Résultats

      Cover faded. Tear on right side of front cover. Several tears along spine cover.

      Family bible which belonged to Elma and Olga Stewart. Apart from being used for scripture, family bibles were also a record of all the births, deaths, and marriages in a family. This makes them very precious family heirlooms as well as important historical records. This particular book was also used …

      Belonged to Lavinia (Ferris) Wiley who was born in 1868 in Kimberly. She married Samuel Wiley (Mountain Sam) and they lived on the farm on top of Talisman Mountain. Lavinia is the grandmother of Elva (Wiley) Phillips and Helen (Wiley) Turner of Flesherton.

      66" long survey chain and stakes.

      This picture shows the first traction steam engine east of Toronto at Pat Grady's farm at Audley. The engine was built by the Waterloo Manufacturing Company of Waterloo, Ontario.

      Coldstream Farm was on lot 30 of Concession 1 south of Highway 2 at Lynde Creek in Whitby Township.

      The stone house was located on lot 30 on the north side of Rossland Road (Concession 3)and east of McQuay Blvd. (D'Hilliar Street) in Whitby Township. It was built in the 1840s or 1850s for Sylvester Lynde (1800-1883), a son of Jabez Lynde. The house was destroyed by fire on …

      This house, located on the north side of Rossland Road was demolished many years ago. It was originally located on lot 28.

      See Chapter 3 of Split Rail Country Vol I for more information

      Thurible, silver, C 1880's

      Boat with spoon, silver; (boat-shaped vessel which holds incense before it is put into a thurible. c 1880's.

      A Devotional Family Bible with Practical and Experimental Reflections on Each Verse of the Old and New Testament, and Rich Marginal References. A 2 Vol set.

      The marginal illustrations on this page reference love and marriage.

      The illustrations on these pages reference Birth and Death respectively.

      A letter from William Pate (brother) to James Pate on August 20, 1882 discussing the farm. Page 1 Lethangie Kinross My Dear Brother, I have only once I think – and that very shortly – written you. Since you left here. I prefer – lazy as I am at writing …

      A photograph of a pediment in the Tippecanoe County Courthouse in Lafayette, IN, USA featuring statues of William Henry Harrison, Lafayette and Tecumseh; sometimes identified as George Rogers Clark, George Washington and Tecumseh. constructed in the 1880s.

      The Holy Bible (Family Bible). Philadelphia: John E. Potter and Company. (Appropriation of Archbishop James F. Wood of Philadelphia).