- CA ON00156 2019-040/5
- File
- c. 2000
Part of Bill Hunt collection
Notes and newspaper articles in relation to true crime stories in Hastings County.
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Part of Bill Hunt collection
Notes and newspaper articles in relation to true crime stories in Hastings County.
File contains several newspaper clippings on miscellaneous topics including the operation of the Trenton court, and town infrastructure and administration.
Thain murder case : letter from Fred E. Thain 1941
File contains a letter from Fred E. Thain to Mr and Mrs Clarence Cornell, written five days before his execution by hanging for the murder of Arnold and Nancy Wellman.
Thain, Frederick Earl
File contains a printed poster advising municipal residents to vote for the reduction of licensed drinking places in various municipalities, including Belleville. Also present is a newspaper clipping announcing an upcoming talk entitled “The Man that Rum Makes,” by Dr. W.J. Fairfield on 21 November 1887, and a clipping about a horse theft in Sidney after a drinking episode by the perpetrator.
Surrogate Court Circular - 1835
File contains a photocopy (original owned by Ross Irwin) of a circular from the Secretary's Office in Toronto, dated 10-December-1835
Royal North West Mounted Police, 1932 : members from Belleville
File contains a photocopied typescript letter from Ponton, Ponton & Graham, Solicitors to W.C. Mikel, 21 October 1932, listing the members of the Royal North West Mounted Police who were from Belleville and vicinity.
Ponton (family)
Robson, Sheriff Roscoe, MPP, obituary 1962
File contains the obituary of Lewis Roscoe, he was Sheriff of Hastings County and an MPP for 15 years.
Robson, Roscoe, Sheriff, Hastings County, 1958
File contains a newspaper clipping dated 5 August 1958 concerning Roscoe Robson, former M.P. for East Hastings, who resigned his office to accept the position of Sheriff of Hastings County.
Rebellion, 1838 : warrants for witnesses against Nelson Reynolds and Hugh Scanlon
File contains a completed printed warrant for witnesses to appear in Midland District Court in Kingston on May 30, 1838 at a trial of Nelson Reynolds and Hugh Scanlon on charges of high treason.
Rebellion, 1838 : warrants for witnesses against Joseph Canniff
File contains two printed completed warrants for witnesses to appear in Kingston before a Grand Jury on May 4, 1838 at the trial of Joseph Canniff and others, on charges of high treason.
Rebellion, 1838 : Battle of Shannonville
File contains a newspaper article dated February 23, 1899 recounting an unidentified veteran's recollection of the Battle of Shannonville on February 22, 1838 when Hastings Regiment militia members engaged in a brief military engagement with rebels and American sympathizers.
Rebellion Losses Claims #99B, 100, 101 : Smith, Samuel, Barnard & George
File contains a manuscript statement of damages submitted to the Provincial Government by George Smith for damages to a firearm sustained while serving in the Rebellion in 1838. Also contains a manuscript claim submitted by Samuel R. Smith for three days service in the militia in 1837. Also present is a manuscript affidavit of William [Bower?] J.P. dated December 28, 1845 attesting to a claim by Barnard Smith for the loss of his log home in Frankford in 1837 or 1838 due to fire
Rebellion Losses Claims : riots in Ottawa
File contains a newspaper article concerning clashes between opposing political and religious factions in Ottawa regarding the ratification of the Rebellion Losses Bill in 1849.
Rebellion Losses Claims : riots in Lower Canada, 1849
File contains a newspaper article from 1921 relating the events of riots by factions and the burning of the parliament buildings in Montreal in response to the Rebellion Losses Bill of 1849.
Rebellion Losses Claims : posters, 1849
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.
Rebellion Losses Claims : list of compensations awarded at 1846
File contains a manuscript and photocopied list of Hastings County claimants and amounts awarded in 1846 for losses during the Rebellion of 1837. Also contains a typescript list of claimants by surname compiled in 1959, on the basis of the original above.
Rebellion Losses Claim #99A : lease from Francis Lefebvre to Baron De Rottenburg
File contains a manuscript lease with an official seal, relating the details of the lease of a Belleville property owned by Francis Lefebvre to Lieutenant Col Baron De Rottenburg, for use as a barracks during the Rebellion of 1837.
Rebellion Losses Claim #98 : Joseph Ketcheson, Sidney
File contains a manuscript claim submitted to the Provincial Government by Joseph Ketcheson ca. 1845 for time served as a special constable during 1837.
Rebellion Losses Claim #97 : Adam Lloyd
File contains a manuscript claim submitted to the Provincial Government ca. 1845 by Adam Lloyd for time served under Capt. Robertson in November, 1837.
Rebellion Losses Claim #96 : Edward Lloyds, Huntingdon
File contains a manuscript claim submitted to the Provincial Government in 1845 by Edward Lloyds for time served under Capt. William Robertson and for transporting prisoners from Belleville in January, 1838.