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      This 1887 receipt notes that the collector had received M. A. Stowe's taxes for that year, totalling $2.23 - $1.20 for regular taxes, and $1.03 for school taxes. It was printed on page 231 of The Work of Our Hands by Sharon Jaeger, and was provided by Linda Guest.

      This document lists the properties offered during the June 1st, 1865 chancery sale of the estate of Charles Thompson, who owned the Summer Hill Estate in the township of York. Herbert Biggar, of Mount Pleasant, is listed as one of the parties to the chancery case. The document was provided …

      The map view is not precise; it displays Walnut Street rather than the specific lot.

      The original indenture included a third blank page, which has been omitted in this online edition.

      This item is a loan agreement between Eleanor Flock of Burford Township and the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada. The agreement is dated January 8th, 1862 and was for the sum of $1400 to be paid by April 1st 1867. If the amount was not paid in full …

      This item is a mortgage agreement for land in Burford Township (210 acres consisting of parts of lots 4, 5, and 6 Concession 11 and parts of lots 4 and 5 Concession 12) from the Canada Landed Credit Company to John and Mary Jane Smith. The agreement is dated February …

      This item is a land deed transferring land in Burford Township (50 acres consisting of part of lot 3 concession 12) from John Vivyan to Philip Flock. The deed is dated October 23, 1855 and the land was purchased for 300 pounds.

      This item is a note written by William Smith acknowledging payment by John Smith of a loan for the sum of 200 pounds which he had provided in late April or Early May 1846. The note is dated September 18, 1852.

      This item is a land deed transferring land in Burford Township (210 acres consisting of parts of lots 4, 5, and 6 Concession 11 and parts of lots 4 and 5 Concession 12) from William Smith and his wife, Charity, of Ancaster Township and John Smith of Burford Township. The …

      This item is a land deed transferring land in Burford Township (50 acres on part of lot 3 concession 12) from Philip Flock to John Smith. The deed is dated January 11, 1856 and the land was purchased for the sum of 450 pounds.

      This item is a land deed transferring land in Burford Township (the northern 50 acres of lot 3 concession 12) from John Paul Smith and his wife, Sarah Esther, to John Smith. The deed is dated June 22, 1847 and the land was purchased for the sum of 275 pounds.

      This item is a land deed transferring land in Burford Township (89 acres of lot 3, concession 12 and the southwest quarter of lot 6, concession 12) from Eleanor Flock and her late husband, Philip Flock, to Thomas [Perrin] of Brantford Township. The deed is dated December 18, 1858 and …

      This item is an abstract of title for the south half of the north half of Lot 9, Concession 7 in Burford Township. The date this abstract of title was created is not listed however the land transfers listed go up to 1888.

      This item is a letter and envelope addressed to Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Darnley from a Mr. and Mrs. Milton McAllister. Milton McAllister occupied a farm across the road, south from the Darnley farm, located on Lot 4, Concession 2. No other content in the envelope. The date the letter …

      This item consists of the remnants of a letter sent from Arthur Darnley to an unknown person. The letter discusses everyday details of school, and how he is looking forward to the Christmas Holidays. The first newspaper clipping consists of a death notice for James Henry, the third son of …

      Writing is mostly illegible.

      The contents of the letter are illegible.

      In this photocopy of a land indenture, Charles Stewart sold a parcel of land in Glen Morris to William Fleming for $275. The lot was a portion of lot 19 on 6th concession on Dunbar Street, now known as the Griffin house. The complete list of signatories is: Malcolm McDonald …

      This item is a letter sent to William Clarke, a teenage English boy who had been living in Paris, Ontario for two years, from Eveline Hills, representing the National Children’s Home and Orphanage's Immigration Branch in Hamilton. The contents of this letter regard William's request for a trip to visit …

      This item is a land deed transferring land in Newport (land presently owned by the Emmott family on Old Greenfield Road) from Ignatius Cockshutt to Moses and Carolina Emmott. The deed is dated June 21, 1876 and the land was purchased for $1,200 dollars. Moses Emmott immigrated to Canada from …