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 typescript originals and copies of correspondence from the Canadian Departments of Militia and Defence, and Lands & Mines, received by Amos Frederick concerning his claim for a volunteer bounty arising from his participation as a militia member in the Fenian Raids of 1866.
File contains a newspaper article from The Daily Intelligencer, April 22, 1870 relating the details of the Red River Rebellion and the issue of a call for volunteers at Kingston.
File contains a newspaper article concerning militia and cavalry actively in the service of the Federal government. Includes numbers and pay and ration rates by rank, and lists the number of individuals serving from Hastings and Prince Edward Counties in 1871.
File contains a manuscript petition by the Hastings 49th Rifle Regiment to the Hastings County Council for funding for band instruments. Also present is a manuscript resolution by the Hastings County Council approving the funding in the amount of $200.
.File contains several newspaper clippings in which eyewitness accounts of the 1885 Northwest Rebellion by Colour Sergeant William Thomas Wrighton, Belleville, of the Midland Battalion, are reproduced. Also present is a photocopied offprint of an article from Saskatchewan History, Vol X111, no.3 (Autumn, 1960), entitled “The Campaign of 1885: A Contemporary Account,” by G.F.G. Stanley. The article is based in part upon the letters of William Thomas Wrighton. Also contains a photocopied typescript memoir by William Hubbard ca. 1914 recounting his participation in the Riel Rebellion in 1870
File contains a printed map of the Northwest Territory [later Saskatchewan and Alberta] as it appeared during the 1885 Rebellion. Also contains several photocopied pen-and-ink images of Metis leaders Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont.
File contains several photocopied photographs of artifacts relating to the 1885 Rebellion, including an image of a bandolier, hat and pouch carried by Private Jesse Wm. Barlow, Belleville, of the Midland Battalion. Also contains an offprint of an article entitled “The Campaign of 1885 : A Contemporary Account,” by G.F.G. Stanley, which appeared in Saskatchewan History, Vol XIII, no.3 (Autumn, 1960). Also present are several newspaper clippings containing reprints of contemporary accounts by members of the Midland and Argyll Battalions who served during the Rebellion.
File contains original manuscript and typescript copies of correspondence and ledger sheets relating to the planning and execution of the Dominion Day Military demonstration and parade In Belleville, for which Lt. Col W.N. Ponton served as an organizer.
File contains a newspaper clipping concerning a dispute between General Hutton, former commander of British forces in Canada, and Colonel Sam Hughes during the Boer War.
File contains typescript and manuscript correspondence and completed applications of Belleville men enlisting in the Canadian Regiment for service in the Boer War. Also contains typescript copies of reports on the preparations of the Argyll Light Infantry for departure for South Africa. Also present is a printed poster with photographs of a soldier demonstrating the semaphore alphabet and numerical signs ca. 1900.
File contains a map printed on linen of South Africa and an accompanying poem by Rudyard Kipling entitled The Absent Minded Beggar which had been set to music by Arthur Sullivan.
File contains a completed printed form listing the members of the no. 6 Company of the 49th Regiment Hastings Rifles in 1903. The members are listed by place of residence, age , marital status and rank.
File contains several newspaper articles from the Ontario Intelligencer regarding the training of the Quinte Sea Cadet Corps, and a proposal in September, 1960 to build new docks to accommodate the needs of the Cadet Corps.
File contains three manuscript letters received by Lt. Col. W.N. Ponton : a) 29 April 1901, received from Andrew Thompson concerning a militia speech given by the correspondent. b) 8 February 1901, received from E.B. [Edwards?] regarding the submission of suggestions by Lt. Col Ponton to the Government of Canada for changes to the militia. c) [undated] from G.G. Stone of Militia and Defence, Canada offering thanks for a performance of the Deseronto Band before members of the Department of Militia and Defence, Canada.