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      The Illustrated Historical Atlas of Hastings & Prince Edward Counties 1878, contains a historical record of the county, description of towns and villages, a county directory by township, population statistics, and detailed township maps with land owners names.

      Contains a historical sketch of Middlesex County, townships, cities, towns and villages. Also contains a directory, biographical directory of subscribers, a historical gazetteer, and maps.

      Full issue available 21 March, 1878

      a.k.a. Woodville Advocate. Continued by Woodville Advocate, Beaverton. From 1887, contents the same as the Beaverton Express. (J. Brian Gilchrist); Reel includes the Beaverton Advocate.

      Dates of publication : 1878,Feb4 - 1897, Julyl Superseded by Durham Review [Gilchrist]

      Condition: Good but browned and worn.

      David Leslie Briggs was born at Whitby Township, east of Myrtle, on June 30, 1848. About 1873 he went into partnership with David A. Brown in a general store at Myrtle, called Brown & Briggs. After the store burned down in 1889, he went into business in Toronto with his …

      This frame house at 110 Dundas Street East was built in the 1850s or 1860s on the north side of Dundas Street, east of Brock Street. The home was built for Richard Hatch, a hardware dealer who came to Whitby in 1864. Later, this house was owned by Lyman T. …

      à gauche: moulin carder, au centre: digue(dam) sur la rivière Nation; à droite: moulin à farine; extrême droite: moulin à scie.

      Jean Baptiste et Julie Ménard, accompagnés de leurs enfants, Joseph, Alfred et Alberte. M. Ménard était cultivateur à Plantagenet

      Condition: Very poor. Very stained with barely any contrast left. Splotches all over the image area.

      These gentlemen were Cobourg Firefighters who perished in the 1878 Windsor Hotel Fire on the north east corner of Swayne and Division Streets, Cobourg. Originally six fire fighters were trapped : the above-mentioned along with Walter Grieve, F. W. Beebe and G. W. Alexander, all of Cobourg. As this was …

      This photograph shows the Paris fire brigade's steam-powered fire engine in 1878. This was the first mechanical water-pumping engine used in Paris, and was the subject of some great interest when it was first purchased in 1877. This image was printed on page 123 of At the Forks of the …

      Henry Edmund Morphy was a prominent lawyer in the Oshawa region. Born in Quebec in December 1852, he married Miriam Maria Pellatt in 1880, and they had four children: John Apsley (he died the year of his birth), Emily-Irene, Miriam, and John Aubrey.

      Victoria College, which began as the Upper Canda Academy officially opened in 1836. It became a degree-granting institution in 1842 with Egerton Ryerson as its first principal. The College granted degrees in Arts, Science, Law, Medicine and Divinity. Faraday Hall was added to the College in 1878. Victoria College still …

      Victoria College, which began as the Upper Canda Academy officially opened in 1836. It became a degree-granting institution in 1842 with Egerton Ryerson as its first principal. The College granted degrees in Arts, Science, Law, Medicine and Divinity. Faraday Hall was added to the College in 1878. Victoria College still …

      A black and white print of the Trafalgar Castle building that was used on the Ontario Ladies' College letterhead and for advertising.

      This three-storey brick store was located at 111 Brock Street North (on the east side of Brock Street, north of Dundas Street). It was operated by Samuel and Richard Hatch and later Samuel's sons Fred and Frank Hatch from 1874 to 1904. The business was founded in Whitby about 1864.

      The Masonic Hall shown in this photograph was built in 1871 and demolished in 1951. The Methodist Church shown in this photograph was built in 1867.

      This splendid residence was built in 1878 by Robert Mulholland, a wealthy merchant. The Mulhollands later moved to Port Hope. It is the best example of the Italianate style in Cobourg. It was later owned by first the Hoppers and then the Blacks around the turn of the century. William …