File contains a manuscript resolution of the Municipal Council of the County of Hastings, 28 January 1856 confirming the appointment of William R. Parker and William Judd as grammar school trustees.
File contains a printed booklet entitled “Report on the most eligible route for a canal between Lake Simcoe ..and Georgian Bay...to the Bay of Quinte...” by N.H. Baird, C.E., published at Belleville in 1855. The report discusses proposed routes for a Trent-Severn Canal project.
File contains a newspaper article concerning the early history of Trenton, formerly Trent Port, from ca. 1615-1834. Includes a reproduction of a sketch of the settlement as it appeared in the 1830s.
File contains a newspaper clipping regarding meetings of the Trent Valley Police Association with municipal councils in Northumberland and Hastings Counties concerning duties and salaries.
File contains a printed programme of the 100th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of Thomasburg United Church in 1864. Includes a brief history of the church. Also present is a newspaper article concerning the history of the church and the events of the centennial celebration.
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 printed booklet commemorating the centennial anniversary of Bethany United Church. Includes a history of the building and congregation and a list of pastors who served there between 1866 and 1966.
File contains an original copy of the Rules of the Society of the People Called Methodists, given to Hilda Thrasher, who was admitted on trail 3rd March 1889.
File contains two original booklets commemorating the centennial anniversary for: the Zion Hill School Section 1838-1938 and the Bethel-Zion United Church 1863-1963.
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 original copy, dated 10th November 1899 of a Mortgage Sale for a farm in Thurlow owned by Robert Vanallen; notice of public auction held 9th December 1899.