Receipt from McLaren and Co. of St. Catharines for a suit and repairs to a coat

Receipt from McLaren and Co. of St. Catharines for a suit and repairs to a coat, Aug. 21, 1886.

Receipt from James D. Tait of St. Catharines for fabrics and trims

Receipt from James D. Tait of St. Catharines for fabrics and trims, Aug. 24, 1886.

Receipt from James D. Tait of St. Catharines for curtain and drapery materials

Receipt from James D. Tait of St. Catharines for curtain and drapery materials, Sept. 21, 1886.

Receipt from the City of St. Catharines, Ward of St. Thomas for taxes,

Receipt from the City of St. Catharines, Ward of St. Thomas for taxes, Aug. 8, 1887.

Receipt from the City of St. Catharines for taxes

Receipt from the City of St. Catharines for taxes, Aug. 8, 1887.

Receipt from the City of St. Catharines to Robert Stanley, occupant and Mary Shickluna, owner of Lots 44 and 45 on Ontario Street

Receipt from the City of St. Catharines to Robert Stanley, occupant and Mary Shickluna, owner of Lots 44 and 45 on Ontario Street for taxes, Aug. 8, 1887.

Receipt from the City of St. Catharines for taxes

Receipt from the City of St. Catharines for taxes, Sept. 23, 1887.

Post office registration for letter addressed to Mother Burnell of St. Catharines,

Post office registration for letter addressed to Mother Burnell of St. Catharines, Sept. 16, 1886.

Letter to Mr. Summer and Mr. Nelles from the Office of the N.D. Mutual Insurance Company of St. Catharines

Letter to Mr. Summer and Mr. Nelles from the Office of the N.D. Mutual Insurance Company of St. Catharines regarding an assessment of 4 % on the premium notes of this company. This is signed by Mr. Arnold, secretary of N.D. Mutual F. Insurance Company, Aug. 9, 1848.

Letter to H.H. Collier of St. Catharines from his sister Jane H. Collier Loucks from La Fayette, Iowa

Letter to H.H. Collier of St. Catharines from his sister Jane H. Collier Loucks from La Fayette, Iowa (1 ½ pages, handwritten) regarding raising crops, building a house, purchasing livestock and a description of the land and town. The original letter is very faded to the point of illegibility but it has been photocopied and someone has taken the time to transcribe the letter in its entirety (1 ½ pages, handwritten), July 30, 1855.

Envelope addressed to Mrs. Henry H. Nelles of St. Catharines

Envelope addressed to Mrs. Henry H. Nelles of St. Catharines. The envelope is postmarked U.S. and St. Catharines. There is no return address, April 1859.

Province of Ontario Patent issued to Cyrus Dean of St. Catharines for a machine for effecting more perfect combustion of fuel in the furnaces of locomotives

Province of Ontario Patent issued to Cyrus Dean of St. Catharines for a machine for effecting more perfect combustion of fuel in the furnaces of locomotives. This patent was listed in the Records Office of the Registrar General of Canada in Lib. JE, folio 361. This patent is accompanied by a 36 cm. x 57 cm. detailed sketch and explanation of the machine. [Samuel D. Woodruff was the assignee of Cyrus Dean in a in a patent for a rotary washing machine in November of 1869 according to The Commissioners of Patents' Journal by the Great Britain Patent Office], March 23, 1870.

Certificate on the occasion of Samuel DeVeaux Woodruff’s retirement from the Water Works Commission of the City of St. Catharines

Certificate measuring 64 cm. x 48 cm. on the occasion of Samuel DeVeaux Woodruff’s retirement from the Water Works Commission of the City of St. Catharines. Mr. Woodruff served the commission from 1875 to 1899. He also served as chairman of the commission. This is signed by Lucius S. Oille, George C. Carlisle and Connolly B. Hare (members of the committee), Jan. 2, 1900.

Map (printed) of the Shipman Tract in the Town of St. Catharines

Map (printed) of the Shipman Tract in the Town of St. Catharines, 38 cm. x 48 cm., April 1846.

Origin of Symphyotrichum anticostense (Asteraceae: Astereae) : an endemic species of the Gulf of St.Lawrence

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