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      Please click on "reverse" to see the second page of the letter. Stationery letterhead: Office of Jay Joslin Wholesale and Retail Foreign & Domestic Dry Goods, 384 & 386 Lawrence Street, Denver, Col. Joslin Dry Goods, Callier & Cleaveland Iith, Denver, Col. Jennie's husband, Freeman Bell, worked as Head Bookkeeper …

      A letter of S. Wright to Mrs. E. A. Meek.

      A letter from William Pate (brother) to James Pate on August 20, 1882 discussing the farm. Page 1 Lethangie Kinross My Dear Brother, I have only once I think – and that very shortly – written you. Since you left here. I prefer – lazy as I am at writing …

      This land indenture between Andrew Aitken and Robert Carrick transfers a tract of land in South Dumfries Township. The land comprises of 100 acres, the north half of lot 33 in the Third Concession; it was sold for the not insubstantial sum of $9000.

      Document providing information regarding the Six Nations. Originally delivered as a lecture.

      This item is a ledger book that belonged to Dr. Aaron H. Chamberlain (b. 1829, d. 1916). As a doctor and physician, he practiced his job out of his former home in Scotland, Ontario. Encased in a red cover, this ledger was used to keep record of his patients, some …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 5 Jan 1882, p. 3     SUCCUMBED. - The little daughter of Mr. W. Williams, upon whose throat the operation was performed last week, died on Friday afternoon. The operation greatly relieved her, and it was hoped would be successful in overcoming the disease, but it seems as if both medical and surgical skill are ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 12 Jan 1882, p. 3     NEW SYMPATHY. - In Georgetown the people seemingly endeavor to compensate each other on the loss, by death, of a friend, by the donation of a few paltry dollars. The following interesting item appears in the last issue of the Georgetown Herald:- "On Monday last, upon his return from the …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 12 Jan 1882, p. 3     MATRIMONIAL. - We clip the following from the Lincoln Neb. State Journal:- "At the residence of the bride's father, in Otoe county, Neb., Mr. James C. Whidden to Miss Maria Jane Armstrong, Rev. M. F. Platt of Lincoln, officiating. A goodly number of the relatives and neighbors gathered in to …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 19 Jan 1882, p. 3     SILVER WEDDING - One of those happy events, which we are always pleased to chronicle, and which every married couple are not permitted to enjoy, took place on Saturday last, 14th inst. We refer to the celebration of the twenty fifth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Eli …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 26 Jan 1882, p. 3     NASSAGAWEYA ITEM. - Information has just been received that Mr. George Easterbrook, son of Mr. John Easterbrook, post-master, who went to California about 23 years ago, is dead....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 2 Feb 1882, p. 3     MATRIMONIAL. - In another column will be found the marriage notice of an old Acton boy, Mr. R. N. Thurtell, of Teeswater, Ont., to Miss Maggie Laidlaw, of Clearwater, Manitoba. We wish the newly pair all the happiness that married life can afford, and trust that although they have already …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 2 Feb 1882, p. 3     WEDDING BELLS. - One of those happy events which we are always pleased to record, took place yesterday, in the union in the bonds of matrimony of Mr. D. D. Christie, of the firm of Christie, Henderson & Co., of this village, to Miss Maggie McNair, of Quebec. The ceremony …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 16 Feb 1882, p. 3     WEDDING BELLS. - On Wednesday, 8th inst. Rev. Joseph Unsworth joined in wedlock Mr. James T. Smith, of the G.T.R., and Miss Nellie Barber, daughter of Joseph Barber, Esq., of Georgetown. In connection with the above the members of the Congregational Church presented the bride with a beautiful ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 23 Feb 1882, p. 2     FATAL ACCIDENT. ANOTHER VICTIM OF INTEM- PERANCE. David Leichman instantly Killed. On Monday evening an accident resulting in the instantaneous death of David Leichman, well known to many of our citizens, occurred on the G.T. Railway about a mile east of Limehouse. ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 23 Feb 1882, p. 3     FUNERAL. - The funeral of Mr. David Leichman, who was accidently killed on Monday took place yesterday. The body was interred in Acton cemetery....

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 16 Mar 1882, p. 2     SAD FATAL ACCIDENT. John Scott Killed on the Grand Trunk Railway. WHISKEY THE CAUSE. A sad fatal accident occurred on the G. T. railway, about half a mile east of this village last night, resulting in the death of Mr. John Scott, a farmer who had lived on lot 24, …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 23 Mar 1882, p. 2     SAD FATAL ACCIDENT An Esquesing Farmer Killed on the Grand Trunk Railway. A VICTIM OF WHISKEY. [Last Thursday morning after we had gone to press and worked off a large part of the edition, the news of the fatal accident reported below, was received, and as the whole of ...

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 27 Apr 1882, p. 3     ACTON'S CENTENNARIAN GONE. - On Thursday last Mr. Angus McDonald, - Acton's Centennarian - who was visiting his friends at Uxbridge, departed this life at the remarkable age of 105 years and two months. The old gentleman left Acton on the twenty-third of March, in his usual health, and intended …

 appeared in Acton Free Press, 10 Aug 1882, p. 2     Fatal Carelessness. A Brampton Woman Shoots Her Sister With a Revolver"She Didn't Know Was Loaded." One of those sad events which result from the careless handling of firearms, and from which the public are being constantly warned, occurred at Brampton on Saturday ...