Belleville Chronology 1615-1914
- CA ON00156 TR/0150-1
- File
- 1615 – 1914
File contains 2 copies of “Belleville Chronology” chapter 1, and 1940 Belleville chronology article.
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Belleville Chronology 1615-1914
File contains 2 copies of “Belleville Chronology” chapter 1, and 1940 Belleville chronology article.
Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer
File contains a photocopy of the front page of “The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer” by Richard Burn, LL.D., 16th Edition, Four Volumes, printed London 1788. Two of the four volumes are in the Law Library of the Hastings Law Society.
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.
Ketcheson, William Family History
File contains the family history and biography of William Ketchison (b. 1760, d. 1848).
File containing historical timeline of the Masons in Belleville and a copy of The Tweed News dated 21 May 1970.
Ponton, Dr. Mungo : marriage license
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.
Ponton (family)
Survey – First survey of Thurlow 1799
File contains a photocopy of the first survey of Thurlow.
The Belleville Gas Company of Hastings
File contains a copy of a blank receipt for the purchase of Capital Stock of the Belleville Gas Company of Hastings, Ontario.
File contains 2 business cards; 1) Glasgow Warehouse (Dry Goods, Carpets, Linoleum & House Furnishings), Belleville and 2) Oak Hall (Clothing), Front Street, Belleville
Missionary Lorenzo Dow 1801-1829
File contains newspaper clips of Lorenze Dow's journal with excerpts from ca.1801 and 1829 on his crossing into Canada.
Masonic; minutes of instruction 1803
File containing minutes of a meeting of Masons from 5 May 1803, Lodge #06 at Kingston. Also a newspaper clipping on the founding of Lodge 11in Belleville.
Land Papers - Martin Foster, Thurlow
Collection of deeds, Martin Foster, lot 7, concession 5, Thurlow Township; property registered before 1790.
Land Papers - Jacob Gough, Huntingdon Township
Grant for Jacob Gough, concession 12, lot 9, Huntingdon Township.
Abstract of Title; Lot 233, George Street, Trenton, Ontario
The file contains an Abstract of Title for the east one third of Lot #233, on the south side of George Street in the Town of Trenton, from 1804 to 1939.
Belleville Business Advert. 1810-1827
File contains newspaper advertisements, flyers, etc advertising Belleville Businesses between 1810-1827.
Record of McCullough family births, deaths, and marriages from 1813-1944, 4 pages.
Read, Robert, Hon. M.P. 1814-1896 - Senator
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.
Bridge St United Church sesquicentennial 1815-1965
File contains a 25th anniversary booklet for United Bridge street Church, a 1961 church service program, and sesquicentennial program/booklet.
File contains a letter to Thomas Pictout(?) from Henry Smith about surveying Belleville.
Methodist Churches : list of first ministers, 1815-1831
File contains a photocopied printed excerpt which lists 19th century Episcopal and Wesleyan Methodist churches by location in Belleville. Also contains a newspaper article concerning a former Methodist manse in Unionville, Ontario in 1969, and a newspaper clipping regarding the installation of a new organ at Bridge Street Methodist Church in 1914.