The file contains a copy of a magazine page with photo of the marriage of Emma Chambers (Hastings Co) to Sam Hunter (Newcastle). Also a copy of an article from the December 2004 publication Quinte Kin, titled "Andrew Sherman Blown to Atoms on His Farm" who died 7-May-1886 in the Township of Thurlow.
File contains a photocopy of a newspaper article, 23 May 1953 concerning the life of Edward Thurlow, 1731-1806, Chancellor of England, in whose honour Thurlow Township was named. Also present is a a newspaper article ca. 1970s concerning prize-winning designs for a new promotional Belleville pennant.
File contains several newspaper articles concerning attendance at public events in Moira Conservation Authority conservation areas in 1969, and engineering studies of the Moira Flood Plain in the Thurlow Township area.
File contains a photocopied manuscript petition of Captain John Walder Meyers to Sir Francis Gore, Lt. Governor of Upper Canada, regarding a grant for two acres on lot no. 4 adjacent to Meyers' Mill dam.
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 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 typescript letter signed by Hon. Lester B. Pearson congratulating Thurlow Township on the publication of a local history as part of a 1967 Centennial Year project.
File contains a typescript excerpt of The Rambling River, written and compiled by Mary G. Plumption, concerning the early settlement of Thurlow Township from 1784, together with brief biographical information on Lord Thurlow, and Baron Rawdon, Earl of Moira. Also present are four printed lists of Thurlow Township land holders by name and date of patent from 1798-1818.
File contains a typescript letter from Hon. John P. Robarts, 4 April 1967 commending the people of Thurlow Township on the production of a Centennial Year history.
File contains a printed illustrated book cover of 'The Rambling River,' by Mary G. Plumpton. Also present are two newspaper articles regarding: i) the official dedication of the 'The Rambling River,' the centennial year history publication of Thurlow Township; ii) an exhibition of Thurlow Township school section minute books dating to the 1850s.
File contains a newspaper article dated 28 May 1966 titled "Crown Grant Found In Attic Will Be Presented to Museum"; the file also contains an original "Exemplification of Grant to John Taylor" dated 13 February 1870.
File contains newspaper articles about the Centennial events for the No. 7 Bethany public school in 1964; printed commemorative history of the school, written by George and Betty Beer; program for 'Sketches from School Days' event.
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 a manuscript motion of the Hastings County Council, ca. 1860 approving a reward for the apprehension of an arsonist in Thurlow Township. Also present are several newspaper clippings concerning tax rates, and annexation of lands in Thurlow Township, 1956-1962.