File contains a letter dated 19-April-1887 from F.W. Armstrong (see link for biography http://www.aols.org/sites/default/files/Armstrong-F.W.pdf) addressed to A. Robertson Esq. Ottawa and regarding payment for survey work for the Government in 1882 & 1883.
File contains several newspaper articles and clippings concerning events and issues in Thurlow Township including voting on the sale of liquor in dining establishments, a drowning of twin sisters in the Moira and activities relating to the Thurlow Volunteer Fire Department.
File contains newspaper articles and clippings including a Trentonian article on the official opening of the CFB RCAF chapel in 1949, the appointment of Colonel Harold A. Carswell as base commander in 1969, and a upcoming meeting of CFB officers with Governor-General Roland Michener in Canada's Arctic in April, 1969
File contains a printed booklet entitled “The Evolution of Trenton Ontario,” published in 1913, providing a history of the community from the late 18th century, its incorporation as a town, and the industrial and commercial development of the centre. Also present are several newspaper articles concerning Trenton's evolution into a town in 1880.
File contains two manuscript petitions submitted to the Warden and Councillors of the County of Hastings concerning the inability of the incorporated village of Trenton to pay the annual county rate. Also present are : a manuscript report of a special committee consisting of Billa Flint and others investigating the matter and recommending financial relief for the town; and two manuscript resolutions of the council regarding relief from the county rate for Trenton.
File contains several newspaper articles concerning the history of the Trent-Severn Waterway, including pre- and early contact travel by the Haudenosaunee or Iroquois. Also present is an Intelligencer article , 3 January 1962, regarding plans to substantially renovate the lock system on the Trent Canal.
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 photocopy from the original of land grants including name of grantee, date, acreage,concession and lot in Thurlow Township from 1787-ca.1890.
File contains a photocopied typescript chapter with manuscript annotations entitled “Thurlow Township” by Gerry Boyce, which recounts the history of Thurlow Township from its first survey in 1787 to ca. 1963. Also present is an undated manuscript letter from Mary Plumpton to Gerry Boyce concerning her pre-publication review of the chapter, and transcribed notes from a day book of William Bell, concerning the early settlement of Thurlow.
File contains photocopied township maps and directories and manuscript notes compiled and written by Tom Ransom in 1965-1967, concerning the early history and development of Thurlow Township by concession.
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 newspaper obituary of Major John Fortin Templeton, who served with the Argyll Light Infantry in the 1890s and the 48th Highlanders of Toronto during World War One.
File contains an Intelligencer article, 23 March 1968, announcing the retirement of Phil Burton manager and veteran operator of the Canadian National Telegraph office in Belleville.