine
Belleville Fire Department records of fires in the city.
1912-1921 (with list of members of the department from 1915 to 1929, notes on running costs of fire trucks purchased in 1921, and poem entitled 'My Mother')
This file contains 3 original hand written record books for the Belleville Horticultural Society. Book One is the membership lists and accounts from 1906 to 1949. Book Two is minutes of meetings from 1927 to 1947. Book Three is minutes of meetings from 1962 to 1967.
The file contains research done by Mrs. G.D. (Lenny Clarke) Williamson on 6 houses in Foster Ward and 1 on Dundas Street East, Belleville. Notes included are:
Clapboard house on the north east corner of Church and Saint Paul Streets.
The Petrie House
The Wallbridge House
The MacKenzie Feeds Building
The Lynch Coal House
The Brick Store
No. 260 Dundas Street East “The George Bleecker House” Also, contained in the file are newspaper clippings from the Ontario Intelligencer:
April 16, 1964 – The George Bleeker House Dundas Street East, opposite Hospital (with photo).
June 18, 1964 – Moodie Cottae Located on Sinclair Street at Bridge Street (with photo).
July 2, 1964 – Welbanks House Located on James Street (with photo).
The Hutton – Ponton House Located on Dundas Steet West (with photo).
This file contains 6 copies of a Programme for the Third Annual Meeting of the Belleville District Library Association dated Thursday, the 7th of March, 1912.
