Item is an invitation to a Social Assembly at the home of David Gillespie, King Street, 17 Apr 1843. One hundred (100) invitations were printed. The men involved with the assembly were: John Linn, Samuel Hutton, George Henderson, James Nelson and David Gillespie.

Item is a "Cash for Oats" advertisement for R.W. Robson, 1843.

Item is a Rural Assessment Form, District of Newcastle, 1843. The District of Newcastle proceeded the County of Durham. The assessment for was used in the townships in the Newcastle District.

Item is a double-sided invitation to the St. Patrick's Ball, 1843. The St. Patrick's Day Ball was at the Queen's Arms Inn on 17 Mar 1843. The ball was likely planned by either Masons or Orangemen. The managers were William Lee, T. Roundree, Daniel Hughes and Horace Perry.

Item is an advertising poster for William Muldrew, 1843. William Muldrew was a tailor in Clarke township, working out of the house owned by Mr. Draper in Clarke Village.

Item is an "Absolute order for payment of a sum recovered" for the Division Court of the District of Newcastle. Form created by W. Furby for M. Falkner, Division Court of the District of Newcastle. Five hundred (500) copies were ordered, 27 Mar 1843.

Item is a receipt for receiving wheat, 1848. It is for H---- & Co. printed 23 Oct 1843. No additional information can be taken from the receipt for company information.

Item is a printer's proof of the Revised Constitution for the Durham Agricultural Society, 1845.

Item is a copy of the "Port Hope Gazette News Boy's Address to his Patrons," 1 Jan 1845. Poem about being a newsboy.

An official copy of the 1846 Plan of Port Hope Harbour and an overlaid Plan for a New Harbour by surveyor Peter Fleming.

The plan shows Peter Fleming's proposed Harbour plan in red, the Office of the Board of Work's plan in Green, and the present Harbour lands and piers in yellow.

Collection consists of family bibles, and other ephemera related to several local families (Powe, Haskill, Rowden and Gordon) from the Port Hope area, c1847-1937. For more detailed information, please refer to series and item-level descriptions.

Fonds consists of baptisms, 1847-1857, and marriages, 1847-1849, and Quarterly Board minutes, 1848-1875, of Whitby Methodist Episcopal Circuit (includes Mount Vernon, Base Line, Maple Grove, Gamble's, Shaw's, Myrtle, Newton (later Raglan); records, including marriages, 1864-1874, of Whitby Methodist Circuit (includes Whitby Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, Whitby (Tabernacle), Brooklin, Columbus, Almond's and Kedron), 1864-1923; records, including marriages, 1896-1919, of Whitby Methodist Church (The Tabernacle), 1896-1925; records, including marriages, 1954, 1958, of Whitby Pastoral Charge (including Whitby and Almond's), 1943-1958; records, including baptisms, 1956-1970, marriages 1956-1972, and burials 1957-1968, of Almonds United Church, Whitby Township, 1951-1981; records, including baptisms, 1920-1946, marriages,1920-1956, and burials 1920-1946, of Whitby United Church (includes Whitby Methodist Church), 1920-1961; records of St. Marks's United Church, Whitby (includes Whitby United Church), 1951-2006.

Fonds consists of preachers' plan of Pickering Wesleyan Methodist Circuit (includes Claremont, Brougham, Glen Major, Greenwood, Kinsale), 1870-1871; records, including marriage register, 1896-1920, of Claremont Methodist Circuit (includes Claremont, Glasgow, Glen Major), 1884-1920; records of Claremont Methodist Church, 1889-1920; communion roll of Claremont United Presbyterian Pastoral Charge (includes Claremont, Erskine Church in Pickering Township), 1847-1856; records, including baptisms, 1868-1885, marriages, 1858-1899, of Claremont Presbyterian Pastoral Charge (includes Claremont, Erskine Church in Pickering Township), 1857-1899; subscription list of Claremont United Presbyterian Church, 1858; records of Claremont Canada Presbyterian Church (includes Claremont United Presbyterian Church), 1848-1872; records of Erskine Presbyterian Church in Claremont, 1870-1920; records of St. John's Presbyterian Church, Brougham, 1878-1924; records of Claremont Union Church, 1920-1925; marriage register, 1900-1939, of Claremont Pastoral Charge (includes Claremont, Brougham, Erskine Presbyterian Church in Claremont), 1900-1939; baptisms, 1910-1913, 1917-1920, 1933-1961, marriages, 1899-1901, 1909-1917, 1933-1963, burials, 18 99, 1909-1919, 1933-1979, of Claremont-Brougham Pastoral Charge (includes Claremont Methodist Circuit, Claremont Pastoral Charge, Claremont, Brougham); records, including baptisms, 1885-1932, of Claremont United Church (includes Claremont Presbyterian Church), 1885-1971; and records of St. John's United Church, Brougham (includes St. John's Presbyterian Church), 1895-1986.

Item is the Affidavit of Johiah Beers regarding the location of an original surveying post in the south-west corner of Lot 18 Concession 2.

Names Mentioned:
Johiah Beers
Asa Burnham, Deputy Surveyor
John H. Roche, Provincial Land Surveyor

Item is a "Strayed" poster for missing cow. Printer's proof, 1848. Rev. Jonathan Shortt advertised his missing cow with a reward.

File consists of correspondence received by the firm of George Brogdin, and later Brogdin & Boulton between 1848 and 1867.

Item is a Certificate of Discharge of Mortgage from Thomas Spry to John David Smith regarding an unnamed property.

Item is the Affidavit of James Martyn regarding the boundary between Lot 13 and Lot 14 of the 5th Concession.

Collection consists of a large amount of information on Port Hope, the former Township of Hope (Hope Township), and surrounding area. Some of the subjects covered are family histories, churches, hydro power, organizations, clubs and societies, floods, Port Hope harbour, historical information on the town and area, houses, public buildings, industry and small businesses, railways, viaducts and bridges along with original newspapers reflecting on the history of Port Hope as well as information on municipal matters and various government reports. The historical information covers a period from the mid-19th century to 2000. The fonds also consists of a large number of photographs. It also consists of a number of newspaper editions including special editions.
It has been arranged into twelve (12) series: (1) Family Histories; (2) Churches; (3) Hydro Power (Eldorado; Port Hope Hydro); (4) Organizations / Clubs / Societies; (5) Floods and Flood Control (Port Hope Floods; Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority; Corbett's Pond and Dam; Port Hope Harbour); (6) Historical Information on Port Hope and Hope Township (General Historical Information on Port Hope; Historical Information on Port Hope Houses; Historical Information on Port Hope Public Buildings); (7) Railways / Viaducts / Bridges; (8) Industry and Small Businesses; (9) Municipal Matters in Port Hope / Government Reports; (10) Books, Posters, Maps and Glass Negatives; (11) Newspapers; (12) Photographs. (*Series' are adapted from various accession numbers in the fonds)

File consists of several hand-drawn maps of Port Hope and area, undated. Maps are extremely fragile and need conservation attention; Some maps intact.