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  • Remitter's Receipt
    Remitter's Receipt
    ImageText       Inventory No. 2007.0005.74. Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
    ImageText     Inventory No. 2007.0005.74. Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
  • Remitter's Receipt, CN Railway Co.
    Remitter's Receipt, CN Railway Co.
    ImageText       Inventory No. 2002.0015.34. Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
    ImageText     Inventory No. 2002.0015.34. Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
  • Rules of the Great Western Railway
    Rules of the Great Western Railway
    PublicationText       Inventory No. 2006.0085.02. Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
    PublicationText     Inventory No. 2006.0085.02. Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
  • Agreement Between CN Railway Co. and the Municipality of the Town of Paris
    Agreement Between CN Railway Co. and the Municipality of the Town of Paris
    Text       Inventory No. 1999.1521.01.03. Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
    Text     Inventory No. 1999.1521.01.03. Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
  • Resolution of the Board of Railway Chief Commissioners for Canada
    Resolution of the Board of Railway Chief Commissioners for Canada
    Text       Inventory No. 1999.3131.01. Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
    Text     Inventory No. 1999.3131.01. Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
  • Minutes of Public Meeting
    Minutes of Public Meeting
    Text       Inventory No. 1999.8107.01 Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
    Text     Inventory No. 1999.8107.01 Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
  • Freight Receipt
    Freight Receipt
    ImageText       Inventory No. 2004.0018.58 Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
    ImageText     Inventory No. 2004.0018.58 Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
  • CN Railway Waybill
    CN Railway Waybill
    ImageText       Inventory No. 2003.0014.23 Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
    ImageText     Inventory No. 2003.0014.23 Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
  • Letter to J. P. Nunan
    Letter to J. P. Nunan
    Text       Inventory No. 1999.1736.97.02 Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
    Text     Inventory No. 1999.1736.97.02 Property of the Paris Museum and Historical Society.
  • Assessment of Capron Estate, 1870
    Assessment of Capron Estate, 1870
    TextImage       This 1870 assessment of Hiram Capron’s lands lists all of the land he owned at that time, by location, and the dollar value of each lot. This assessment may be a copy of the tax assessment referred to in a letter contained in 1999.0405.01, also included in this collection. A …
    TextImage     This 1870 assessment of Hiram Capron’s lands lists all of the land he owned at that time, by location, and the dollar value of each lot. This assessment may be …
  • Statement of Hiram Capron’s Oath of Allegiance
    Statement of Hiram Capron’s Oath of Allegiance
    TextImage       This 1829 statement confirms Hiram Capron’s oath of allegiance to the King, a provincial requirement for foreign-born residents in order to obtain the full rights of a natural born British subject. An earlier statement, from 1822, also exists and is included in this collection.
    TextImage     This 1829 statement confirms Hiram Capron’s oath of allegiance to the King, a provincial requirement for foreign-born residents in order to obtain the full rights of a natural born British …
  • Land agreement with Great Western Railroad Company
    Land agreement with Great Western Railroad Company
    TextImagecomment       This agreement documents Capron's sale of a strip of land to allow the Great Western Railroad Company to run a track on his property. He additionally sold a plot to allow for the construction of a depot, and agreed to construct a wooden fence along the length of this track. …
    TextImagecomment     This agreement documents Capron's sale of a strip of land to allow the Great Western Railroad Company to run a track on his property. He additionally sold a plot to …
  • Statement of Hiram Capron’s Oath of Allegiance
    Statement of Hiram Capron’s Oath of Allegiance
    TextImage       Statement confirming Hiram Capron’s oath of allegiance, which he undertook on July 13th, 1822, after renouncing his American citizenship in order to obtain the full rights of a British subject in Canada. A later statement, from 1829, also exists and is included in this collection. This statement was referenced in …
    TextImage     Statement confirming Hiram Capron’s oath of allegiance, which he undertook on July 13th, 1822, after renouncing his American citizenship in order to obtain the full rights of a British subject …
  • Timeline of Hiram Capron’s Life, 1864
    Timeline of Hiram Capron’s Life, 1864
    TextImage       Description: This short memorandum contains a brief timeline of Hiram Capron’s life to the time it was written. Capron was then 64 years old. He notes several setbacks in his affairs, and that his current financial situation is poor. It is written on the back of an insurance slip belonging …
    TextImage     Description: This short memorandum contains a brief timeline of Hiram Capron’s life to the time it was written. Capron was then 64 years old. He notes several setbacks in his …
  • Hiram Capron Ledger Excerpt
    Hiram Capron Ledger Excerpt
    TextImage       Most of the writing on these pages is in the same pen and may have been done at once; the latest date with this pen is 1860. Some later entries, which go as late as 1864, have been written using a different instrument and may have been later updates to …
    TextImage     Most of the writing on these pages is in the same pen and may have been done at once; the latest date with this pen is 1860. Some later entries, …
  • Hiram Capron's Farm Advice
    Hiram Capron's Farm Advice
    TextImagemystery       This page of "Ods and Ends" contains some of Capron's notes on farming. After a tip on determining the sex of eggs, these pages contain a draft of a letter to a farming magazine on the topics of timber processing and the causes of corn smut ("smoot"). It appears that …
    TextImagemystery     This page of "Ods and Ends" contains some of Capron's notes on farming. After a tip on determining the sex of eggs, these pages contain a draft of a letter …
  • Land Agreement between Executors of Hiram Capron's Estate and John Penman
    Land Agreement between Executors of Hiram Capron's Estate and John Penman
    TextImage       This deed documents the sale of some of Hiram Capron's land by his estate to John Penman in 1876. The land sold was a portion of lot 31 near Penman's dam on the Nith River, in addition to a right of way to this land, in exchange for $2000. The …
    TextImage     This deed documents the sale of some of Hiram Capron's land by his estate to John Penman in 1876. The land sold was a portion of lot 31 near Penman's …
  • Land Indenture between Hiram Capron and Robert Fisher, 1845
    Land Indenture between Hiram Capron and Robert Fisher, 1845
    TextImage       This land indenture grants Robert Fisher and James Merchant Fisher a small plot of land located near lot 7 in Paris. A later deed, transferring ownership from Robert to his brother James, is also a part of this collection and is linked to on the right.
    TextImage     This land indenture grants Robert Fisher and James Merchant Fisher a small plot of land located near lot 7 in Paris. A later deed, transferring ownership from Robert to his …
  • Hiram Capron's Abstract of Title to Block No. 1 on the Grand River, 1866
    Hiram Capron's Abstract of Title to Block No. 1 on the Grand River, 1866
    TextImage       This abstract of title was written by Hiram Capron to trace the ownership history of Lot no. 1 on the Grand River in Paris, Ontario from 1798 to its current status in 1866. Prolific area landowners including Thomas Clark, William Dickson, and William Holme are listed as previous owners of …
    TextImage     This abstract of title was written by Hiram Capron to trace the ownership history of Lot no. 1 on the Grand River in Paris, Ontario from 1798 to its current …
  • Abstract of Title to Gore North of Dundas Street
    Abstract of Title to Gore North of Dundas Street
    TextImage       The accession numbers are in reverse sequence from the page numbers.
    TextImage     The accession numbers are in reverse sequence from the page numbers.
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