1540 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects
Proposed Towns and Military Roads of Upper Canada
Part of Map collection
Poor reproduction of a sketch of Upper Canada to show places designated by Lt. Gov. Simcoe for towns and proposed military roads, circa 1796. The map was published by B. M. Kings.
Deposition by John W. Myers 1797 for David Palmer
This file contains a photocopy of a Deposition by John Walter Myers Esq. dated 14-June-1797 for David Palmer's service in the Corps known by the name of Major Roger's Corp. and that Catharine Harris (wife of David Harris) is David Palmer's legitimate daughter.
Ponton, Dr. Mungo : marriage license
File contains a manuscript marriage license dated 24 August 1797 of Mungo Ponton and Grace Nisbet, issued in Edinburgh Scotland in 1798. Also present is a manuscript dinner invitation issued to Captain and Mrs. Ponton by Dr. and Mrs. Burrows, 21 February 1860.
Ponton (family)
Thurlow Township : miscellaneous notes / by Mrs. Mary Plumpton
File contains manuscript notes by Mary Plumpton including lists of Thurlow Town Clerks, 1798-1846; transcripts of pages from an unidentified diary 1870-1872, and notes on individuals appearing in Plumpton's work, The Rambling River. Also present is a photocopied printed excerpt from the 1879 Hastings County Directory with entries for Canifton[sic] listing residents by name and occupation.
Grant from the Crown of 200 acres of land in Yonge Township, Leeds County (Concession 6, Lot 20) to Harriet Sherwood.
File contains Jezzard family Deed of Sale documents. In 1798 land was sold from Crown land in Hastings County to James McMasters, who then sold land to Joseph Forsyth in 1802, who sold land to Michael Braddeu in 1850.
Map of Murray Township showing several lots
Part of Map collection
A copy of an original map by Surveyor General David W. Smith showing several lots of land in Murray Township in the District of Newcastle. Specifically, the map shows Lots 1-5 near the 1st Concession and River Trent. Published by Henry Smith on July 24, 1799.
Donated by K.G.M. Ross in 1963.
Smith, David William
Survey – First survey of Thurlow 1799
File contains a photocopy of the first survey of Thurlow.
File contains a photocopied printed extract from Belden's Atlas (1878) reprinted in The City of Belleville History (1943) by W.C, Mikel, concerning the organization of the Hastings County militia in 1799.
Mikel, William Charles
File contains a brief photocopied, printed essay on farming in the early nineteenth century.
The Belleville Gas Company of Hastings
File contains a copy of a blank receipt for the purchase of Capital Stock of the Belleville Gas Company of Hastings, Ontario.
Reproduction of a plan of the organized part of the Provinces of Upper Canada
Part of Map collection
Reproduction of: "A plan of the organized part of the Provinces of Upper Canada according to a Bill which has passed the two Houses, & reserved for the signification of the Royal Pleasure." Surveyed by J. R. Grant Surveyor General. Circa 1798-1802.
Part of the Mika collection.
Hastings Land Registry materials
This collection contains three volumes and a bundle of deeds and mortgages relating to properties in Hastings County.
'Patent Record': volume arranged by township, concession, and lot number, recording the original patent holder and the date of granting for each lot in Hastings County, 1800-1947
'Liber A': the earliest land register book for Hastings County, covering instruments 1-110, 1800-1811
*Printed 'New Topographical Atlas of the Province of Ontario, 1879'
Hastings County Land Registry Office
File contains 2 business cards; 1) Glasgow Warehouse (Dry Goods, Carpets, Linoleum & House Furnishings), Belleville and 2) Oak Hall (Clothing), Front Street, Belleville
Reproduction of a map of the province of Upper Canada
Part of Map collection
Reproduction of a map showing new settlements, townships, counties etc.in the province of Upper Canada as of April 12, 1800. The total area spans from Quebec to Lake Huron and from Lake Michigan to New Hampshire then south to Pennsylvania in the U.S.A. This was the first printed map of Upper Canada, showing all settlements since 1784. Charted by D. W. Smith, Esq., Surveyor General London and published by W. Faden.
This map was published by Stonehouse Productions as part of "Charting Our Past" from the Archives of Ontario.
Smith, David William
Survey of the First Loyalists Settlement
Part of Map collection
A reproduction of a survey of one the first Loyalists Settlement in Upper Canada.
Part of the Mika collection (HCM05682).
Masonic : Moira Lodge list of past masters, 1801-1963
File contains a photocopied printed pamphlet listing the annual past masters of the Moira Lodge of the Masons, 1801-1963.
Missionary Lorenzo Dow 1801-1829
File contains newspaper clips of Lorenze Dow's journal with excerpts from ca.1801 and 1829 on his crossing into Canada.
Various notes and legal documents relating to Russell and Thomas Pitman of Thurlow Township, Hastings County. Partially transcribed by Lois Foster.
Pitman, Thomas
Masonic; minutes of instruction 1803
File containing minutes of a meeting of Masons from 5 May 1803, Lodge #06 at Kingston. Also a newspaper clipping on the founding of Lodge 11in Belleville.