Marysburgh; settlement 1784-1850
- CA ON00156 TR/1902 (1)
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- 1784-1851
File containing booklet on the history of the founding of Marysburgh and township council records from 1850-1.
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Marysburgh; settlement 1784-1850
File containing booklet on the history of the founding of Marysburgh and township council records from 1850-1.
Mecklenburg, District of Proclamation by George III, July 24, 1788 - Establishing same
Proclamation made by George III on the formation of the District of Mecklenburg.
Read, Robert, Hon. M.P. 1814-1896 - Senator
File contains correspondence from the Public Archives of Canada (Ottawa) dated 1969 and addressed to Mary G. Plumpton, Curator, Hastings County Historical Society giving information for Robert Read, M.P. Senator. Tanner, distiller and farmer in Belleville. Director Grand Junction Railway; elected Legislative Council for Quinte Division. Elected House of Commons for Hastings East. Called to the Senate 1871.
Mackenzie, W.L. : copy of the Colonial Advocate, 1827
File contains a copy of the December 6, 1827 edition of The Colonial Advocate with a description by William Lyon Mackenzie of the politically-motivated destruction of the printing press in 1825.
Files contains a copy of a document listing the names of Township Clerks from 1830 to 1850
File contains a typescript brief history of the life of the Honourable Edmund Murney, member of the Provincial Legislature of Upper Canada and Canada West during the period 1836 to 1857. Also contains a newspaper article from The Ontario Intelligencer, 13 August 1964 concerning the Murney-Faulkner [Falkiner] House, West Bridge Street, Belleville. Includes a reprint of a drawing of the home.
Robertson, Alexander, 1838-1888
File contains a typescript transcript of an entry for Alexander Robertson, Belleville, from A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography. Robertson served as mayor of Belleville in 1870 and in 1878-1879, and as an MPP for West Hastings from 1878, resigning his seat to run for federal office in 1882.
Rebellion : attack on Belleville newspaper, 1838
File contains typescript transcript of a letter from Colonel de Rottenburg to Governor George Arthur concerning the destruction of the printing presses and types of the local paper over concerns that they were sympathetic to the Rebellion of 1837-38.
Rebellion, 1837-38 : letters re: Hastings militia
File contains typescript transcripts of colonial newspaper articles and correspondence regarding events associated with the Rebellion of 1837 and its aftermath in the area from Presqu'ile to Brockville, Ontario.
Hustings; Instructions for building 1844
File contains instructions on how to build a polling booth for elections in 1844.
Belleville Petition re Sanitation 1849-50-51
File contains 15 sanitation petitions from citizens of the City of Belleville, c.1849-51.
Belleville Petition for Surveyance Roads 1849-50
File contains 15 petitions for surveys and roads in the City of Belleville, c.1849-51.
Belleville Petition for Inn Keeper to Use Marked Estimate of Sidewalk
File contains a petition by William Martin Jr. requesting the use of the marketplace for a public dinner.
Belleville Petitions re Taxes 1849-51
File contains tax petitions, including: petition by Hugh McGinnis, petition by James Cardwell, petition by Sobiski Smith, petition by John Kerr, and a petition by John Hanigan.
Belleville Petition re Toll gate
File contains toll gate petitions, including: a petition by Joseph Provost and 60 others.
Rebellion Losses Claims : posters, 1849
File contains a printed copy of a poster inciting Prince Edward County residents to join in opposition to the Rebellion Losses Bill in 1849. On verso is a copy of a similar poster issued in Kingston.
Belleville Petition re Sidewalks 1850-1851
File contains 18 sidewalk petitions from citizens of the City of Belleville, c.1850-51.
Belleville Petitions for Wells and Water – 1850-51
File contains 11 petitions by citizens of the City of Belleville, for wells and water.
Macdonald, Hon. Hugh John : life story
File contains a one-page typescript biography of Hon. Hugh John Macdonald, son of Sir John A. Macdonald. Note in file refers to a portrait in picture file 1831.
Election Belleville Protest 1850
File contains a notice of petition from 1850, about protesting an election in the Baldwin Ward in Belleville.