The file contains a photocopy of the original Royal Letter dated 15 September 1856, granting permission by Queen Victoria to J.W. Dunbar Moodie of Hastings County to establish a Public Fair and Mart in the Village of Shannonville.
The file contains a newspaper article by A. Dempsey dated 30 April 1960, titled "Shannonville in 1830" giving a brief history of the settlement of the area and a clipping from Maclean's Reports about the Shannonville lease.
The file contains a copy of the Hastings Directory 1864-65 for Shannonville, includes a brief history of the village. Also, a copy of a brief history on the Mill in Shannonville situated on the Salmon River.
The file contains a number of newspaper articles about local events and history of Shannonville. Included are 2 obituaries for 2 local residents; Lemuel E. Mills and J.F. "Ferg" MacFarlane.