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      A yellowed and brittle paper with faded writing dating back to the late 1900's

      re: applying to teach at SS#1 Oct 1889 from Mount Forest High School - Fred Sherin - Math & Science Teacher

      This is a mortgage document describing a transaction of $3400 dollars for about 50 acres of land, between Thomas Armour and Thomas Harris. The original document was provided by Al Robinson during a Scan & Share Day event held at the Onondaga Hall on February 11, 2012.

      This is a deed of land from George Daniel Charles Edwards of the Township of Onondaga to Abraham Edwards. A copy of the document was provided by Judy Chambers.

      Mr. Carscadden was a principal at the Galt Collegiate Institute. According to "Report of the Minister of Education, Ontario, 1890", the average salary of a male teacher in a county system in 1889 was $389. Peppercorn rent was a customary form of exchange in the British legal system.

      An abstract of title prepared on the 31st of January, 1889 for lot number nine north of Ancaster road in the township of Brantford. It lists the names of grantors and grantees for transactions beginning on the 18th of August 1849 and ending the 5th of December 1874.

      Describes the events of the Battle of Stoney Creek, 6 June 1813.

      Dr. Aaron Chamberlain was born in East Oakland, in Brant County, Ontario to Joel and Elvira Main Chamberlain on 7th October, 1829. Aaron attended the Michigan Medical College at the University of Michigan between 1864 and 1865, and the Victoria Royal Medical School in 1867. He would marry Melinda Clark …