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      ILLUSTRATIONS FOR HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY JOHN W. BARBER AND HENRY HOME, Wood engravings on paper created in the United Stares of America.

      ILLUSTRATIONS FOR HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY JOHN W. BARBER AND HENRY HOME Wood engravings on paper created in the United States of America.

      The Cobourg Harbour Co. was incorporated and began operating in about 1830, starting with this pier. This first pier began near the entrance to the present trailer park, extended 500 feet into the lake and ended with a lighthouse. This is a photograph of the original. This sketch was made …

      Documents on Plank and Gravel Road construction Source: Unknown Acquired: October 2007

      This appears to be Johnathan Pearen (Aug.4 1843 - June 13, 1873). He married Mary Anne James (July 2, 1843 - Jan. 2, 1914). They had three children, one son and two daughters.

      Indenture dated September 6, 1843 between Robert Crawford and Redmond Burns Source: Mrs. Stevenson, Cobourg Acquired: September 1990

      Indenture date September 6, 1843 between Robert Crawford and Redmond Burns Source: unknown Acquired: November 6, 2003

      In 1842, Bishop John Strachan founded the Diocesan Theological Institute in Cobourg, an Anglican seminary that became integrated into the University of Trinity College in Toronto in 1852. It fell under the direction of his friend and former pupil, the Reverend Alexander Neil Bethune. The Trinity College Literary Institute, one …

      Daughter of Ralph and Bridget, who married Cecil Franklin Lucas.

      Paul Kane was born in Ireland but came to York (Toronto) as a boy. He studied painting at Upper Canada College and after working in Detroit, Michigan and Mobile, Alabama he went to Europe for two years to study his art. In the early 1830s, he lived in Cobourg and …

      Paul Kane was born in Ireland but came to York (Toronto) as a boy. He studied painting at Upper Canada College and after working in Detroit, Michigan and Mobile, Alabama he went to Europe for two years to study his art. In the early 1830s, he lived in Cobourg and …

      Ezra Annes was born in Vermont in 1796 and settled in Whitby in 1819. He was one of the founders of the Masonic Lodge in Whitby in 1825 and the grammar school in 1846. He served as mayor of the Town of Whitby in 1857, but died while in office …

      Esquesing Township Meeting poster. Reads: "Esquesing Township Meeting!! A requisition having been forwarded to me, signed by a number of Freeholders residing within this Township, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of erecting (by taxation or subscription) and determining the site of a Town hall, I hereby …

      Emelda Chisholm's in-laws

      - candle mold used in Kent County - Begin 1842 Chatham Kent Museum Out in the Open exhibition VS 286

      The Lang Cemetery is behind the barn on the east corner of Hwy No.2 and the Madden Road. It is no more than half an acre in size. There are a number of graves without stones. Most of the stones had foot stones that have been removed. This is a …

      A cleaned up version of the map is also included in this record, courtesy of Mr. David Hobden. Click on "select" under the title above here. You can move the image around with your mouse to focus on certain parts of the photograph, or use the slider to zoom out …

      Print shows Col. R.M. Johnson using a pistol to kill Tecumseh during the War of 1812, at the battle of the Thames in Ontario, Canada. 1 print: lithograph, hand-colored.

      This drawing appeared in Smith's Gazeteer of 1846 as the only illustration in Ontario's first published directory. The street is the north side of King St. running from the "Four Corners" to about Victoria St. The properties illustrated are as follows (according to a list made by Col. J.F. Farewell): …

      An ink print created in the United States of America. This piece is portraying Col. Richard Mentor Johnson of the United States killing the Shawnee leader, Tecumseh, at the Battle of the Thames.