Résultats

      This is the original handwritten version of a letter by Hiram Capron which was published in an 1872 issue of the Rural New Yorker magazine. Capron is responding to an earlier letter in which a correspondent claimed that rattlesnakes carry venom sacs underneath their tongues. He explains how he had …

      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 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 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.

      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.

      The original ledger contained 83 blank pages between images 155 and 239, which have been omitted in this online edition.

      This land indenture between Annie Grundy & family members and Ada Freehauf trades a lot of land in Paris for $400. The lot is identified as the east halves of lots 1 and 2 on the east side of Franklin Street according to the Peter Gardner survey. The location of …

      The decree leading to this auction was made in January, 1878, and the booklet may have been prepared then. The auction took place on April 23rd, 1878, while Jones’s handwriting marks his copy as having being filed in May, 1878.

      In this 1870 letter from Hiram Capron to the mayor and Corporation of Paris, he states that he has given to the tax assessor an account of his lands, but that he will neither pay taxes nor allow any of his tenants to pay taxes on these lands until a …

      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 …

      This stern 1871 letter from Hiram Capron demands from his son-in-law J.A. Brown the $200 he is owed, and proposes several ways that money can be repaid while telling him he “must study economy.” He also provides advice to Mr. Brown on raising his children so they can “make men …

      Hiram Capron died in 1872; his son died in 1875. The articles contained here appear to come from both years. The article about Napoleon III makes reference to his will, which dates it and the other articles from the same newspaper as having been written in 1873 or later. The …

      This copy contains dated, typewritten records of receipt by two registrars, which document that it was received in the Registry Office of the County of Oxford in 1873 and in Toronto in 1893, as well as a handwritten note from a third registrar, 1879, noting that this copy was used …

      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 …

      Image was taken in January 2010

      Old Paris Cemetery is an inactive cemetery in Brant County, under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the County of Brant. It is located on the south side of Church Street in Paris soon after turning off Dundas Street West (Highway #2). Range 4-11

      This indenture documents the finalization of the sales of the properties which had belonged to Hiram Capron at his death. His will had specified land to be left to his wife, certain daughters and Banfield; however, other children were not accounted for, and many of his lands were not explicitly …

      This collection of miscellaneous memos by Hiram Capron contains notes on a wide variety of topics. These include the weather (the summer's rain and extraordinary winter colds), farm tasks, finances, and farm advice copied down from the Rural New Yorker.