File contains a Grand Jury from 1857 regarding the conditions in the gaol (jail) and court house in Hastings County and the treatment of those confined there.
File contains newspaper clippings about the demolition of the County Court House in Belleville, including 100 year old maples being cut down to make space the new building.
File contains manuscript resolutions and sheets for expenditures for the County Jail, including examination and certificates of lunacy. Also contains a manuscript report of the “Committee of inquiry into the duties of the gaoler [jailer] and the management of the county gaol jail],” June, 1856.
File contains County of Hastings financial records from the County Gaol (Jail) in 1863. There is also a letter from a Grand Jury inspection regarding the condition of the jail and treatment the jailers receive; there is a recommendation that employment for prisoners while in jail should be available because it is believed “keeping them there in a state of idleness has no good effect in preventing crime”.
File contains a manuscript rebellion losses claim submitted to the Provincial Government by Henry Ketcheson concerning losses occurred during the Rebellion.
File contains a manuscript rebellion losses claim submitted to the Provincial Government by Thomas Lyons concerning losses incurred ca 1837 during the Rebellion .
File contains a manuscript rebellion losses claim dated 22 December 1845 for Alexander Thompson concerning losses inccurred during the Rebellion in 1837.
File contains manuscript rebellion losses claim submitted to the Province of Canada by Colin Chisholm for losses incurred during the Rebellion of 1837.
File contains a manuscript rebellion losses claim submitted to the Provincial Government by Joshua Smith, for damages including time lost to detention and imprisonment from February to May, 1838.
File contains three manuscript affidavits and claims documenting losses incurred by John O'Carroll, innkeeper of Belleville who experienced property damage and personal injury during the Rebellion of 1837.
File contains a manuscript rebellion losses claim for £2 from John Smith for taking prisoners from Belleville to Kingston during the Rebellion of 1837.
File contains manuscript petitions and statements of losses incurred by William and George Portt, Tyendinaga Township, for property damage, and damage to crops incurred during the Rebellion of 1837
File contains a manuscript petition submitted to Commissioners of the District of Victoria by Patrick Hughes, Belleville, for the loss of horses due to infection as a result of their use in 1839 in connection with events related to the Rebellion. Also contains a manuscript deposition of Hugh [Jones?] who appeared before the District of Victoria magistrate in 1845 in support of Patrick Hughes' claim and that of John Hughes, Marmora, regarding the same loss.
File contains a manuscript petition submitted to the Commissioners of the District of Victoria by John Hughes, Marmora Township, for redress of the loss of horses due to infection as a result of use in the Rebellion in 1838-1839.
File contains a manuscript claim submitted to the Provincial Government by Alphonse McDonald for business days lost when called to serve in the militia during the Rebellion.
File contains a manuscript statement of damages submitted to the Provincial Government by Christopher Lafontaine for imprisonment of 136 days from February to July, 1838.
File contains a manuscript claim submitted to the Provincial Government for losses incurred by Tobias W. Meyers during his imprisonment for 139 days in 1838.