Résultats

      This 1887 receipt notes that the collector had received M. A. Stowe's taxes for that year, totalling $2.23 - $1.20 for regular taxes, and $1.03 for school taxes. It was printed on page 231 of The Work of Our Hands by Sharon Jaeger, and was provided by Linda Guest.

      A number of pages are missing from the first section, covering the September 30th service.

      This broadsheet from the 1857-1858 general election was distributed in an attempt to discredit Herbert Biggar, then MPP for West Brant, because of what it claims is inconsistent voting. It was printed on page 172 of The Work of Our Hands by Sharon Jaeger, and was provided by Linda Guest.

      This playbill provides the program for a 1908 production of "Borderland," a play by Charles Townsend, performed at the Mount Pleasant Old Boys' reunion. It was printed on page 205 of The Work of Our Hands by Sharon Jaeger, and was provided by Linda Guest. This was the second performance …

      The postcard is undated, but the partially faded postmark suggests it was mailed in 1914.

      This photograph depicts Andrew Eadie and several other people in front of the Eadie home on the "Black Hill" farm in the 1850s. Andrew Eadie is the man in the cap, second from left; the woman next to him is thought to be his second wife, Mrs. MacDonald. In the …

      This postcard, c. 1912-14, shows Mount Pleasant's Main Street. The view looks north from the Presbyterian Church, with the manse visible to the left. The town's first cement sidewalk can be seen - the previous wooden one was replaced using money raised by the Old Boys' Reunion of 1908. To …

      The Work of Our Hands chronicles the history of the town of Mount Pleasant from its earliest settlements through the end of the 19th century. In order to have meaning, local history must relate all aspects of a particular community’s development to a larger context. Mount Pleasant stands out as …