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CA ON00154 2010.44-995.52.2-995.52.2.6 · Item · 1914
Part of Harold Reeve fonds

Item is a poster showing items and prices for Ben Olver & Co. Men's Ware, Port Hope. Flyer lists items and prices for Ben Oliver & Co. Men's Ware in Port Hope. The store also carried clothing for boys. Flyer addressed to "Mr. A. N. Ball Wesleyville", postmarked Port Hope 1914.

CA ON00154 2010.44-995.52.2-995.52.2.2 · Item · 1873
Part of Harold Reeve fonds

Item is a handwritten invoice for Mr. Albt. Ball, dated June 9th 1873 for services from Dr. J. S. Ceaser, V.S. Invoice shows services and costs. The invoice includes services from 1872. Albert Ball lived in Hope Township.

CA ON00154 2014.74-2013.39 · Item
Part of Doherty Collection

Item is an edition of "Foster Meharry Russell: The Life and Times of the Community Publisher," 1986. It includes the following sections: Millbrook, 1907-1925; Port Hope, 1925-1938 (pp. 26-55); Coldwater, 1938-1946; Cobourg, 1946-1984. Published by R.W. Jean Russell and Maracle Press, Oshawa. It is inscribed: "Ted [Watts] with love xxx on his 70th Birthday - Jean."

2019.8.1 · Item · 1940

The item is a promotional ink blotter for the F. G. Cotter & Co. in Port Hope, 1940.

F.G. Cotter & Co.
2019.4-2019.4.2 · Item · 1809
Part of Haskill Collection

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 Haskill
CA ON00154 2019.4.1-2019.4.2 · Item · 1809
Part of Nathaniel Haskill Whiskey Ledger

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. -

2019.4-2019.4.1 · Item · 1801 - 1813
Part of Haskill Collection

Whiskey 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 Haskill