Receipt from D. Bryant, St. Catharines for meat

Receipt from D. Bryant, St. Catharines for meat, March 28, 1888.

Receipt from D. Bryant, St. Catharines for meat

Receipt from D. Bryant, St. Catharines for meat, Apr. 17, 1888.

Receipt from Collier and Burson, Barristers and Solicitors, St. Catharines to P. J. Price

Receipt from Collier and Burson, Barristers and Solicitors, St. Catharines to P. J. Price on account of railway legislation, Jan. 27, 1906.

Letter to W.D. Woodruff from Langley and Rymer, Jobbers in Masonry, St. Catharines

Letter to W.D. Woodruff from Langley and Rymer, Jobbers in Masonry, St. Catharines regarding tenders for the proposed lily pond. This is accompanied by an envelope. May 9, 1916.

Letter to T. H. Wiley from J.J. Nichols and Sons, Mason Contractors and Plasterers, St. Catharines

Letter to T. H. Wiley from J.J. Nichols and Sons, Mason Contractors and Plasterers, St. Catharines regarding tenders for the proposed lily pond, May 12, 1916.

Letter to Mr. Welland D. Woodruff from Thos. Wiley, Architect, St. Catharines

Letter to Mr. Welland D. Woodruff from Thos. Wiley, Architect, St. Catharines regarding tenders for the proposed lily pond, May 17, 1916.

Envelope addressed to Mr. W.D. Woodruff with a St. Catharines

Envelope addressed to Mr. W.D. Woodruff with a St. Catharines postmark [stamp is missing], May 16, 1910.

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.

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.

Farmers’ Journal, Welland Canal Intelligencer, St. Catharines, December 10, 1828

Farmers’ Journal, Welland Canal Intelligencer, St. Catharines, the names Gore Gasette and E.W. Banting are written on the front page, December 10, 1828.

The St. Catharines Journal, February 16, 1844

The St. Catharines Journal. The name P. Bradt is written in ink on the front page, February 16, 1844.