File contains a printed poster, the contents of which were transcribed from telegraph messages, announcing various events including news about British troops from the Crimean Front.
File contains a newspaper article concerning the closure of the Belleville office of Canadian Pacific Telecommunications, after over a century of operations as a telegraph office under various owners.
File contains a printed poster advising municipal residents to vote for the reduction of licensed drinking places in various municipalities, including Belleville. Also present is a newspaper clipping announcing an upcoming talk entitled “The Man that Rum Makes,” by Dr. W.J. Fairfield on 21 November 1887, and a clipping about a horse theft in Sidney after a drinking episode by the perpetrator.
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 handwritten copy of the 1851 Census for Thurlow, including an index of "Strays in the 1851 Thurlow Township Census". Produced by Mary Plumpton for her book "The Rambling River", published 1967
File contains original correspondence between the Township of Thurlow and the Corporation of the County of Hastings, dealing with arrears in tax monies not paid by Thurlow. It also contains a motion from a meeting of Municipal Council of the County of Hastings along with a Statement dated 31st of December 1863.
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 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.
File contains a photocopied newspaper clipping announcing the dissolution on January 5, 1881, of a business partnership between Harford Ashley, James Moore and Isaac A. Fraser who jointly operated a carriage building business at Ross Corners in Thurlow Township.
File contains a photocopied typescript report and financial statement of the Township of Thurlow, showing revenues and expenditures for the fiscal period, 1 January 1961-31 October 1961.
File contains a photocopied typescript report and financial statement of the Township of Thurlow, showing revenues and expenditures for the fiscal period, 1 January 1966-31 October 1966.
File contains an Ontario Intelligencer article, 7 February 1961, concerning a break-in and vandalism of the vault at the Thurlow Township office and the concurrent theft of a camera from the Moira River Conservation Authority, housed in the same building.
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.
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.