File consists of several volumes of waste books (daily records of amounts owing in credit and debit) compiled by James Scruton of Glasgow. Some amounts seem to be related in part to the shipping of goods (including sugar, tobbaco and barley) between various ports (Jamaica, Virginia, Maryland among others). Books also contain templates for various routine form documents such as a bill of lading, a letter of credit, an affidavit that a ship is cast away, and a petition for a young man to go as a writer in the service of the East India Company. Some books seem to have been later repurposed for copying exercises by Samuel and John Curry whose signatures appear on various pages. The books were presumably inherited by them.
File consists of letter from John Clark in Chinguacousy to Hugh Gilchrist in Sheepland, County Down, Ireland regarding life in Canada and family news. The letter was intended to be posted during an upcoming visit to "the City" to deliver butter but apparently never was mailed. Descendants have produced several typescripts which are included in the file, as is a short history of Chinguacousy written by a descendant.
File consists of petitions directed to the Council of the Home District of Upper Canada and to the Council of the Gore District of Upper Canada by James Curry and other petitioners. Petitions (some of which appear to be drafts) request that Councils reestablish a bridge across the Credit River between the Townships of Esquesing and Chinguacousy. Some petitions are signed by petitioners.
File consists of letters sent to members of the Curry family. Most are addressed to James Curry. Some letters are from family members and concern family news; others relate to matters of business such as buying and selling of goods and land and various legal proceedings.
File consists of letters sent to and occasionally from members of the Curry family including James and John Curry. Many concern matters under litigation. A letter from Rebecca Laidlaw recounts the accidental death of a family member while building a shanty. A note from John Crumbie of Streetsville includes a bill for the amputation of an arm.
File consists of documents related to the affairs of the Halton Mechanics' Institute, and the Norval Farmers' and Mechanics' Institute including fragmentary minutes and a constitution.
File consists of exercises in handwriting and penmanship and handwritten copies of excerpts from literature, poetry, and popular works of domestic advice.
File consist of petitions (and drafts thereof) to the Council of Chinguacousy requesting financial assistance for a blind woman ("the Widow Ford) and her children. Some drafts are signed by petitioners. An annotation added later appears to identify descendents of the woman.
File consists of letters sent to and occasionally from members of the Curry family including James and John Curry. Many concern matters under litigation. Includes letter from L. Breithaupt regarding potential sites for a grist mills, saw mills, and tanneries including references to the railroad.
File consists of documents related to the affairs of the Home District Building Society and Provincial Permanent Building Society including statements and meeting announcements.
Files consists of fragmentary bookkeeping and accounting documents relating to dealings of James Curry. Includes accounting of blackmithing or farrier services rendered by Douglas Carmichael.
File consists of book, A Summary of Canadian History, annotated as having belonged to Andrew McClure, a descendent of the Curry-Clark family. Volume is annotated on the front cover, and throughout. The volume was inherited by a descendent of the Clark family, likely Ida McKinney nee Clark. The McClures seem to have married into the Curry or Clark families at various points.
File consists of accounting ledger of amounts owned to and by Samuel Curry for various good and services. A sample of cloth is included as an enclosure.
File consists of legal documents of the Curry family, largely relating to the affairs of James or John Curry. Records include indentures, contracts, agreements, memoranda, receipts and tax assessment notices. File includes what appears to be an accounting of statutory labour hours submitted by local settlers. (Note that legal documentation in the form of correspondence proper is contained in the corresondence files of this series.)
