File contains two original indentures dated 24th November 1875 between John Brown of the Township of Thurlow and Caleb Reid, for the burial lot 104 in The Elmwood Burying Ground.
File contains a photocopied manuscript note by Mrs. C.H. La Rue, concerning a steam-operated vehicle in Foxboro which was won in a draw by a local resident in 1900.
File contains copies of (5) advertisements from 1839 to 1881 selling: a cheese factory, house & land, cedar rails and a blacksmith shop. Also notice of an errant cow.
File contains a newspaper account from the Ontario Intelligencer, 17 October 1963, recounting the history of St. Andrew's Gilead United Church from its foundation in 1863.
File contains a notebook with manuscript lists compiled by Mary Plumpton c.1960s listing land grants by grantees, date of patent and concession in Thurlow Township from 1787-ca.1890.
File contains a photocopy from the original of land grants including name of grantee, date, acreage,concession and lot in Thurlow Township from 1787-ca.1890.
File contains a photocopied typescript chapter with manuscript annotations entitled “Thurlow Township” by Gerry Boyce, which recounts the history of Thurlow Township from its first survey in 1787 to ca. 1963. Also present is an undated manuscript letter from Mary Plumpton to Gerry Boyce concerning her pre-publication review of the chapter, and transcribed notes from a day book of William Bell, concerning the early settlement of Thurlow.
File contains a copy of the "Report of the Board of Management of the Thurlow Circulating Library to it's Members", written by W.R. Bigg, Secretary and dated 4th January 1848.
File contains a copy of a sketch of town lots in Thurlow by Joseph Canniff in 1849. Also present are several photocopied survey maps by lot of Thurlow Township, ca. 1878.
File contains a photocopy of an advertisement from the Intelligencer, dated 10th December 1853, for the lease of a steam saw mill situated on the Bay Shore of the Bay of Quinte, Thurlow. Composed by John Nicholson at the Mill, apply to Tobias Bleecker.
File contains a printed illustrated book cover of 'The Rambling River,' by Mary G. Plumpton. Also present are two newspaper articles regarding: i) the official dedication of the 'The Rambling River,' the centennial year history publication of Thurlow Township; ii) an exhibition of Thurlow Township school section minute books dating to the 1850s.
