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File contains a manuscript order from Col. William Coleman to Capt. O'Brien concerning the conduct of military funeral services for the late Captain McNabb, who died as the result of an accident on December 19, 1837.

File contains extensive typescript notes transcribed by Gerry Boyce from newspaper, archival and secondary sources concerning recruitment of volunteers, and military action in the Rebellion of 1837. Also present are mimeographs of two essays concerning Hastings County connections and military contributions to the defence of Upper Canada during the Rebellion.

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 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 newspaper article regarding the launching of the RCSCC Trent, for training members of the Trenton Sea Cadets, on May 17, 1960.

Display panels on the Royal Canadian Air Force Golden Hawks and the 2012-2014 restoration of the Golden Hawks Sabre 5 jet which had been placed on display at Zwick's Park in 1967.

Display panels about people from Hastings County, Ontario, who served in the First World War.

File contains a typescript letter from [E. Harrison] a former commander of the Midland Battalion, to Henry Smart, Secretary of the North West Reunion Committee, Belleville, concerning a ten year reunion of veterans of the Northwest Rebellion. Includes a brief reminiscence of the events of 1885.

File contains a typescript account from 1933 of the Midland Battalion's actions in the 1885 Northwest Rebellion. Also contains a newspaper clipping with an excerpt of an edited account of the Rebellion by G.F.G. Stanley.

File contains a printed extract of the Northumberland Militia Return for 1828 including annotated names of individuals from Sidney and Rawdon Townships.

John McLeod discusses life in Scotland, his experiences in World War I and his immigration to Canada.

File contains typescript correspondence from Leslie Whitford to Mrs. J.W. Sargent Secretary, Hastings County Historical Society March 6-March12, 1964 concerning the 1871 annual inspection of the Grand Trunk Railway Brigade in Belleville under the command of Captains Nunn and Crowther. Also contains a photocopied article entitled “The Grand Trunk Railway Brigade” by Barbara Wilson, concerning special militia units composed of employees of the Grand Trunk Railway authorized by Canadian Order in Council in 1867 to act in states of emergency (published in the Canadian Army Journal 17 (2) in 1963).

Display panels about the letters of Garn Dobbs, prepared for a talk given by Bill Kennedy on 15 November 2005.

Angus Duffy discusses the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, the Second World War and his role in the Emergency Measures Organization as co-ordinator for Hastings and Prince Edward counties.

Display panels on the history of the First World War, made in partnership with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Military Museum.

A printed programme for a Union Victory Peace Service, Armistice Day, November 11, 1918 at the Court House grounds, Belleville, Ontario.

File contains a photocopied typescript letter from Chas. S. Clapp to Lt. Col. William Nisbet Ponton dated October 29, 1914 concerning the A. and H Companies of the Midland Battalion at Batoche during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885. Also present is a photocopied typescript list of veterans from the two companies who served during the Rebellion.