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File contains a photocopied manuscript memoir by Gertrude Hay Caverly, relating her experiences as an early settler in northern Marmora Township and describing conditions in the township ca. 1850-1857. Submitted to Gerry Boyce for his book, Historic Hastings.

File contains a photocopied typescript history of Mayo Township from its settlement in 1858 to ca. 1906. Also contains an excerpt from the 1889 Hastings County Directory, listings Mayo and Carlow Township land owners by concession. Also contains a newspaper clipping concerning the history of McArthur's Mill to 1934.

File contains photocopied manuscript field notes of H.O. Wood, Provincial Land Surveyor, 1869, and M.J. Butler, Provincial Land Surveyor, 1880. Provides description of Mayo Township natural resources including timber and soil potential.

File contains printed Nov.-Dec. 1900 edition of the Massey-Harris Illustrated magazine depicting farm and rural life.

File contains a newspaper article from The Intelligencer, April 4, 1967, concerning the creation of the first mechanized maple sap pipeline in the Quinte district.

File contains a newspaper article on the history of the McIntosh Red apple including its origin in the eastern Ontario town of Dundela.

File contains newspaper clippings regarding the Madoc Agricultural Society's annual fair and exhibition in 1956, and the Society's annual meeting in February, 1960.

File contains newspaper articles from the North Hastings Review concerning various annual meetings of the Madoc Co-operative Association from 1956-1961.

File contains a newspaper article concerning the settlement of Madoc in 1830 and its development in association with the agricultural and mining industry.

File contains manuscript probate documents relating to the estate of Henry Le Vesiconte [Levisconte], Captain in the Royal Navy and later gentleman farmer, and a manuscript last will and testament of Sarah Le Vesiconte, widow of Henry Le Vesiconte, 1856. Also contains a typescript excerpts from the Diary of Captain Le Visconte recounting his voyage to Belleville from England and describing conditions in Belleville upon his arrival in 1835.

File contains a newspaper article that features the history of the Ketcheson family farm and cemetery in Sidney. The farm had been in the family since the early 1800s.

File contains the history of Moira Village and the Huntingdon Township, including first nations, french settlers, agriculture, lumbering, churches, population, politics, etc.

File contains a printed copy of the Canadian Agriculturalist, July 1852. Includes a Report on the State of Agriculture in Hastings County by William Hutton, with information on the extent and types of agriculture practised in Hastings County, and crop production in 1852.

File contains a typescript copy of a letter from William Hutton to his wife Fanny Hutton in regard to her joining him in Canada. Includes considerable description of settlement and agricultural conditions in Hastings County.

File contains several newspaper articles concerning Bobby Hull's career in the National Hockey League and his farming activities in Prince Edward County with his brother Dennis, also of the NHL.

File contains a newspaper clipping printed in 1967 about the Howe family of Trenton restoring antique tractor and farm equipment.

File contains a newspaper clipping about the Hastings County Vegetable Growers Annual Banquet in 1959.

File contains motions from Hastings County Council meetings from 1869-1870 regarding the establishment of an Industrial Farm and Poor House in Belleville. There is also a copy of the “Second Annual Report of the Inspector of the House of Industry & Refuge for the County of Waterloo, 1869” that may have been used in the discussions.