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      The Holy Bible (Family Bible). Philadelphia: John E. Potter and Company. (Appropriation of Archbishop James F. Wood of Philadelphia).

      Men of Canada- Henry Herbert Skill Source: Encyclopedia Canada Vol. 5 Acquired: November 18, 1992

      Contents: January p. 10 February p. 18 March p. 26 April p. 34 May p. 42 June p. 50 July p. 58 August p. 66 September p. 74 October p. 82 November p. 90 December p. 96 Index 103 Cover title: "'Our' holiday annual and Kent County almanac for 1883"

      This item is a postcard written December 20th, 1883 to Ida Yates with regards to getting together around Christmastime and a new teaching position the sender was to begin. There does not appear to be a signature.

      This item is a letter dated February 7th, 1883 addressed to Ida Yates from a friend in Grantham who appears to have the initials "D.J.M."

      London Public Library Card 1 "By-law to provide for the establishment of a free library in the city of London," by Alex J. Abbott (City Clerk). LFP Dec. 22, 1883, p.2. "Retiring chairman John Campbell of the Library Board. Inadequecy of main branch of the library." LFP ...

      Free Library London and a Free Library. Can Illus News 27:162 March 17, 1883...

      LIBRARIES London and a Free Library Can Illus News 27: 162 Mr 17 1883 ...

      Flood - 1883 Scenes of the London disaster. Can. Illus. News 28:56 July 28, 1883 ...

      The Canadian Women's Suffrage Association was originally founded in 1877 as the Toronto Women's Literary Guild. Emily Howard Jennings Stowe (1831-1903) was a teacher and principal, a medical doctor, and a suffragette. Educated at home, Stowe became a teacher in 1846 and graduated from the Provincial Normal School in Toronto, …

      This item is a land deed dated August 13th, 1883 transferring land in Burford Township (the south half of the north half of Lot 9, Concession 7) from William J. McWilliams and his wife, Fannie McWilliams, to Joseph Stratford. The land was purchased for the sum of five hundred and …

     

      Location: Scrapbook # 1 - Page 120 - Item 5 Fisk University was started in Nashville at the end of the civil war with the Fisk Singers beginning as a way to raise money for the University. Date of Scrapbook 1876-1922 Teresa Vanderburgh was one of St. Catharines' most prominent …

      Location: Scrapbook # 1 - Page 120 - Item 5 Fisk University was started in Nashville at the end of the civil war with the Fisk Singers beginning as a way to raise money for the University. Date of Scrapbook 1876-1922 Teresa Vanderburgh was one of St. Catharines' most prominent …

      St. John's Lutheran Church (1837-2018) in Waterloo, Ontario was a member of the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. The congregation was formed in 1837, and a modest church was built in uptown Waterloo, at the modern-day intersection of King and Bridgeport Streets. The congregation eventually outgrew …

     

 Canadian Post (Lindsay, ONT), 20 Apr 1883, p. 5, column 3-4     See also page 4

      The OCR files were donated by the Brantford Public Library. Their electronic version of the book is linked to on the right.

      This 1883 document assigns the rights to a patent held by Robert M. Appleton to William W. Clay, one of the operators of the Paris Clay & McCosh knitting mills. Appleton, from New Hampshire, owned the American patent on an invention known as "Appleton's Improved Under Shirt;" he agreed to …

      This copy of Daniel O'Neail's last will and testament outlines his gifts of money and land to his family members. He lived in South Dumfries. The witnesses to the document are John MacMillan and Michael Ryan, both of Paris.