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Collection consists of miscellaneous legal documents accumulated by Samuel Weir. Documents include indentures, deeds, a will, a letter of administration, an order of payment and a summary of land titles. Ten of the documents are from England, while two are from the United States.

One document on vellum: a grant of land in Hastings County, Upper Canada to Frederick Keller, heir of the original grantee, his brother David Keller, deceased, dated Feb. 10, 1835.

Fonds consists of a certificate and fee receipt pertaining to the enrollment of George Charles Street as a student-at-law of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Collection consists of a subpoena issued to Hector Ross in 1836.

Most of the papers deal with Bell's activities as part of the Hastings Militia. Bell served under his friend, John Ferguson, and in 1825 succeeded him as colonel in command of the 1st Regiment, Hastings Militia. There is a small quantity of personal correspondence and 23 items relating to his role as Justice of the Peace and Coroner. Also included is a small file of correspondence from Robert Laing, who succeded Bell as schoolmaster on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Reserve. Fonds consists of of the following series: Correspondence, 1779-1836 Correspondence, Public Offices, 1799-1833 Robert Laing, 1795-1823 1st Regiment, Hastings Militia, 1798-1831

Fonds consists of correspondence to the Hull Circuit from missions in Upper Canada (primarily in York and later Toronto).

Item is one letter written by John Lawrence to Valentine Harden Tisdale who was born in 1815 in the Long Point area of Norfolk County, Ontario.

Subject of the letter consists of an account of the William Lyon MacKenzie uprising which led to the outbreak of the Upper Canada Rebellion.

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Fonds consists of one volume which is a handwrittern day book kept by J. & J. Miller & Co. in which were recorded sales of specific merchandise items and the names of the purchasers.

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Holograph letter from Amelia Alderson Opie to an unidentified correspondent dated May 5, 1838 refusing an invitation.

Fonds consists of two handwritten day books and one handwritten cash book in which Jones kept records relating to his general merchant business. Entries list goods sold, prices of goods, customers' names, and customers' accounts. Goods include groceries and sundries such as silk, muslin, thread, whip lash, nails, cod fish, rum, and snuff. Many entries are for various fabrics and sewing items.

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Fonds consists of a transcript of the personal marriage register of Rev. John Ham for Napanee Circuit.

Fonds consists of correspondence, 1804-1838. Correspondents include Nathan Bangs.

Fonds consists of correspondence re work in New Brunswick, 1799-1839.

Item is a declaration of boundary lines of Lot 27 Concession 6 in Hope Township.

Fonds consists of reports detailing the society's general business, extracts from H. O'Neill, B.C. Hill, F.A. O'Meara and F.L. Osler's missionary work and subscription and donation lists.

Fonds consists of: 1) a personal letter (June 16, 1824) from John B. Selley to his aunt informing her of the death of his father; 2) Ordination Certificate of John Bennett Selley in the Methodist Society at Portsmouth England (August 31, 1836); 3) Certificate signed by Governor General Gosford at Quebec (November 15, 1836) authorizing John Bennett Selley to "keep registers of baptisms, marriages and burials" within the city of Montreal; 4) Letter of permission or licence issued by General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the Gore District, issued in Hamilton (July 13, 1841).

Fonds consists of an indenture of transfer of property to Wesleyan Methodist Church in Scarborough, November 20 1841.

Collection consists of two marriage settlement documents collected by D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin, a lawyer in Hamilton, Ontario. His ancestor, Reverend Richard Martin, is named as a trustee in one of the documents.

Fonds consists of a document titled "Opinion and Testimony of his Congregation, and of others, Inhabitants of Woodstock and its Neighbours", highlighting the feelings of Bettridge's congregation over his actions in England.

Fonds consists of diary of work in Newfoundland, 1839-1842.