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File contains a photocopied printed list of British sovereigns from 828 to 1952.

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 manuscript notes by Mary Plumpton including lists of Thurlow Town Clerks, 1798-1846; transcripts of pages from an unidentified diary 1870-1872, and notes on individuals appearing in Plumpton's work, The Rambling River. Also present is a photocopied printed excerpt from the 1879 Hastings County Directory with entries for Canifton[sic] listing residents by name and occupation.

File contains two manuscript signed and witnessed oaths of tax collectors Henry Smith, James Sine and Charles [Baryur], for the Township of Rawdon, District of Victoria, 14 August 1847.

File contains a manuscript resolution of the Municipal Council of the County of Hastings, 28 January 1856 confirming the appointment of William R. Parker and William Judd as grammar school trustees.

File contains a manuscript petition by Silvester Fanning to the Warden and Councillors of the County of Hastings for damages to property and expenses incurred in 1857.

File contains a petition to the Municipal Council of the County of Hastings; for the process of incorporating the village.

File contains a petition to repeal incorporation of Stirling as a village.

File contains a Certificate Of Reeve, and supporting documentation, as well as a hand drawn map of Stirling c. 1856.

File contains several newspaper clippings concerning the election of the Rawdon Township Council, and minutes of its meetings, 1957. Also present is a photocopied excerpt of the Hastings County Directory, 1860-1861, and 1864-1865 with statistics for Rawdon Township including names of property owners listing occupations, and location of properties by lot and concession number.

File contains a manuscript motion of the Hastings County Council, ca. 1860 approving a reward for the apprehension of an arsonist in Thurlow Township. Also present are several newspaper clippings concerning tax rates, and annexation of lands in Thurlow Township, 1956-1962.

File contains two manuscript declarations by Thomas Douglas, Rawdon Township Clerk, dated 19 January 1863, certifying that James Cooke, and Robert Lison were duly elected as Reeve and Deputy-Reeve, respectively, for the Township of Rawdon. Also present is a completed printed affidavit certifying George Conley's election as Reeve of the Township of Rawdon, 16 January 1866. Also includes a manuscript By Law no. 85, issued by the Council of the County of Hastings on 8 September 1860 concerning the disposal of road allowances in the Township of Rawdon.

File contains a printed circular letter by Colonist and Atlas Printers, Toronto, listing the cost of blank forms such as assessment and collectors' rolls, and stationery for use by municipal governments for the year 1860.

File contains a manuscript bill issued to Thomas Wills, County Clerk, County of Hastings by the British Ensign Newspaper office for the cost of publishing a by-law.

File contains original correspondence between the Township of Thurlow and the Corporation of the County of Hastings, dealing with arrears in tax monies not paid by Thurlow. It also contains a motion from a meeting of Municipal Council of the County of Hastings along with a Statement dated 31st of December 1863.

File contains two completed printed certificates of Reeve for Township of Sidney, confirming Kecham Graham and Baltis Mose as Township Reeves in 1865 and 1871, respectively.

File contains two manuscript petitions submitted to the Warden and Councillors of the County of Hastings concerning the inability of the incorporated village of Trenton to pay the annual county rate. Also present are : a manuscript report of a special committee consisting of Billa Flint and others investigating the matter and recommending financial relief for the town; and two manuscript resolutions of the council regarding relief from the county rate for Trenton.

File contains a one-page manuscript assessment record for lots on the 1st Concession, Thurlow Township, 25 August 1873. Lot location and owners' names, and valuation are listed.

File contains a number of newspaper articles, financial statements, and receipts of payment, ranging in years from c. 1876 to c. 1922.
The oldest item in the file is an article in an unknown newspaper, written by Eugene Schuyler c. 1876; about issues regarding the country of Turkey.
There are financial statements from The Town of Trenton, Ontario, and purchase receipts from the same municipality.