Series consists of newspaper clippings (both copies and originals) related to various Port Hope hotels, c1854-1989. It includes: The Albion, Bletcher's Inn, Blackham's, The British, Canada House, Durham House, The Ganaraska Hotel, Hetherington's Hotel, Lake View House, Lees Hotel (Mill Street North), Martin Griffen's Hotel, Midland House, The North American, Queen's Arms Inn, The Plains, The Royal, Stenson's, St. Lawrence Hotel, Strong's Hotel, Turner House, The Walton (Queen's Hotel), and other miscellaneous inns, taverns and saloons. The series also contains two (2) paper napkins from the Queen's Hotel on Walton Street.
Fonds consist of personal and business-related correspondence and research documents used by William Davies. Personal correspondence to Davies’ brother, other family members and friends, business-related correspondence with agricultural journals, and research relating to agricultural journals are included.
Davies, WilliamItem is a charter of the Port Granby Harbour and Wharf Company, 1854. Document lists names of Shareholders: James Robertson; Peter Robinson; T. W. Metcalfe; Theron Dickey; John Walker and ? Smith.
East Durham County Land Registry OfficeThe fonds consists of two financial ledgers compiled by Robert Lindsay, General Merchant, of Innerkip, between the years 1856-1865.
Lindsay, RobertFile consists of balance sheets and correspondence related to creditor problems from David Prince, 1857. David Prince was the proprietor of a clothing and dry goods store and a cigar and cap factory on Walton Street.
Brogdin, GeorgeFile consists of various cancelled drafts and cheques written by the law firm of Brogdin and Boulton, 1857.
Brogdin, GeorgeCollection consists of newspaper articles, photographs, graphic material, correspondence, and business records related to members of the Greenwood family. The collection consists of the following sous-fonds: General Greenwood Family, John Hamer Greenwood, Florence Amery (nee Greenwood), and Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood.
The photographs are arranged by subject matter and cover activities in and around the town of Deseronto, Ontario. The majority date from the late nineteenth century and many depict the lumber-related industries of the Rathbun Company in Deseronto. There are also photographs of school groups, churches, railways, First World War airfields and portraits of Deseronto citizens.
The fonds consists of ledger no. 3 compiled by Charles C. Carryer, Saddler etc. of Woodstock, Ontario between the years 1860 and 1869.
Carryer, Charles CalebThe fonds consists of four financial ledgers created between 1860 and 1893.
Daly HouseFile consists of correspondence from Peter Robertson to Seth Soper Smith regarding Mrs. Brown's balance sheet, undated.
Brogdin, GeorgeFile consists of a list of debts of Charles Gilchrist to James A. Wing, George Brogdin and H. Ruttan, undated. Charles Gilchrist (1827-1912) was a constable in Port Hope in 1856.
Brogdin, GeorgeFile consists of a notice of Plead Declaration regarding the Bank of Upper Canada vs. Conger et al, 1860. Alfred Rubidge represented the Bank of Upper Canada; and George Brogdin represented Wilson Seymour Conger, James Ashford, Robert Mitchell (1798-1865) and John Ashford (d. 1869).
Brogdin, GeorgeThe Marsh Store was a community hub for Coldstream and Lobo Township. There are eight series. These include store records, sawmill and gristmill records, and woollen mill records. Other businesses that operated out of there were: the Coldstream Telephone Company ; Lobo Mutual Fire Insurance; and the Great Western Railway and Telegraph Company. Of special interest are the magazines and books located in the Public Library collection which also operated out of the Marsh Store. Jacob Marsh was also involved with the local council which also operated from his store.
UntitledFonds consist of business records used by Abbott Brother’s Carriage Works. This includes the company’s order book, accounts and handbill, and illustrations and diagrams. For a detailed transcription of contents, see the preliminary finding aid.
Abbott Brother's Carriage WorksFonds consists of records relating to the general store and sawmill owned by the Richards family at Balaclava Ontario 1896-1947. The general store records include: detailed supplier invoices 1896-1910, 1914-1933; incoming and outgoing correspondence 1897-1942 and orders and order receipts 1899-1928; general ledgers and day books 1868-1896; profit and loss accounts 1901-1905; store inventories 1903-1904, 1911 and cash books 1901-1911, 1937-1938. There are also general lumber orders 1931-1946 in box 12.
For the sawmill there are time books 1905-1926; log books of logs cut for the sawmill 1895-1927; log book accounts 1908-1910, 1934-1939; lumber and timber contracts 1898-1910; and railway tie contracts 1914-1927.
There are also miscellaneous files relating to the Richards family including insurance certificates 1899-1913; Harry Richards’ income taxes 1916-1923 and 1933-1940; and William Richards’ notebooks for money owed 1892-1898 as well as his estate accounts 1908-1912. There are also records relating to the public school board of Grattan and Brougham Townships 1891-1931 and the Brougham and Grattan Telephone Co. 1907-1921.
The documents are arranged into three series: 1) General Store Records and Orders; 2) Financial Records; and, 3) Subject Files.
Richards FamilyThe fonds consists of two ledgers compiled by James A. Fowler, Woodstock Shoemaker between the years 1866 and 1892.
Fowler, JamesFile consists of records created by the Hope Cheese Factory, 1867-1885. It includes: Declaration of the Hope Cheese Factory, 14 Oct 1867; Declaration of the amount to Stock, 14 Jan 1871; Report 1871; Annual Reports 1872, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1885.
East Durham County Land Registry OfficeFile consists of the confession of Samuel Allen for theft from the Grand Trunk Railway, Apr 1867.
Brogdin, GeorgeItem is a Certificate of Affidavit for Stock for the Canada Button Manufacturing Company, Port Hope, 1868-1869.
East Durham County Land Registry Office