File contain the newspaper obituary for Eugene Claude Young, born 23-November-1882 and died 23-June-1963. Mr. Young was born in Belleville, was the founding member of the Bay of Quinte Branch of the U.E.L. Association, he lived in Wellington at the time of his death and is buried in Zion Hill Cemetery in Thurlow Twsp.
File contains a photocopied typescript brief history of the settlement of Gilmour in Tudor Township and the development of the lumbering industry in the area.
File contains a copy of manuscript field notes by W.H. Deane, Provincial Land Surveyor concerning an 1858 survey of Tudor Township, and copies of manuscript field notes by A. McLeod, P.L.S connected with a survey of Tudor Township in 1863. Also present are i) manuscript correspondence from M.L. Jenkins to Gerry Boyce in response to a chapter review request on Tudor Township history and ii) manuscript notes on surveys and aspects of Tudor Township history by Gerry Boyce.
File contains several photocopied typescript histories, and typescript correspondence by Mrs. Thomas Jenkins concerning the history of Tudor & Cashel Townships. Also present is a photocopied typescript history of Tudor and Cashel Townships by W.A. McMurray, Gilmour. File includes a newspaper clipping dated 6 December 1956 concerning the election of Reeve James Spracket of Tudor and Cashel Townships.
File contains a number of newspaper articles about Land, Forestry and Fishing in Tweed. It also has a copy of the 1955 Annual Report of Fish Plantings.
File contains a number of documents and newspaper articles about the early history and settlement of Tyendinaga, including family names, buildings and industry.
File contains a copy of a poster dated 23 June 1835 from the Commissioner of Crown Lands Office, offering specific Lots of Crown Land to be sold at auction.
File contains a copy of a publication written by Clara McFerran, printed in the Annual Report of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association of 1940-1941, entitled Catholic Pioneers of Tyendinaga and Neighbouring Townships.
File contains a copy of the Petition of the Inhabitants of Tyendinaga (from the Archives of Canada, Ottawa) dated 24 May 1832, to purchase settled crown land.
File contains original letter written from Vera Ryan to Carl Bateman (Clerk-Treasurer, County of Hastings). Attached is a history of the community of Deseronto in the Township of Tyendinaga.
File contains original petition to incorporate Mill Point into an "Incorporated Village" 17 May1871, signed by Edward Wilkes Rathbun and 100 residents of the village. There are also petitions of protest from residents north of the York Road [Highway 2] who did not want to be part of the village. File also includes a plan of the proposed boundaries Mill Point (Map M440-1446).
File contains a souvenir booklet published by the 1960-1961 Council of Tyendinaga Indian Reserve, Deseronto, that contains stories and photos of the local Mohawk people. The file also contains a brief history entitled "Mohawks of Tyendinaga Reserve" written by Susan Claus, as well as a copy of Gerry Boyce's chapter on the "Tyendinaga Reserve" from Historic Hastings, annotated by Leslie Claus.
File contains an original letter dated 20-April-1836 from J. Givins, Chief Superintendent Indian Department requesting a list of "squatters" on the land.
File contains a copy of the “Law for Attainting the Persons, and Forfeiting and Disposing of the Estates of the Loyalists”. It contains the names of the U.E.L. families of the State of New York this law was enacted upon.