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      Published under the auspices of "The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec". Printed by the "Morning Chronicle" Office in Quebec.

      Photocopy of the Oxford County section of the Mercantile Agency Reference Book (and Key) Containing Ratings of the Merchants, Manufacturers, and Traders Generally, Throughout the Dominion of Canada, published in September 1877.

      Reprinted in 1972

      Also includes additional maps of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Brant County, Elgin county, Canada, United States, Eastern & Western Hemisphere and the Ottoman Empire.

      Contains a historical sketch of Ontario County, townships, cities, towns and villages. Also contains a directory, biographical directory of subscribers, a historical gazetteer, and maps.

      Contains a historical sketch of Peel County, townships, cities, towns and villages. Also contains a directory, biographical directory of subscribers, a historical gazetteer, and maps.

      (Condition: Fair. Image is quite faded)

      A two page document which includes three photographs and a brief description of the history of the Wurm Farm. The first photograph, black and white, shows the Wurm's homestead including the farmhouse, the barn and some of the fields. The picture was taken from the top of a hill looking …

 Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Ontario, Ont. (Toronto, Ontario: J.H. Beers & Co., 1877), 1877, P.# 20     This farm was located on lot 20 of the north side of the 7th Concession east of Thickson Road in Whitby Township.

      The Methodist Tabernacle was built in 1875-76 at 201 Centre Street South, south-east corner of Centre and Colborne Streets. It became the Whitby United Church in 1925 and St. Mark's United Church in 1962.

      George Henry Frewen Dartnell was born on February 13, 1834 in the city of Limerick, Ireland. The family came to Toronto in 1850. George Dartnell became a lawyer in Whitby in 1858, Junior Judge of Ontario County in 1873 and senior judge in 1896. He served 18 years on the …

      Copie sur négatif 60 mm (6 x 7) d'un ferrotype

      Une digue et au fond, nous voyons le mur de l'église inachevée.

      Richard Hatch was born at Darlington Township on October 7, 1839 and in 1864 started a hardware business at Whitby in partnership with his brother, Samuel Brown Hatch. In 1889 he moved to Toronto where he set up his own hardware business. He died at Toronto on July 26, 1936, …

      Library has both mounted original and englarged reproduction

      Enlarged reproduction of original photograph

      Enlarged reproduction of original

      There was a great rivalry between the two fire companies and it was often suggested that the fire fighters may have set fires to try out each other's efficiency. Enlarged reproduction of original.

 Unknown, Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Ontario, Ont. (Toronto, Ontario: J.H. Beers & Co., 1877), 1877     This house is located at the north-east corner of Mary and Pine Streets (at 201 Pine Street). It was built in the 1850s and demolished in 1976. Owners of this house were the Armstrong Family, W.H. Higgins, C.F. Stewart, J.B. Laidlaw and Frank Lloyd Beecroft. The home was called "The …

      James Holden (1828-1881) was the first president of the Ontario Ladies' College board of directors from 1874 to 1881. He was also one of the founding members of the College. Mr. Holden was born at Stouffville, Upper Canada, on February 29, 1828 and died at Dominion City, Manitoba, on October …