File contains manuscript commissions of office issued by the Province of Ontario, for Justices of the Peace in the County of Hastings, for the years 1881-1883, 1889-1891.
File contains manuscript petition of Norris Terry, a prisoner, to the Warden and County Council of Hastings, pleading for warm clothing and boots during his incarceration. Also contains a manuscript petition from Zenas[?} Dafoe, County gaoler, to the Warden and Council for an increase in salary, and a manuscript receipt for services rendered by Drs. Lister and Henry for examining a pauper for lunacy.
File contains manuscript accounting sheets and resolutions of the Hastings County Council concerning expenditures for equipment and supplies for the Hastings Jail.
File contains a manuscript report of the Grand Jury, 1861 investigating the court house and conditions at the Hastings County Jail, a manuscript "Report of the Committee of the Whole on the Contemplated alterations of the court house and gaol," and manuscript expense sheets relating to goods and services purchased for the Hastings County Jail.
File contains financial records regarding the construction of a new Court House and jail from 1866. Is also a letter from 1866 discussing the care of Miranda Myers at the jail and a document from the Department of Public Instructions for Upper Canada regarding their cooperation with Hastings County to build a library in the jail.
File contains various expense reports the County jail, including the cost of carrying for a “criminal lunatic” in custody and various letters regarding miscellaneous topics, including: the Police Magistrate discussing an act passed by the Policement of Canada in 1864 that increased the jurisdiction of the Police Magistrate, a letter discussing the water closets in the Court House, a Grand Jury report, etc.
File contains financial records from the Court House and County Jail from 1869. There are also reports from 1869 regarding the Trenton Bridge and various roads in Trenton and Belleville.
File contains a printed letter of administration regarding the estate of Joseph Hutton, 1859. Also contains a manuscript letter from [G.L?] Bell concerning claims against the estate of Joseph Hutton in 1863.
File contains several printed and manuscript writs of summons and subpoenas filed by and on behalf of John A. Macdonald in Victoria District during his early legal career.
File contains affidavits signed in the period 1900 to ca. 1905 for various individuals assuming the office of Justice of the Peace in Belleville, Trenton, Madoc, Elzevir Township, Thurlow Township, Rawdon Township and Tudor Township.
File contains mimeographed typescript, and manuscript lists of individuals holding the office of justice of the peace in various townships and municipalities in Hastings County from 1840-1903.