This file contains a newspaper article clipping by Viva Richmond Graham. this article about the correlation between the first settlers in Ontario, and the naming of new settlements, in the early years of the region surrounding the Hastings County.
File containing minutes of a meeting of Masons from 5 May 1803, Lodge #06 at Kingston. Also a newspaper clipping on the founding of Lodge 11in Belleville.
This file contains a ledger recording roads passed in the Midland District in the County of Hastings from 1810 to 1830. Allan McLean Esq. was acting as Clerk of the Peace of the District. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_McLean_(Upper_Canada_politician) these were recorded by James Nichollas, Clerk of the Peace, Midland District.
File contains a newspaper article concerning the early history of Trenton, formerly Trent Port, from ca. 1615-1834. Includes a reproduction of a sketch of the settlement as it appeared in the 1830s.
File contains a photocopied newspaper clipping regarding prizes and rules of entry for animals, produce, and domestic manufactures at the Victoria District Agricultural Society Exhibition, October 8, 1846.