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 a manuscript marriage license dated 24 August 1797 of Mungo Ponton and Grace Nisbet, issued in Edinburgh Scotland in 1798. Also present is a manuscript dinner invitation issued to Captain and Mrs. Ponton by Dr. and Mrs. Burrows, 21 February 1860.
File contains correspondence from the Public Archives of Canada (Ottawa) dated 1969 and addressed to Mary G. Plumpton, Curator, Hastings County Historical Society giving information for Robert Read, M.P. Senator. Tanner, distiller and farmer in Belleville. Director Grand Junction Railway; elected Legislative Council for Quinte Division. Elected House of Commons for Hastings East. Called to the Senate 1871.
File contains a letter dated 22 November 1969 from Brian Roberts, Carnation, Washington to Mrs. M.G. Plumpton, curator Hastings County Museum requesting information on the Rikley family. Included is a copy of a marriage certificate dated 4 April 1826 for Andrew Rikely (widower) son of Andrew to Eliza Arkles, daughter of John Arkles, married St. Thomas' Church, Belleville.
File contains a photocopied advertisement for a shop opening by S.Stevens, decorative painter, Sidney Township in 1848, and an advertisement of two acres of land and a house for sale on Trenton Road for $650 in 1881.
File contains a typescript transcript from Smith's Canada, Volume 2, 1851 concerning natural resources and industries at Trent Port, Murray Township, Presqu'isle and various islands in the Bay of Quinte near Belleville.
File contains several original deposit slips dated 1870-71 for George Taylor; also two original funeral notifications (1) William Johnston, second son of George Taylor, funeral date 24-March-1855 (Belleville); (2) William Johnston, youngest son of George and Marietta Taylor, funeral 14-February-1864 (Belleville).
File contains a newspaper article recounting the inaugural trip of the Grand Trunk Railway from Montreal to Toronto 16 October 1856. Also present is a photocopied newsclipping announcing the reopening of the British American Hotel on Front Street in Belleville, in March, 1861.
File contains photocopied and original newsclippings regarding the efforts of former Belleville resident, Alexander Milton Ross's efforts to free slaves by aiding them to cross into Canada during the Abolitionist Movement in the United States, ca. 1857-1861.
File contains a copy of a newspaper article, dated 4th September 1860 from the Intelligencer. A meeting was held in Belleville on 26th August 1850 for the purpose of establishing a Turf Club.
File contains a newspaper article titled "When Ontario Booed Royalty" written by Scott Young and detailing the events of the failed visit to Belleville.
File contains original documents from 1860; a number of motions from Municipal Council of Hastings meetings, including one dated 1860 expressing the councils regret that His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales remained on board in the harbor. Along with a handwritten copy of a letter addressed to His Royal Highness sent prior to the Royal visit; a printed copy of the Resolutions, together with a copy of the Address intended to be presented.
File contains original documents from 1862. First a motion from the meeting of the Municipal Council of the County of Hastings to send condolences to the Queen and Royal Family on the death of the Prince Consort. A handwritten copy of the letter sent to the Queen on behalf of Hastings County. A transmission dated 26-March-1862 sending a copy of a dispatch from the Secretary of State conveying Her Majesty's reply.
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 eight original uncancelled stamps in one-half to five cent denominations which commemorate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, and two half-cent Canadian stamps from 1870 bearing the image of Queen Victoria. Also present is a Globe and Mail newspaper article, 7 February 1970, discussing the value of a rare 12-penny Canadian stamp, and an Intelligencer article, ca. 1969 regarding the annual Quinte Philatelic Exhibition of the Quinte Stamp Club.
File contains a printed memorial booklet commemorating the life of Mrs. M.B. Roblin, Belleville, daughter-in-law of Hon. John Philip Roblin, M.P., County of Prince Edward, who died on 31 October 1872.