- CA ON00156 TR/1290-1
- File
- 1880
File contains a biography of Billa Flint published in Ontario volume of “The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men”.
File contains a biography of Billa Flint published in Ontario volume of “The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men”.
Flint, Billa – letter re Bancroft
File contains a letter written by Billa Flint to the Post Master General in Ottawa in 1879, regarding a petition to change the name of the post office in Bancroft to and how the undersigned think it would lead to the name of the village being changed.
File contains two copies (one written and one typed) of Billa Flint's speech at the inauguration of Belleville as a City on July 2nd, 1878.
File contains miscellaneous biographical information about Billa Flint (b. 1805 d. 1894) who owned lumber and saw mills in Bridgewater and became Mayor of Belleville 1866 and warden of the County of Hastings in 1873 and held other elected positions, he was appointed to the Senate by MacKenzie. Documents include: newspaper clippings, a directory of his businesses, and typed and written notes.