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Item is an article entitled "It was quite a life" recounting Margaret Sproat's life, 3 Jan 1978 Port Hope Evening Guide. Article with interview with Margaret Sproat Wilson, widow of Ralph Choate Wilson and her involvement with the family business - the Port Hope Evening Guide until it was sold to Albert Schultz.

File consists of various permits, presumably used by the Wilson family of 42 Bedford Street, during the years 1945-1948. It includes: Permit to purchase Alcohol and Spirits, 1945-1946; Individual Liquor Permit, 1947-1948; Ration Stamps, 2 sheets (no date).

Letter written by R. C. Wilson and I. D. Willis of the Port Hope Evening Guide, regarding the incident involving Mr. Brackenbury and their recommendations to the Parent's and Guardian's Committee, 1942.

File consists of two (2) letters to Mrs. Lucy Ellen Meeking from John H. Helm, trustee of her estate, 1909. The letter is in regards to relinquishing the trusteeship of H. H. Burnham and J. H. Helm, as well as a letter requesting copies of receipts.

File consists of various pieces of correspondence regarding the Port Hope Evening Guide, 1901-1947. It includes: Memo by F. W. Wilson, 1901; Letter to F. W. Wilson from S. Frank Wilson, 1916; Letter to R. F. Wilson, c/o The Guide, regarding the building of a light house at Port Hope, from the Minister of Public Works.

File consists of receipts, balance sheets, correspondence, Midland Loan & Savings Company annual reports and fire insurance policies related to the estate of Nathan Choate, 1900-1910.

File consists of policies with the London Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Canada for the Estate of Mrs. L. E. Meeking, 1899, 1905 and 1908.

File consists of invoices, receipts and papers related to the management of the Estate of Nathan Choate, 1899. Includes poster for the closing of the the estate, balance sheets, articles of agreement and lists of bequests. It also includes: G. N. Patterson; Smith & Co.; and Port Hope Evening Guide.

File consists of a Farm Lease for Lot 6 Con 2, 1896. The lease was signed by the Trustees of the Estate of Lucy Ellen Meeking (H.H. Burnham and John H. Helm). Also notes related to the lease.

File consists of Surrogate Court documents regarding the approval of accounts for the Trust of Lucy E. Meeking, by Henry Hamilton Burnham and John Henry Helm, appointed trustees by the Estate of Nathan Choate, 1896-1910.

File consists of receipts, invoices and correspondence related to the management of the Estate of Nathan Choate, 1896. Also includes accounts and balance sheets for the estate. It includes: Galbraith Bros.; Port Hope Evening Guide; Dingwall & Ross British & American Hardware; and J. W. Wallace.

File consists of invoices and receipts for the management of the Estate of Nathan Choate, 1895. It includes: William Williamson; Galbraith Bros.; Dingwall & Ross British American Hardware; and William Waddell.

File consists of receipts, invoices and correspondence related to the management of the Estate of Nathan Choate, 1894. It includes invoices from: Dingwall & Ross British American Hardware; G. N. Patterson, Lumber, Shingles, Wood and Cedar Posts; and George White.

File consists of invoices and receipts regarding the Estate of Nathan Choate, 1893. It includes: Seth S. Smith; Dingwall & Ross British & American Hardware; W. J. Foster, Coal & Wood Stoves, Furnaces etc.; W. Williamson, Bookseller, Stationer and Bookbinder; Chas. Stevenson, Lumber, Lath, Shingles etc.; W. L. Herriman, M.D.

File consists of papers related to business conducted on behalf of the Estate of Nathan Choate and his heirs, 1892. It includes: Receipts, Correspondence, Account Sheet, Farm Lease; Stock Certificates, Midland Loan & Saving Company; Cancelled Drafts; Invoices to the Port Hope Guide and Cooper & Rutter.

File consists of financial records of the Estate of Nathan Choate, 1891-1902. It includes: Cheque book - account with the Midland Loan & Savings Company, 1891-1902; and Ledger, Nathan Choate Estate.

File consists of invoices for contractors and continued maintenance on the Choate estate, Belmont following the death of Nathan Choate, 1891. It includes: List of notes owed to Estate; Estate Sale Poster; Valuation of Estate of Nathan Choate, Lot 5 Con 2; Assessment Notice for Estate Property; Insurance Notes; Receipts for wages paid to employees; Doctor, Grocery and Entertaining Bills; William Carson, Accountant; Grave Digger; Undertaker; Cab Service; Printing - William Williamson; Notes for assessment of estate, 1891.

File consists of balance sheets, disbursement and receipts for Estate Trust of Lucy Ellen Meeking, 1891-1910.

File consists of handwritten receipts to Henry Hamilton Burnham and John Henry Helm, Trustees of the Estate of Lucy Ellen Meeking (nee Choate), 1891-1896. The receipts are signed by Lucy acknowledging the receipt of funds from the estate of Nathan Choate.

File consists of receipts and assessments to the Lucy Meeking Trust, 1891-1894. Includes property assessments and handwritten receipts for goods and services.