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a) Item is a hand-drawn Diagram of Parts of Lot 3 and Lot 4 in Concession 3 of the Township of Hope, regarding the estate of William T. Mitchell.

b) Item is a copy of the hand-drawn Diagram, as in a). Possibly made on drafting linen.

Names Mentioned:
William T. Mitchell
E.M. Mitchell
Robert Scott
William Sainsbury

Item is a watercolour painting of the dining room in 'Ballintruan' house, Port Hope.

This painting was likely completed by a member of the Grant family.

Item is a Discharge of Mortgage between George Jehoshaphat Mountain and Thomas Turner. Instrument number 1833.

Item is a Discharge of Mortgage from John McMurty to Henry H. Meredith regarding an unknown property. Instrument number 2154.

Item is a Discharge of Mortgage between W. Swanston and Robert Benjamin March, No. 174, for an unidentified property.

Item is a Discharge of Mortgage from William Workman to Nesbitt Kirchhoffer for an unidentified property. Number 1813.

Certificate and accompanying envelope for Duncan Chisholm, verifying that he now is now able to practice law. Given under the rule of the Law Society of Upper Canada. The certificate cost $15.00

Item is a Statement of Election Expenses associated with John Rosevear's candidacy in 1875.

Group portrait of the 1896 Extinguisher Hose Company of Port Hope.

Portrait Includes:
Mark Boyd
G.W. Hawkins (Sec.'y)
Jas. Stone
S. Henry
R. Edmunds
G. Gamble
T. Vanhorn (1st Lieut.)
R. Harcourt
W. Wright
L.G. Mission (Chief Eng.)
J. Walker
W. Greenaway
W. Gamble (Capt.)
I. Thompson
W. Jewell (2nd. Lieut.)
H. Garbutt
R.G. Blackham
J. McCausland
J. Day
T. Leonard (Treas.)

Item is an ink blotter from the 'F.G. Cotter & Co.' company from Port Hope.

Item is an ink blotter from the 'F.G. Cotter & Co.' company from Port Hope.

Item is a logbook which contains Port Hope Girl Guides attendance records from 1921-1924. Attendance was recorded by Lillian Hamly, Captain of the First Port Hope Company of Girl Guides.

Also found loosely in the book, likely having belonged to Lillian Hamly:
-Captain's Warrant, appointing Lillian Hamly as a Captain of the Girl Guides
-a map of the Lighting System of Port Hope, 1908;
-a receipt for purchased badges
-two (2) records of accomplished troupe tasks
-portrait of H.T. Crossley and John E. Hunter, leading Canadian Evangelists in the later 19th century
-instructions for knitting a sock

Item is a wooden ruler which belonged to Port Hope student Miller George, likely while he attended Port Hope High School between 1936 and 1939.

The ruler is signed by classmates of 'Form 2A':

Miller George
R. Sweanor
F. Hodgson
V. White
J.D. Newton
Jack Kervan
D. Dodd
Norman Snelgrove
Ron Hugh
G. Martyn

Other names are visible but illegible.

a) Item is a 'By-laws of Ganaraska Rebekah Lodge' handbook, issued after 1945, and printed
b) Item is a Ganaraska Rebekah Lodge membership card for Sir Jean Watts, for 1957/1958.

Harold Wakely as a child in a cadets uniform. Photo from 1945 taken at 118 Charles St. Port Hope. Black and white.

Black and white photograph of two young boys in Cadet uniforms, 1945, taken outside 118 Charles St., Port Hope. - the boy on the left side is Harold Wakely and the boy on the right is Don Ashton.

Consists of an empty envelope. Written on it says "Henry H. ? Esq. Port Hope, C. W" Stamped on it are "Paid 3, Quebec 15 1853, and Port Hope 19 Jan. 1853 C.W"

Item is a 'High School Entrance Certificate', awarded to Jean Hanna of Port Hope.

Item is a booklet created for the Golden Jubilee of the Port Hope Methodist Church in 1925.

Includes a short history of methodism in Canada, the history of methodism in Port Hope starting in 1813, officials and groups of the church in 1875 and 1925, and messages from ex-pastors for the anniversary.