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.
Map showing the Bay of Quinte to Presqu'ile to the eastern tip of Grande Isle (Wolfe Island) used as a teacher's guide to the area in 1785. The 20th century names are in capital letters as per the Legend.
This file contains a copy of a c.1788 Upper Canada Proclamation, made by Geo. Pownall. Mentioning; “The Bay of Quinty”and also with references the Trent River, Sidney Township.
File contains 2 business cards; 1) Glasgow Warehouse (Dry Goods, Carpets, Linoleum & House Furnishings), Belleville and 2) Oak Hall (Clothing), Front Street, Belleville
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.
A map of a tract of land known as Lot # 4 in the 1st and 2nd Concessions of the Township of Thurlow in the Midland District of Upper Canada. Part of 428 acres purchased from Mississauga First Nations peoples. The total area was East and West of Moira River extending to the Bay of Quinte. By Grant, Surveyor General's Office York and Jos. Ridout, Surveyor General on September 6th, 1811. Scale: 20 chains to an inch.
Map showing a sketch of a plot for a town (eastern Belleville) in Upper Canada. Published by the Upper Canada Office of the Surveyor General. Scale: 4 chains to an inch. Copied from original at the Archives of Ontario (D-1).
Map showing a sketch of a plot for a town (eastern Belleville) in front of Thurlow Township as of June 5th, 1812. By J. Ridout. Scale: 4 chains to an inch. Copied from original at the Archives of Ontario. Notation on map "Singleton's River, now the Moira" and location of McNabb's Mills and Myers's Mills shown. The name "Belleville" has been added at a later date.
A map of the mouth of the Moira River, in Belleville, Ontario. Features lot owners and businesses considered in a new town's plans. Composed by G. Wilmot, April 24, 1816. Scale: 1= 1,500.
Reprinted by the Hastings County Historical Society in 1969.
File contains photocopies of a letter from Rt. Revd Alexander Macdonnell to Lord Bathurst concerning the establishment of Roman Catholic schools in Upper Canada in 1817 as excerpted in Belleville History.