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The fonds consists of two ledgers compiled by James A. Fowler, Woodstock Shoemaker between the years 1866 and 1892.
Fowler, JamesThe fonds consists of records created by James Kintrea. They are arranged into the following Series:
Series 1: Census Commissioner
Series 2: Financial
Subseries A: Account Books
Subseries B: Cash Books
Series 3: Deputy Clerk of the CrownThe fonds consists of records related to local businesses, schools, churches, and built heritage in Woodstock, Ontario, as well as materials related to other communities within Oxford County. It is arranged into the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Photographs & Postcards
Sub-series A: Postcards
Sub-series B: Souvenir Postcard Booklet
Series 2: Businesses
Sub-series A: Woodstock
Sub-series B: Ingersoll
Series 3: Ephemera
Series 4: Stamp Collection
Series 5: Scrapbooks
This ledger belonged to Josiah Haskill (written on the inside cover) and contains the year and name of the client across the top of the left hand page in cursive writing and on the right side page at the top is written the year/ "Contra"/ Pound, Shilling and Pence". - amounts of whiskey the client received are listed on the left side and payments with bushels of wheat, oats, apples, bundles of straw, hay, beans, hogs etc. and cash are listed on the right side. - only the top corner of the left hand pages are numbered, the book has a total of 80 numbered double pages or 160 single pages. Some pages have been removed. -
Josiah HaskillThis ledger belonged to Josiah Haskill (written on the inside cover) and contains the year and name of the client across the top of the left hand page in cursive writing and on the right side page at the top is written the year/ "Contra"/ Pound, Shilling and Pence". - amounts of whiskey the client received are listed on the left side and payments with bushels of wheat, oats, apples, bundles of straw, hay, beans, hogs etc. and cash are listed on the right side. - only the top corner of the left hand pages are numbered, the book has a total of 80 numbered double pages or 160 single pages. Some pages have been removed. -
The fonds consists of one financial ledger created and compiled by J.W. Taylor between the years 1906-1907. It appears he operated a drug store.
Taylor, J.W.The fonds consists of records related to the Kirk family, of Woodstock, Ontario. It is arranged into the following series:
Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: PhotographsThis ledger and log book contains:
(a) Schooner Nemesis ledger (1875, 1876, 1877) expenses and earnings, and financial records related to Captain John Spence, John H. Spence and individuals to whom wages were paid, including Maurice Precious, Thomas Harkness, Asa Garned, Harry Jones, John Cornelius, Laughlin Currie, John R. Black, John McDuff, William Woolway, David Derick, Robert Parker, Charles Greenwood, Edward Marlton, Archie McDonald, Sam Noble, Thomas Tate, Ben Garrison, Martin Gillies, Frank Granville, Malcolm Mathieson, John Mathieson, George Currie, Alex McDiarmid, William McKenzie, Frank Longe, and Charles Hillard.
(b) Schooner Nemesis Log Book (1880), in which information about the weather and the schooner's journeys were recorded; and
(c) Schooner Wanderer log book for 1882, in which information about the weather and the schooner's journeys were recorded.
The fonds consists of financial records created by Les McKerral, Woodstock Barber and range in dates from 1938 to 1999.
McKerral, Leslie (Les) JohnOne memo dated May 18, 1972 and sent by W.C. Muirhead [Bill Muirhead] concerning the sale of Muirhead Stations Limited to Alan Querney. This memo, while not addressed, was most likely sent to the employees of Muirhead Stations Limited at the time of purchase.
Item is a set of receipts for flour at Molson's Mills, c. 1850s.
Furby, WilliamWhiskey Ledger belonging to Nathaniel Haskill who owned property and lived at Lot 16, Broken Front and Lot 165, Concession 1, Hope Township (now the Municipality of Port Hope). The earliest date of entry is 1801 with most dates primarily from 1807- 1813. - the inside pages are hand written with the purchaser's name, a description and amount of whiskey purchased and the means of payment. Often based on a barter system with payment made in the form of bushels of wheat, cows, barrels of flour etc. Some customers paid in cash. - comprised of 145 pages which are written upon with the remaining pages blank. The first 33 pages include more than one customer, where later pages, 34 - 145 are devoted to a single customer. Each customer has two pages together, side by side. In handwriting at the top is the name of the customer. First name on the left page and surname on the right side page. Left page also lists the date, amount of whiskey obtained and the cost in pounds and shillings. The left page indicates the means of payment.
Nathaniel HaskillItem is an application for the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of the Newcastle District, c. 1830s.
Furby, William
View of building exterior with men in windows and other men and boys outside main entrance; there is also a horse and buggy pulled in under arched entry.
Item is a catalogue for Nicholson File Company of Canada, 1956. Catalogue illustrates files and rasps available. Also includes a "welcome" from company president Paul C. Nicholson.
Item is a storage box created by the Nicholson File Company Ltd., of Port Hope. It was used to ship and store Tungsten Point Files, c. 1970s.
Item is an annotated price list printed for O'Flynn Cash Grocery by Sudbury Star Print. Inside the volume are price lists for household items and foodstuffs. Household items include brooms, soaps and powders, polishes and starches. Foodstuffs include dried and canned fruits and vegetables, meat, eggs, cereals, jams and jellies, fish, nuts, rice, pickles and soup. O'Flynn Cash Grocery also carried baking goods, such as flour, spices, syrups, salt, yeast, sugars, lard and butter. Items such as coffee, tea, chocolate and candy could also be purchased. Written on the inside front cover is a short note from the O'Flynn Cash Grocery expounding on the benefits of paying cash for groceries versus paying with credit. The store appeals to the "old-fashioned people" in the area to buy their fresh goods with cash and save money. On the back cover of the booklet are instructions on how to order from the store. According to the price list, no shipment was too great or too small, orders just had to be plainly written on only one side of a sheet of paper and cash had to be sent with the order. The front and inside covers are designed with a swastika in each corner, a symbol used for good luck in many cultures.
Item is a Statement of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Port Hope Board of Police, 1839.
Furby, WilliamItem is a catalogue for Sanitary Manufacturing Co. Ltd. entitled "Port Hope Enameled Iron Sanitary Ware for the Home," c1916.
File consists of four (4) sleeves for car insurance slips created as promotional items for various Port Hope businesses, c1970-1980s. It includes: (1) Wawanesa Insurance via Elliott Insurance Services, 27 Queen Street; (2) Peter R. Elliott, Insurance Broker Ltd., 27 Queen Street; (3) Trotter's Service Station, 300 Ridout Street; (4) Elliott Insurance Services, 27 Queen Street