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.
File contains a photocopy of a newspaper article, 23 May 1953 concerning the life of Edward Thurlow, 1731-1806, Chancellor of England, in whose honour Thurlow Township was named. Also present is a a newspaper article ca. 1970s concerning prize-winning designs for a new promotional Belleville pennant.
File contains a pedigree chart person No. 1 Harold Devirre Rowley b. 19 October 1909 Davidson, Sask. along with a letter dated 21 October 1968 to Mr. Rowley from Ralph Plumpton, then curator Hastings County Museum with family information from census and will of Wm. Rawley Sr. d. May 1869.
File contains a photocopied manuscript statement sworn before and witnessed by Captain John Meyers, J.P., on June 14, 1797. Also contains a photocopy of the title page of a book entitled The Justice of the Peace and the Parish Officer, 1782, which bears the signature of Capt. Meyers.
File contains a typescript excerpt of The Rambling River, written and compiled by Mary G. Plumption, concerning the early settlement of Thurlow Township from 1784, together with brief biographical information on Lord Thurlow, and Baron Rawdon, Earl of Moira. Also present are four printed lists of Thurlow Township land holders by name and date of patent from 1798-1818.
File contains photocopied manuscript lists of persons nominated for township and parish officers in Sidney Township, 1790-1819. Also contains a newspaper article regarding the establishment of the Sidney Township Council and highlights of its proceedings to the 1930s. Also present is photocopied typescript outline of the history of Sidney Township and Trenton from ca. 1787-1819.
File contains a photocopy from the original of land grants including name of grantee, date, acreage,concession and lot in Thurlow Township from 1787-ca.1890.
File contains a notebook with manuscript lists compiled by Mary Plumpton c.1960s listing land grants by grantees, date of patent and concession in Thurlow Township from 1787-ca.1890.
File contains a brief typescript history of the family of Hugh and Christine Cameron MacMillan whose descendants settled near Ivanhoe in Huntingdon Township.
File contains photocopied township maps and directories and manuscript notes compiled and written by Tom Ransom in 1965-1967, concerning the early history and development of Thurlow Township by concession.
File contains photocopies of field notes dated 1791-92 of a survey of the Indian Lands on Grand River; the course of the Lake Ontario from Toronto to the River Trent; Head of the Bay of Quinty (sic). Donated by K.G.M. Ross
File contains a photocopied manuscript petition to Lt. Governor John Graves Simcoe by Captain John W. Meyers for the grant of lot no. 4 in Thurlow Township for the use and improvement by the Meyers family.
File contains a reproduction of a manuscript diary of W. Hambly, surveyor, for the period 6 December 1793 to 1 May 1794. The diary entries discuss the survey process in Thurlow, Sidney, Huntingdon and Rawdon Townships. Also present is a typescript transcript of the diary with an appended footnote section which contains a glossary of terms.
File contains manuscript and typescript transcripts of an 1880 newspaper article concerning the life and career of Colonel Elijah Ketcheson who commanded the 4th Company of the Hastings Militia at Carrying Place and Trenton during the Rebellion of 1837.
File contains a manuscript marriage license dated 24 August 1797 of Mungo Ponton and Grace Nisbet, issued in Edinburgh Scotland in 1798. Also present is a manuscript dinner invitation issued to Captain and Mrs. Ponton by Dr. and Mrs. Burrows, 21 February 1860.
