Map showing a measured sketch of the water communication between the Bay of Quinte and Lake Huron, May 1818. The total area extends from the Bay of Quinte and Lake Huron by Rice Lake to the falls of the River Trent to its mouth. A reproduction from the Archives of Canada.
A reproduction by the Public Archives of Canada of the "Plan shewing Lands granted to the Six Nation Indians..." Thomas Ridout was the Surveyor General of Upper Canada at the time. The Haldimand Proclamation of 1784 granted the land. The original survey was done in 1791 but records were lost.
A reproduction of a Canada and Nova Scotia Map by John Thomson. Original map made in 1821 and held at the Archives of Ontario. Scale: British Statute Miles 69 1/2 to a Degree.
File contains micro-copy of a newspaper clipping from the Kingston Chronicle, January 27, 1823 announcing the availability of lots for sale by the Iron Works in Marmora, Ontario.
A reproduction of part of a map showing Lower Canada, Quebec and Ontario in 1825. Map shows bodies of water and names of settlements. The boundary of Lower Canada is according to a treaty with the United States. From the Archives of Canada on July 27, 1966. Donated by Chewett.
File contains a manuscript deed of land for properties acquired by William Robertson in Belleville from Bleecker Walden Meyers, 26 October, 1842. Also present is correspondence originating from and received by William Robertson concerning the lease and sale of lands in Hastings County, and Northumberland County.
Lower half of a memorial recording the sale of Lot 17 in Concession 1 of Hungerford Township from David Gardiner of to Thomas Goldsmith Gardiner, all of Whitby, for £50. The deed is instrument 1488 in Book L of the Hastings County Land Registry Office.
an original copy of an indenture made in Whitby, County of York on 11 December 1829 between David Gardiner of Whitby and Thomas Goldsmith Gardiner, £50 received for 200 acres of land situated in the Township of Hungerford, Lot #17, First Concession; 2. an original copy of a Crown Sale Grant to Edmund Murney, of the town of Belleville, dated 23 December 1848 received £80 for 200 Acres in the Township of Elzevir, County Hastings, Lot #2, Second Concession.
A survey plan (registered plan number 126) by Michael Teal, of the Meyers family property in the village of Belleville, Thurlow Township. Specifically, on the north half of Lot 5, 1st concession. The Moira River East and Taylor's lot borders the Meyers' property. Dated May 20, 1829. Scale 2 chains to an inch.
See the 6 note sets from different registrars on the map.
A certified reproduction of the "Taylor Plan 101-part of south half of Lot # 5 in 1st Concession of Thurlow, now Belleville, for George and William Johnston Taylor and sisters Margaret and Mary Ann." “The Estate of John W. Meyers” should be Estate of Taylor Family. Surveyed by Samuel M. Benson, P.L.S. and signed May 20, 1830.
This copy was made in 1972 of plan #1, as registered in the Hastings Land Registry Office.
1) Letter of attorney from Hugh Davis of Killyshandra, Ireland, to Francis Berry of Toronto, authorizing him to dispose of 100 acres of lot 20 in the third concession of Cavan Township, County of Durham, 18 February 1830 2) Bargain of sale of the said land to Barnard Quinn, 10 December 1830
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.