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 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 letters sent to and between members of the Curry family including James and John Curry. Includes a letter from the Township Clerk's Office for Chinguacousy directing the removal of a fence from a road allowance in compliance with a council resolution. Two letters from "Mary" concern the death of her mother and subsequent grief. A letter written from Montreal by a correspondent with an illegible signature gives a detailed description of aspects of that locale.
File consists of undated letters sent to and between members of the Curry family. Includes a letter from A. Snowdon, Millwright, making observations and recommendations on mill wheels and related mechanisms.
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.)
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.
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 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 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 documents related to the affairs of the Home District Building Society and Provincial Permanent Building Society including statements and meeting announcements.
File consists of exercises in handwriting and penmanship and handwritten copies of excerpts from literature, poetry, and popular works of domestic advice.
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.
