File contains a newspaper article dated February 23, 1899 recounting an unidentified veteran's recollection of the Battle of Shannonville on February 22, 1838 when Hastings Regiment militia members engaged in a brief military engagement with rebels and American sympathizers.
Files contains a manuscript statement of damages submitted to the Provincial Government in 1845 by Peter Davidson for damages incurred while imprisoned in December 1837. Also contains a manuscript letter from Billa Flint, J.P. to Peter Davidson and Aaron Hearns dated 5 May 1838 dismissing a case against them.
File contains a photocopied, typescript essay entitled “ The Report of the Commissioners on the removal of the Penitentiary from Kingston to the Marmora Iron Works...” by Nancy M. Dushaw, Carleton University, 1972. The undergraduate essay examines a government proposal to relocate the prison to Marmora and the reasons for the rejection of the plan.
File contains a manuscript claim and supporting documents submitted to the Provincial Government ca. 1845 by Christopher O'Brien regarding duty and expenditures while serving as an adjutant in the 1st Hastings Regiment in 1837 and 1838.
File contains a completed printed warrant for witnesses to appear in Midland District Court in Kingston on May 30, 1838 at a trial of Nelson Reynolds and Hugh Scanlon on charges of high treason.
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 a manuscript petition and statement of damages submitted to the Commissioners of the District of Victoria by John Culbertson, innkeeper, Tyendinaga, for a personal injury and damages to a windmill and other property in 1837 to 1838.
File contains original note dated April 1880 from A.L. Colville, Attorney-at-law addressed to the sheriff in Belleville requesting a writ of summons be served on Ins. Phillips.
File contains a printed copy of a poster inciting Prince Edward County residents to join in opposition to the Rebellion Losses Bill in 1849. On verso is a copy of a similar poster issued in Kingston.
File contains a manuscript and photocopied list of Hastings County claimants and amounts awarded in 1846 for losses during the Rebellion of 1837. Also contains a typescript list of claimants by surname compiled in 1959, on the basis of the original above.
File contains a manuscript statement and claim submitted by Joseph Canniff [in 1845?] for damages arising from his imprisonment from December, 1837 to January, 1838 and from February to May, 1838.
File contains a manuscript claim submitted to the Provincial Government by Adolphus Lemerand ca. 1845 for 15 days of duties served as a private under Captain Robertson during 1837 & 1838.
File contains a manuscript claim submitted to the Provincial Government by Andrew B. Snider in 1845 for duties served during the Rebellion at the Trent, and for reimbursement for having his cattle tended to in his absence.
File contains a manuscript claim submitted to the Provincial Government by Edward Squires ca. 1845 for duties served in Belleville and Kingston during the Rebellion.