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Reproduction of letters from Belleville and district, to Henry Yager during the Legislative session of 1835. Correspondents are C.H. McCollom, Reuben White, Thomas Coleman, Neil McArthur, Thomas D. Appleby, Stephen Benson, Samuel Ross, and John Holmes Also included is a copy of a local appropriation in connection with the cholera epidemic.
from Library and Archives Canada

Copies were ordered from Library and Archives Canada by Elaine Preston in November 1982.

History booklet and order of service from 20th anniversary celebration.

Photocopy of a publication by James T. Bell, professor of mining and agriculture in Albert University and Chairman of the Board of Health for the Town of Belleville.

Published brochure on the work of the Entomology Laboratory and its history in Belleville, with typescript notes on the staff of the lab and the layout of the building that were prepared for a tour of the facility in 1956.

Handwritten notes on the papers were by Gerry Boyce, who was reporting on the event for CJBQ radio.

Extracts from 'Nothing But Names' by Herbert F. Gardiner - notes on names of local places.

Outline of events for an historical pageant to be held in Belleville in 1928 to mark the city's 50th anniversary.

Family tree of the VanBlaricom family.

Printed illustrated card with poem entitled 'The Union Jack'. The card was produced as a souvenir of the raising of the British flag on No. 3 School House, Octavia Street, Belleville on Tuesday 24 May 1892, Queen Victoria's 73rd birthday. "With Compliments of the 'Old Belleville Rifle Co.' (No. 1 Co., 49th Battalion, Hastings Rifles)."

Parchment-covered paper book containing accounts of Robert Shann, flax dresser of Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England, from 1836 to 1838. The volume also contains the will of Robert Shann, in which he leaves his estate to be divided equally between his borther and sister, Christopher and Jane Shann. The executor was George Elwood, shoemaker and the will was dated 2 June 1827. The will was witnessed by William Jennings, John Turnbull and Rob Butterfield. There are also some botanical and biological notes, a poem, and sketches of buildings and boats.

Later additions relate to activities in the Belleville area by George Simpson, for customers such as Robert Sharp, Jonas A. Canniff, Robert Pitts and William Naylor between 1863 and 1864.

File contains a history of the ancestors of John M. Parrott of Belleville and of his farm at 590 Dundas Street East, written by Lois Foster

Lecture on astronomy published in Belleville, Ontario as part of a series called The Lamp of Knowledge devised by Frank Morse Robb and Robert Martin. The series was mentioned in the Daily Intelligencer of 23 September 1925.

A detailed account of the history of the Belleville YMCA.

This file contains a copy of a school project written by Scott Randolph from Foxboro Sr. Elementary School. It is titled "One Hundred and Eighty Years of Service" The Vandervoorts of Sidney Township and contains information about the genealogy of the Vandervoort Family commencing in 1784 with Peter Vandervoort.

The file contains a photocopy, taken from the original, of the By-Laws, Rules & Regulations of Moira Fire Company No. 1, passed May 1868.

Files contains copies of newspaper notices from the 1800's regarding auction of property, notice to debtors, tender and sale of farm.

File contains original copies of: Petition with many signatures from residents asking that instead of building a new road that the two already existing be made passable; Motion to locate a road from Lonsdale to the Tyendanaga Grand Trunk Railway Station.

File contains several newspaper articles from the Ontario Intelligencer about the Shannonville Fair and the closing of the Old Shannonville Store.