Item is "The Tide of Life and other Poems" by T. Watson Kirkconnell, 1st Edition, 1930.
Item is a Hooked Pillow featuring an image of the HMCS Port Hope Minesweeper, c1945.
Item is a copy of "The Descendants of John Mix & Unis Gaffield of Cramahe from 1797." It includes bibliographical references and index, and the genealogy of Lorna Ann Micks, wife of W. John Henry.
Item is a notice to invite Port Hope residents to organize the Port Hope Horticultural Society in 1894. From the back of the card: "Notice! A meeting of the members of the proposed Port Hope Horticultural Society will be held at 4 o'clock, p.m. on Thursday, January 11th, 1894 at the Provisional Council Chamber, in McLean's Building, on Walton Street, Port Hope, for the purpose of organizing the said Society and the Election of Officers for the first year. H. H. Burnham, Mayor Port Hope, Jan. 9th, 1894." Card is addressed to George Watson of Port Hope.
Fonds consists of various textual records and objects collected by the Land Registrar of East Durham County, c1950s-1970s. For more detailed information, refer to series-level descriptions.
UntitledItem is a land registry book containing all the land patents issued by the Crown to land owners in East Durham townships Cartwright, Cavan, Clarke, Darlington, Hope, Manvers, and Town of Newcastle.
UntitledFile consists of invoices from J. B. Trayes for auditing expenses submitted by candidates Lewis Ross and Col. Arthur T. H. Williams for the 1882 Election. The invoices are addressed to George C. Ward.
UntitledItem is a Certificate of Affidavit Thomas & Samuel Henry. Mechanics Lien Act, Town of Port Hope. Document registered in January 1880.
UntitledFile consists of a Discharge of Mortgage between the Midland Provident Loan & Building Society and Henry C. Russell. Discharge date 1 Mar 1876 for Part Lot 59, Part Lot 71 Port Hope. Instrument # 5732.
UntitledFile consists of a letter from the Legislative Assembly, Clerk of Chancery to George C. Ward, Returning Officer, Durham East Riding, 1879.
UntitledFile consists of seven (7) pages outlining the Combined Door Fastener and Lock, with diagram, created by Henry Alfred Ward, 1878.
UntitledFile consists of two (2) leases for store houses, 1879-1881. (1) Lease, John Hunter to Thomas Greenwood and Produce Dealers, leasing the brick structure with a stone foundation on the east side of Mill Street, 1879; (2) Lease, James Simpson and Thomas Greenwood, Grain and Wool Merchants to lease a brick structure with a stone foundation on the east side of Mill Street, 1881.
UntitledFile consists of the Last Will and Testament of Joseph Cooper, Port Hope who died on 21 Aug 1876. The will was originally written in 1826.
UntitledFile consists of a Mortgage for the vessel "The Flora Carveth" between Joseph Carveth and John Carveth, Miller, 1876.
UntitledFile consists of a Transfer between John Charles Ambrose, his wife Julia Ambrose, of Brighton, England; George William Bawhee, Palmerston England, William Jackson, England to Thomas Hitchcock Ambrose and Henrietta Ambrose, Mortgagers on land situating in the town of Port Hope, lot 77 in original town plot, west side of Cavan Road. Instrument # 6863. Property is where the Ambrose Brewery was located.
UntitledFile consists of nine (9) miscellaneous documents from the East Durham Land Registry Office, 1870-1909. It includes: (1) State of Pennsylvania, Affidavit for Cornelius D. Scully; (2) Order for Cornell Engine and Wide Awake Separator, John Hughes, Manvers and Robert McKee Cartwright, 1884; (3) Lease of dwelling, Jane Porter to Fergus Bruce Porter for Lot 12 Con 13, Manvers Township, 1909; (4) Rules and Regulations of the Janetville Cheese and Butter Association; (5) Good Templars, Mount Pleasant, Cavan, Grand Temple # 157, Certificate 1870; (6) Cooper vs Cooper, Writ of Summons, 1879; (7) Cancelled Drafts, Bank of Toronto, 1875. Stamped Bank of Toronto, Port Hope, ON; (8) Farm Lease, Jane Cavins to Foster Scot, Lots 15 and 16 Con 11, Manvers Township; (9) Note, David Quantrill, Harrietta Quantrill and James T. Clarke, Registered Hope township, 1897.
UntitledFile consists of statement of disbursements for Lewis Ross, Reform Candidate for the 1882 Federal Election. Invoices are made out to Lewis Ross, Seth Smith agent for Lewis Ross or to the Reform Association or East Durham Reform Association. There are also invoices for various Port Hope businesses: Daily & Weekly Guide Steam Printing and Publishing House, G. Wilson & Sons in the Sculthorpe Building; The Port Hope Gas Light Co; J. Craick & Co. Dry Goods; Dominion Telegraph Co; George Cochrane; J. T. George Furniture; Frank C. Lidelle; Hewson & Co. Livery and Boarding; Thomas H. Goheen, Livery Keeper; The Weekly News - Printing.
UntitledFile consists of an Agricultural Mutual Assurance Association Policy, for Joseph Cooper of Clarke Township, Lot 1 Con 5. Insurance for dwelling house, contents, barn, shed, driving shed and contents of out buildings, 1870-1872.
UntitledFile consists of a Bill of Sale issued by James Thorn Henwood, Bailiff of the Third Division Court, County of Durham to William Barron Butterfield, Port Hope in 1878. It includes the following information: Schedule "A" Robert Chalk, plaintiff and Joseph Carveth, defendant. "....all said goods and chattels being continued in the dwelling occupied by Joseph Carveth and situate on the north side of Baldwin Street immediately east of the Presbyterian Church."
UntitledFile consists of a Land Deed for Lot 21 Con 4, Cavan Township. The deed was registered in Port Hope and witnessed by William Henderson of Port Hope, who also provide a witness statement. The repaired deed was mended with newsprint showing Sheriff sales in an 1824 newspaper.
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