Blank cheque for the Royal Canadian Bank
- CA ON00156 2023-032
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- 1870s
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Blank cheque for the Royal Canadian Bank
Digital copies of photographs of Thomas Hanley, architect
Digital copies of three photographs of Thomas Hanley (1842-1907), architect.
Memorial of the International Exhibition, 1876
Book containing 48 printed pen-and-ink drawings of buildings at the Centennial International Exhibition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1876. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Exposition). Book is inscribed "Mr. A. A. Canniff" [Abraham]. The title page is missing.
Bible with record of the marriage of Farwell Davis and Nancy Longwell, Sidney Township, 11 October 1876.
Mounted clippings with drawings of Belleville institutions
Three mounted newspaper clippings with printed illustrations of Belleville institutions:
Also a reproduction of HC01468 (view of Bridge Street West in 1840). This item was originally donated to Glanmore National Historic Site by Edith Clapp in March 2015 (as 005.502.005).
Photocopies of 1865 Edwin Whitefield sketches of Belleville, made from originals at Library and Archives Canada. Flyer from Foster, Barber and Brignall, dry goods store at the northwest corner of Bridge and Front Streets, Belleville, Ontario (listed at this location in the 1877 directory: https://archive.org/details/bellevilledirect1877hooguoft/page/32) [202 Front Street in 2019].
Ontario Commercial College exercise books of Lamon Baker Dupuis
Exercise books from Lamon Baker Dupuis' time at the Ontario Commercial College in Belleville, Ontario.
Dupuis, Lamon Baker
Plan of subdivision in Plainfield
Plan of subdivision creating Bay and Cross Streets in Plainfield, Thurlow Township, Ontario. Text reads: "Plan of Town lots laid out on the front of the East Half of lot number twenty three in the Seventh concession of the Township of Thurlow in the County of Hastings, Surveyed for the proprietor Josephy Fletcher Mackencie [Mackenzie] , By John Emerson P.L.S. October 1877. Scale one chain to an Inch. This plan is correct and is prepared under the provisions of the Registrations of Titles (Ontario) Act. John Emerson P.L.S. Duplicate Plan registered the first day of June A. D. 1878." The lot at the southeast corner is identified as "Halls Tavern Lot".
Emerson, John, P.L.S.
1878 City of Belleville celebrations banner
Banner with pasted posters and invitations from the 1878 Dominion Day celebrations when Belleville received City status.
City of Belleville
Printed handbill asking for support in the forthcoming municipal election. Patterson had been nominated to represent Baldwin Ward as an alderman.
Patterson, Reuben Spalding
Diary of Constable John McCrodan
Diary recording activities during the beat of Belleville police constable John McCrodan between 2 February 1878 and 20 April 1879.
McCrodan, John
Scrapbook of poetry and newspaper clippings about members of the British royal family.
Robert Burns address delivered by the Rev. A. O. Cossar
Cossar, Andrew Oliver
Advertisement for J. D. Stewart, M. D.
Advertisement for Herndon's Opera House Company
Advertisement for a production of Divorced, or Lost and Won, performed 27 May 1881 at the Metropolitan Hall, Belleville, Ontario.
Daily Ontario
Page from 'Picturesque Canada' by George Monro Grant
Page 645/646 from the publication 'Picturesque Canada', with coloured drawing of the Tabernacle and St. Michael's churches on Church Street and Madoc and iron mines.
Letters found in former Cronk property in Deseronto, Ontario
Letters found in the Cronk house.
1) Feb 1881 draft letter to Willliam Aull from his sister, Sarah Jane Cronk (wife of Reuben)
2 & 3) Two letters from E.G. Webb, postmaster of Elkland, Tioga County, Pennsylvania to Reuben Cronk, Chief of Police in Deseronto, re a fugitive staying in the town. 28 Jan and 21 Feb 1882
4) Nov 1882 letter to Reuben Cronk from J. N. Emerson complaining about boys interrupting rehearsals at the school in Deseronto
Cronk (family)
Correspondence of William Randall of Lonsdale, Ontario
Letters sent to William Randall, a tailor from Lonsdale, Ontario, chiefly from his sons, Herman and Prosper, who were working in the United States. There are several letters relating to Loyal Orange Lodge business (including one from Dr. Oronhyatekha), and others appointing Randall as Returning Officer for elections in Tyendinaga Township. One 1864 letter from Herman Randall mentions the U.S. Civil War, while an1866 letter from Arthur Burley of Big Rapids, Michigan, refers to the Fenian Raids.
Randall, William
Etching 'A View in Belleville - 1882'
Etching of Church Street in Belleville, Ontario, looking south with the Tabernacle and St. Michael's churches on the left and right of the image, respectively. The McCurdy house is visible on the right of the image. Also a news clipping of a 'Time Capsule' from the Intelligencer, featuring the same image.