Letter (unsigned) to Fred Holmes

Letter (unsigned) to Fred Holmes stating that the ditch on the left side of the canal at Lyons Creek has been gravinated, Sept. 27, 1855.

Extract from the minutes of a session of the Provisional Municipal Council of the County of Welland

Extract from the minutes of a session of the Provisional Municipal Council of the County of Welland held on Nov. 3rd, 1855. It was decided that the petition of Andrew Drew and others be laid over until the engineer could make a survey of the premises and report to the council. This was signed by Dexter Deverardo, 1855

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Archibald Thompson

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Archibald Thompson regarding funds, Dec. 13, 1855.

Scrap of a letter

Scrap of a letter [most of the text including salutation and signature is missing], Dec. 1855

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo stating that there seems to be a great disproportion between expenses and value of the labour performed by the contractors, Feb. 22, 1856.

Letter regarding prices for the excavation to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo

Letter regarding prices for the excavation to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo, Feb. 22, 1856.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo regarding the need to push harder in the coming season or the public will not be satisfied. He also states that he is not blaming Mr. Woodruff that the contractors did so little. There is a hole in the centre of this letter which affects text slightly, Feb. 25, 1856.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes saying that Mr. Cook does not want an estimate of his work this month. This letter is burned along the side. This affects the text slightly, Feb. 28, 1856.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo saying that he has been detained but he is hoping to reach Mr. Woodruff, Apr. 14, 1856.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes stating that Edward Henderson has completed the excavation of section 1 on the Marshville tap drain, June 30, 1856.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes which states that the excavation of the Marshville tap ditch is finished. The contractors have collected their contracts except Henshall and Brown who have to move some more dirt, Sept. 24, 1856.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo in which was enclosed with a cheque for work done in July, August and September, Oct. 9, 1856.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes stating that Mr. Cook has chopped and cleared the back ditch near Lyons Creek Culvert, Mr. Clancy has chopped lots 22, 23 and 24, Rose Osborne has excavated and cleared 1000 feet on the Daly ditch and Andrew Mains and Co. have chopped and cleared their whole section, Oct. 31, 1856.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes saying that he received a letter from Mr. Greybell of Marshville stating that a cheque for A. Mains was waiting for a certificate of the engineer, Oct. 31, 1856.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes

Letter to S.D. Woodruff that Edward Henderson has completed the excavation below the Marshville culverts and Brown and Henshaw have finished the contract on the tap ditch. This is signed by Fred Holmes, Nov. 5, 1856.