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      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 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 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 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 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 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.

      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

      This 1887 document mortgages a plot of land held by George F. and Emma Birley for $2600 from William R. Baker, the mortgagee. The lot mortgaged is lots number 5 and 6 in the north side of Capron Street in Paris.

      This land indenture records the transfer of a plot of land from Andrew H. and Cynthia C. Baird to Robert W. Dawson and James Finlayson, all of Paris, in return for $200. The plot is described as being lot number 4 on the northern side of Jane Street in Paris.

      This 1891 document is the probate of the last will and testament of Dennis Curtin of Paris, documenting his choice of executors and the gifts he made.

      Pages 2 through 4 of this map appear to have been cropped from an originally larger map, and cut off abruptly at the edges.

      This photograph shows the hosiery knitting room at the Penmans Limited clothing company's #1 mill in Paris, c. 1935. The foreman of the room depicted was Vern Madden; it was located on the second floor of the #1 mill.

      This item was digitized on November 14th, 2009, during a Digitization Days event at the Paris Branch of the County of Brant Public Library. The second page is affixed to the first in a way which renders it impossible to open the pages completely. It was consequently impossible to photograph …

      This item was digitized on November 14th, 2009, during a Digitization Days event at the Paris Branch of the County of Brant Public Library.

      This item was digitized on November 14th, 2009, during a Digitization Days event at the Paris Branch of the County of Brant Public Library.