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              Alexander McIntosh fonds
              89-1024 · Fonds · 1867-1899

              This fonds consists of legal documents which are mostly protests against Alexander McIntosh for promissory notes that were not honoured. The protesters are local Peterborough businesses and banks. There are also by-laws and other documents of a legal nature from North Monaghan township including some information on School Sections Nos. 1-4 and a class list for School Section No. 3.

              McIntosh, Alexander
              Bateson family fonds
              89-1025 · Fonds · 1828-1930

              This fonds consists of records relating to the Bateson family of Cavan Township in the County of Durham. A large portion of the records are debentures showing sale of land to William Bateson and other people. There are three wills; one for Isaac Bateson, one for Ellen Bateson (parents of William Bateson) and one for William Bateson. The fonds also includes some earlier, apparently unrelated records regarding other properties. This fonds is an excellent source of history on the Bateson family.

              Bateson family
              David Brown collection
              98-015 · Collection · 1826-1967

              This collection consists of miscellaneous ledgers and legal documents of businesses, doctors, etc. in Peterborough, surrounding counties and areas in southern Ontario.

              Brown, David
              77-1010 · Fonds · Photocopied [ca. 1977]

              This fonds consists of photocopies of the minutes of the gaol and courthouse building committee, from 1828 to 1831, at Amherst in Hamilton Township, Newcastle District.

              Gaol and court house
              George Furby fonds
              89-1026 · Fonds · 1900

              This fonds consists of correspondence concerning the estate of Mary Blake of Cornwall, England. The records were in the possession of George M. Furby Esq., manager of The Midland Loan and Savings Company in Port Hope, Ontario, who helped to settle her estate.

              Furby, George
              Haldimand Township broadside
              89-1009 · Item · [before 1940]

              This item is a broadside containing information about the By-Laws of the Municipality of Haldimand for the information of pound keepers: "Extracts from the statutes of Canada and the by-Laws of the Municipality of Halidmand..."

              Haldimand Township
              John E. Proctor fonds
              91-1022 · Fonds · 1869-1902

              This fonds consists of documents, from 1869 to 1902, including sale of timber receipts, deeds of land and quit claims of John E. Proctor of Brighton, Ontario.

              Proctor, John E.
              Kerr family fonds
              82-021 · Fonds · 1850-1926

              The fonds has been divided into three general series. Series A consists of business and legal papers of the Kerr and Kerr Law firm which was run by William Kerr and his son William F. Kerr. Included in this series are many individual case files. Series B consists of the papers of Victoria College which was located in Cobourg, Ontario. Included in this series are papers dealing with the large land holdings of the College, historical documents relating to the College's early beginnings and the land deals which allowed it to expand within the town of Cobourg and Haldimand Township, as well as the papers of the officers involved in the negotiations and the the final move of the College to Toronto at the end of the nineteenth century. Series C consists of the personal papers and business correspondence and documents of John W. Kerr, Senator William Kerr's brother, and also a Lawyer in Cobourg, Ontario.

              Kerr family
              89-007 · Item · 6 May 1647; 11 Dec. 1806

              This collection consists of two legal documents. One is written on parchment, dated 6 May 1647 and written in German. The second document is dated 11 December 1806 and appoints 16 men as Justices of the Peace for the District of Newcastle. It is signed by Francis Gore, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada at York.

              Owen Hoey fonds
              77-1012 · Item · 1853-1880

              The fonds consists of the deeds and other land records relating to property in Seymour Township.

              Hoey, Owen
              Seth Soper Smith fonds
              76-041 · Fonds · 1911-1922

              The fonds consists of three volumes detailing cases handled by Smith plus his accounts. The docket book contains details of estates administration including those of H.H. Burnham and Mary Tuer, railway right-of-way and various other cases from 1911 to 1918, and it includes an index. There is also a cash book and an account book from 1917 to 1922.

              Smith, Seth Soper
              89-1049 · Item · 1858

              This item is a contract between Thomas Watson, teacher, and the Trustees of the Joint Board Grammar and Common School, Port Hope. The contract is for 1 year at a salary of one hundred and twenty pounds.

              Watson, Thomas
              84-020 · Fonds · 1803-1960

              This fonds consists of township records, by-laws, legal correspondence, records of the Queen's Bench and General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham. Records include indictments, convictions and inquests and case records (which are effectively a continuation of the inquests, convictions and indictments series).

              The fonds is arranged into 9 series:

              1. Township business with bylaws, oaths of coroner's and coroner's commissions and jail surgeons
              2. Voter's lists and books including militia rolls
              3. Juries and jurors
              4. Convictions and return of convictions
              5. Inquests
              6. Indictments
              7. Magistrates returns
              8. Justice of the Peace Commissions
              9. Criminal and Civil Procedures and Correspondence and Case Records which reflect a change in the organization of records by the County Clerk's office after 1914 and which contain inquest, conviction and indictment documents.
              10. Correspondence and miscellaneous
              United Counties of Northumberland and Durham
              Victoria College fonds
              89-1066 · Fonds · 20 Oct. 1856-23 Jan. 1857

              This fonds consists of 4 original documents pertaining to the land on which Victoria College, Cobourg, was situated. One document is the declaration of Rev. S.D. Rice verifying the signatures of the Attorney General (John A. Macdonald) and the Deputy Registrar (Thomas Mayor) on the other three documents.

              Victoria College
              76-1004 · Fonds · Photocopied [ca. 1976]

              This fonds consists of photocopies of the letters of probate of Last Will and Testament of Zaccheus Burnham including a copy of the will dated June 12, 1856 and codicils to the will dated 1856 and 1857. Also included is a probate of the will dated March 14, 1857. There is certification by W.F. Johnston, notary public, Peterborough, that the foregoing papers are a true copy of the Letters Probate of Zaccheus Burnham dated May 6, 1889.

              Burnham, Zaccheus