File contains several original and photocopied newspaper articles concerning the events of the Fenian Raids in 1866 and the awarding of medals to veterans in 1900. Lists of names of veterans are present by regiment and militia battalion.
File contains a photocopied printed newsclipping with a drawing of a medal presented to veterans of the Fenian Raids in 1866. A manuscript annotation on the clipping relates: “presented to Mac Bowell.”
File contain a manuscript resolution of the Hastings County Council thanking the Dominion Government for its successful defense of then Canada West during the Fenian Raids and requesting that the Government petition the Imperial authorities to intercede with the United States to ensure further incursions do not occur across the border. Also present is a printed memorial of the County of Peel to the Dominion Government concerning support and payment of local volunteer forces.
File contains a photocopy of a June 1, 1866 article in The Intelligencer concerning Fenian raids in the Fort Erie and Port Colborne areas of Canada West. Also contains several newspaper clippings regarding the Fenian Raids and the dispatching of of the First Belleville Rifles to Prescott to repel the Fenian invaders.
File contains a photocopied printed article which includes a brief historical profile of the Belleville Rifles and 15th Battalion at the time of the Fenian Raids, and a list of veterans.
File contains a printed completed list of recommendations for appointment of company officers of the reserve militia of West Hastings Riding, 23 December 1870. The list includes the profession, rank, age and battalion or company number of the recommended individuals.
File contains a typescript letter dated 22 June 1903 from the Medals Claim Board of the Canadian Militia Quarters to Lt. Col. William Ponton concerning an application for a medal for James Marshall, Grand Trunk Railway Brigade.
File contains a completed printed form entitled "Limits of Company," which lists members of Capt. Roberts' militia company, Third Battalion Hastings Regiment, from Tyendinaga Reserve in 1862. Members are listed by rank, age and marital status.
File contains a manuscript Battalion order issued to Capt. Joseph Canniff, 1st Battalion Hastings Militia to call out service men for muster at Cannifton in January, 1862. Also contains a completed printed form entitled Limits of Company, which lists members of Capt. Canniff's militia company in 1861 by name, rank and marital status.
File contains a typescript , and duplicate manuscript list of military commissions held by Lt. Col. Elijah Ketcheson, 4th Regiment Hastings Militia ca.1812-1848. The list is transcribed from excerpts of newspaper articles ca. 1880 concerning the life of Lt. Col. Ketcheson.
File contains manuscript and typescript transcripts of an 1880 newspaper article concerning the life and career of Colonel Elijah Ketcheson who commanded the 4th Company of the Hastings Militia at Carrying Place and Trenton during the Rebellion of 1837.
File contains a newspaper article from 1921 relating the events of riots by factions and the burning of the parliament buildings in Montreal in response to the Rebellion Losses Bill of 1849.
File contains a printed copy of a poster inciting Prince Edward County residents to join in opposition to the Rebellion Losses Bill in 1849. On verso is a copy of a similar poster issued in Kingston.
File contains a newspaper article concerning clashes between opposing political and religious factions in Ottawa regarding the ratification of the Rebellion Losses Bill in 1849.
File contains a manuscript and photocopied list of Hastings County claimants and amounts awarded in 1846 for losses during the Rebellion of 1837. Also contains a typescript list of claimants by surname compiled in 1959, on the basis of the original above.
File contains a manuscript statement and claim submitted by Joseph Canniff [in 1845?] for damages arising from his imprisonment from December, 1837 to January, 1838 and from February to May, 1838.
File contains a manuscript claim submitted by Simeon Ashley to the Provincial Government for losses associated with the denial of a tavern license in 1839 arising from suspicion of “disaffection' on Ashley's part during the Rebellion.
File contains a manuscript claim submitted to the Provincial Government by Robert M. Roy in 1845 for the provision of a stove for the light infantry in 1838.