The file contains primary source information on land transactions concerning Hatley in 1823 and in 1872. It consists of a photocopy of a sale and conveyance by Ebenezer Hovey to Simon Kezar for the northwest quarter of lot 7, range 3 in Hatley Township, in 1823. Appended to the photocopy of the deed is a hand-drawn plan of the land concerned. It also consists of a receipt for a final mortgage payment received from Benjamin Burland by F.D. Gilbert in 1872, for part of lot 5, Range 1 and part of lot 7, Range 2 in Hatley.
The file contains primary source information relating to land in Barnston in 1849, 1862 and from 1874 to 1876. It consists of a photocopy of a letter written March 14, 1849 by [A. Sowen?] to Robinson Oughtred, Esq. regarding a property dispute concerning lot 6, range 11 in Barnston. It also consists of a complaint filed by William Locker Felton against Alexander Edson, Junior, for non-payment of a mortgage on the north quarter of lot 3, range 2 and the north half of lot 1, range 2 in Barnston, as well as a court summons for the same case. It also consists of a mortgage (1874) and mortgage and obligation (1876) by John Hunter, William Hunter, and Ann Lane Walker to Ernest Maloney for the north half of lot 10, range 2 and the north half of lot 11, range 2 in Barnston.
The file contains primary source information relating to land in the Township of Melbourne in 1936. It consists of a deed documenting a sale of rights by A.G. Stalker and Arthur Castonguay (Windsor Paper Mill) to Dallas Grant (Canada Paper Company) dated December 4, 1936, for several lots in ranges 5, 6, and 7 in the Township of Melbourne.
The file contains primary source information about Jonathan Slater (ca 1816-1889) and his wife, Rebecca Walker (ca. 1818-1890) in Barnston from 1881 to 1896. It consists of an invoice addressed to Jonathan Slater, register extracts for their marriage and deaths, and Rebecca Walker's will. Rebecca Anglisa Walker was the daughter of Joseph Walker and Mary McCaw. Together, Jonathan Slater and Rebecca Walker had at least six children: Frances, Mary, Jane, Jonathan Henry, Emma, and Retinah.
The file consists of a marriage certificate for John Andrews, of New York state, and Hattie Cameron (daughter of James A. Cameron and Mary Mann) of Leeds, dated 19 December 1900. They were married by the minister of the Leeds Presbyterian Church.
The file contains primary source information on the Barrows family around Lake Memphremagog in 1909 and 1964. It consists of a copy of "Samuel June Barrows: A Circuit Rider in the Humanities" by Paul U. Kellogg and a copy of an article by Michael M. Davis titled "A History of Lake Memphremagog Region," originally published in the Sherbrooke Record on March 21, 1964, which discusses the Barrows family's summer properties on Lake Memphremagog.
The file contains information on the founding and history of Piopolis from 1996. It consists of a booklet of punch-out souvenir postcards, including historical facts, assembled on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Piopolis.
The file consists of a court notice for the declaration of bankruptcy by James Arthur Barrie, a trader in Richmond, 1911. F. G. Gale was appointed as provisional guardian of the property.
The file contains the 1929 charter of the Sherbrooke Trust Company; the company's annual reports for 1957, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985; and annual reports of the Trust Général du Canada for 1972 and 1976 and of Trust co General for 1987.
The item is an issue of the newspaper Richmond Guardian: Vol. XLI, No. 2190, dated 2 May 1902.
The item is an issue of the newspaper The Richmond Times-Guardian, Vol. 62, No. 50, dated 8 September 1916.
Item is an issue of the Coaticook Observer, Volume I No 27 dated June 11, 1870.
The file consists of an issue of the Stanstead Advertiser, "a monthly journal devoted to the interests of the public," dated February 1887 (Vol. 1, No. 1).
The file consists of an edition of the Waterloo Advertiser and Eastern Townships Advocate, vol. 11, no. 29, 28 June 1866.
The item is a poem, titled "Vive Montjoie," composed by Dolor Biron in 1900 on the occasion of the annual trip taken by the philosophy students at the Séminaire de Sherbrooke.
The file primarily consists of 36 programmes for awards nights and graduations at Alexander Galt Regional High School, Lennoxville. The file provides information about the school's cultural events, performances, and student activities, such as plays, awards nights, graduation ceremonies, and reunions from 1973 to 1998. It is also a source of information on the Waterville School and includes a reunion souvenir booklet, newspaper clipping and program from 1989; a photograph of the Waterville classes of Grades 4, 5 and 6 from around 1940; a proficiency certificate awarded Evelyn Smith in 1916; two concert prorgrammes from the Mitchell school from 1948 and 1965; and a programme from a performance of "Our Hearts were Young and Gay" by the Lennoxville High School Dramatic Society in 1947.
The file consists of one invitation card to an informal dance from the Students Council of Lennoxville High School on 12 December 1935 at the Gymnasium.
The item are lyrics to the "Cookshire Mill Song," composed by William Frazier around 1890.
The item consists of a programme for an evening of music and dancing held to benefit the 1st Lennoxville Volunteer Rifle Corps at the Albion Hotel in Lennoxville in 1863.
The file contains primary source information of the creative life of (Mary) Ellen Laberee in Eaton in 1870. It consists of one composition by Ellen Laberee titled "The Close of Life", containing reflections on death.
The file contains primary source information on Festival d'Orford in 1979. It consists of a pamphlet programme for the event, which included art exhibitions and musical performances.
The file consists of a recipe book compiled by the Cookshire Women's Institute from before 1949. It also includes brief historical notes on the town and region.
Item is the programme for the festival Hommage aux premiers arrivants écossais / Honor to the first Scottish Settlers which took place in Lake Megantic in 1996.
Item is a road survey notebook from Otter Brook to Lake Megantic by J.P.W., dated 1838.
The item is a Superior Court document from the District of Saint Francis. The document is an extract of the register of marriages between Jonathan Slater and Rebeca Walker, dated from 1847 and given at the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec.
The file contains primary source information on the life, business, family, and legacy of George Nelson Hodge of Sherbrooke, in 1910 and 1941. It consists of a certified true copy of his Last Will and Testament.
The file contains primary source material on tourism in the Sutton area from the early 1900s. It consists of an advertisement outlining the attractions Sutton can offer to tourists. The advertisement includes images of the surrounding landscape and includes Grace Anglican Church in Sutton, Legrage Falls, Balance Rock, the Pinnacle, Sutton Methodist Church, the Canadian Mohonk, and Billing's cascade.
The item is a souvenir writing paper pad produced for North Hatley, published by Atkinson Bros., from 1908. It belonged to Nettie Tatham Parker (1889-1950).
The file contains primary source information on the Passumpsic Railroad from 1871 to 1888. It consists of a pamphlet and three oversized posters.