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File contains a copy of a written history of Actinolite (Bridgewater) written by Lloyd 'Bud' Price and obtained by Gerry Boyce in 1964.

File contains a written history of settlement and development of Elzevir and Grimsthorpe community, compiled in 1964 in response to a call for contributions to a history of Hastings County by the Hastings County Historical Society and the County of Hastings (Historic Hastings).

File contains a number of documents and newspaper articles about the early history and settlement of Tyendinaga, including family names, buildings and industry.

File contains a copy of the Petition of the Inhabitants of Tyendinaga (from the Archives of Canada, Ottawa) dated 24 May 1832, to purchase settled crown land.

The file contains a newspaper article by A. Dempsey dated 30 April 1960, titled "Shannonville in 1830" giving a brief history of the settlement of the area and a clipping from Maclean's Reports about the Shannonville lease.

File contains a number of documents and newspaper articles about the history and settlement of Tyendinaga.

A "Map of the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland" published by the Copp Clark Co. Ltd. of Toronto in 1945.

The map served dual commercial and educational purposes. It advertises for a chocolate company with slogans and images: "Neilson's, The best chocolate bars in Canada [and] Neilson's Jersey milk chocolate - The best milk chocolate made." On the top right corner, an inscription writes that the map was for rural, underprivileged schools and was not to be removed from such locations.

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.

1972 copy of an 1837 plan of 'Diseronca' (now Deseronto, Ontario), surveyed by G.J. Clapp on August 26th, 1837. The plan is Plan 43 of the plans registered in the Hastings County Registry.

The north-south streets shown on the right side of the map are, from right to left, First Street, Second Street, Third Street and Fourth Street. Near the end of Fourth Street a wharf is marked on the map. This is Culbertson's Wharf.

File contains the history of Ivanhoe, including the post office, religion, and early settlers.

File contains original and photocopied manuscript histories of the settlement and early development of Bannockburn including the lumbering and sawmilling industries. Includes a printout of a webpage on Maitland House (available on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine at https://web.archive.org/web/20010805101431/http://casa-de.vrx.net/buildings/) and an article from the Fall 2019 Country Roads magazine about the conversion of St. Bartholomew Anglican Church in Bannockburn into a private home.

Province of Canada sale of Crown Lands (lot 15 in the fifth concession of Marmora Township) to John Fidlar, yeoman, of Marmora Township for $300.

File contains a typescript history of the Mohawk of Tyendinaga 1784-1960.

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.

The file contains a newspaper article from the Ontario Intelligencer. It is a letter to the Editor from T.G. Wrightmeyer about the proposition by the then Mayor Haig to change the name of Zwick's Island. The article gives the history of this parcel of land dating back to 1790 given to Captain Phillip Zwick and subsequent generations.

File contains a reproduction of a manuscript diary of W. Hambly, surveyor, for the period 6 December 1793 to 1 May 1794. The diary entries discuss the survey process in Thurlow, Sidney, Huntingdon and Rawdon Townships. Also present is a typescript transcript of the diary with an appended footnote section which contains a glossary of terms.