File contains a newspaper article concerning an early Sulpician mission to the Cayuga First Nation in the Quinte region ca. 1668, and missionization by the Jesuits and Sulpicians among the Wendat(Huron), Mohawk and Oneida in what is now Quebec.
File contains a newspaper clipping entitled “Religion in pioneer days,” by Viva Richmond Graham, concerning early Protestant churches in Prince Edward, Lennox and Addington and Dundas Counties in the period 1815-1882.
File contains a photocopied printed extract entitled "Pensioners of the War of 1812," listing soldiers of the Prince Edward Militia killed in action or deceased through illness in the War of 1812, and their heirs and survivors.
File contains a photocopy of a printed advertisement for a school teacher in the village of North Port, and the opening of an evening school in Belleville, 1837. Also contains a manuscript by-law to appoint a superintendent of schools for the County of Hastings, 1860.
File contains a manuscript letter from Capt. P.D. Downes, Commander at Chippawa, December 5, 1839 to D.B. Stevenson, J.P., Picton concerning orders to apprehend and hold Pte. Ezekiel Grooms, a deserter.
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 printed account of the organization of the 15th Battalion Argyll Light Infantry and its initial inspection and review at Picton on 29 July 1863.
File contains original hand written booklet of methods and recipes pertaining to the Morocco Leather business in Picton. Donated by Mrs. E. Bell in 1958, the book belonged to her father who operated the business.
File contains a newspaper article concerning militia and cavalry actively in the service of the Federal government. Includes numbers and pay and ration rates by rank, and lists the number of individuals serving from Hastings and Prince Edward Counties in 1871.
Original Custom House permit dated 27 May 1876, for F.H. Green to pass to Mill Point from Deseronto Customs House Papers
Original Deed for Burial Plot, The Glenwood Cemetery (Town of Picton) sold to Elisha Sells 14 May 1879
Two original copies of newspaper clipping dated 19 July 1962 from the Ontario Intelligencer referencing Hundred Year-Old Cabin, moved from Cloyne area to Picton
File contains a manuscript license issued by the Province of Ontario on 13 October 1879 approving the operation of a ferry from Sidney Township in Hastings County to Ameliasburgh Township in Prince Edward County. Also present are two printed, completed bills of sale, dated 5 November 1880 transferring 64 shares in the steam paddler, Mary Ethel, built at Trenton, to the Bay of Quinte Navigation Company (Limited).
File contains a newspaper article from The Intelligencer, 20 October 1966 concerning the history and closure of the Quaker Meeting House, Wellington, which would reopen as a heritage museum in 1967.
The file contains two copies of postcards from The Lake Ontario & Bay of Quinte Steamboat Company, Kingston, dated 10 August 1897 and 1902, addressed to Mr. George Waggett, Picton, Ontario.
File contains a one page photocopy of an 1899 Ontario Historical Society biographical sketch of Reverend John Langhorn, pioneer missionary active in Hastings and Prince Edward counties and Fredericksburgh Township from 1786-1813.
File contains a printed catalogue of field equipment entitled J.H. Steward's [London, Eng.] Catalogue of Riflemen's Requisites and Optical and Scientific Aids to Shooting. The item is derived from the W.N. Ponton Military Papers.
File contains an engraved funeral card announcing the death of, and the January 1, 1901 funeral service for Edward Roblin, of Roblin's Mill, Ameliasburg Township.
Papers of Loral and Mildred Wanamaker containing a copy of the 1909 Voters' List of the Town of Trenton and 1965 Voters' List for the Township of Ameliasburgh.