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

      The Work of Our Hands chronicles the history of the town of Mount Pleasant from its earliest settlements through the end of the 19th century. In order to have meaning, local history must relate all aspects of a particular community’s development to a larger context. Mount Pleasant stands out as …

      A note on the postcard suggests that the photograph may have been taken in 1906, while both the 1¢ Quebec Centenary stamp and postmark indicate it was mailed in 1908.

      This item was digitized on November 14th, 2009, during a Digitization Days event at the Paris Branch of the County of Brant Public Library. Robert Rosebrugh's name is subject to many eccentric spellings. A notable alternate, used in this document, is Robert Roseburgh.

      The postcard is undated, but the partially faded postmark suggests it was mailed in 1914.

      This photograph depicts Andrew Eadie and several other people in front of the Eadie home on the "Black Hill" farm in the 1850s. Andrew Eadie is the man in the cap, second from left; the woman next to him is thought to be his second wife, Mrs. MacDonald. In the …

      This postcard, c. 1912-14, shows Mount Pleasant's Main Street. The view looks north from the Presbyterian Church, with the manse visible to the left. The town's first cement sidewalk can be seen - the previous wooden one was replaced using money raised by the Old Boys' Reunion of 1908. To …

      This lithograph depicts the no. 2 and 3 mills of the Penman Manufacturing Co. in Paris, Ontario, c. 1892. This image was printed on the ninth page of photographs in At the Forks of the Grand: Volume II by D. A. Smith.

      This patent was granted to William Williams Clay, of the Clay & McCosh knitting mill, in 1884 by the Kaiserliches Patentamt of Germany. It appears to describe a machine for knitting mills. The text of this patent is in German. Page 5 includes a detailed set of drawings of the …

      This land deed between Neville Smith, his wife Martha Smith, and James Hitchcox, all of the town of Paris, transfers a portion of land in exchange for $875. The land is approximately 3/4 of an acre in lots 1, 2, and 3 on the south side of William Street.

      This deed documents the sale of a plot of land to David W.J. Havill from the Canada Permanent Building & Savings Society. Charles and Rose Chamberlain had originally contracted a mortgage for $400 on their property in 1869, but defaulted on their payments and the land was put up for …

      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.

      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.

      This 1870 land indenture between Hiram Capron and Lyman Gleason transfers lot 6 on the north side of Capron Street in exchange for $50. The location of this lot can be found on page 40 of the Brant County Illustrated atlas, linked to on the right.

      This 1865 land deed transfers a lot in Paris between Hiram Capron and Daniel O'Neail. The 18 acre lot comprises part of the northern section of lot 32 in the first concession of the Township of South Dumfries; in return, Capron received $1400.

      This 1891 document confirms the High Court of Justice's commission to Frank Smoke for the County of Brant, enabling him to take Affidavits, Depositions, Bail, and other similar actions.

      This 1876 town map shows Paris as it was at the time. The lots are numbered individually. A number of notable town landmarks are indicated, with the key in the lower centre of the map.

      "County of Brant" is used to refer to a geographic region rather than the current municipality by the same name. Maps of Brantford are included in this atlas.

      These letters patent officially incorporate Sinclair's Hardware, Limited, manufacturers and dealers of hardware in Paris. The business partners were: John Harold, Manufacturer Vernon Martin, Manager James Sinclair, Merchant Franklin Smoke, Solicitor Sheldon La Pierre, Solicitor