Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo about a council meeting on the 6th of July, July 4, 1855.

Memorandum respecting the marsh drainage

Memorandum respecting the marsh drainage (2 ½ pages, handwritten), July 7, 1855.

Report by Jacob Misner on setting contracts for deepening and clearing ditches and estimates of quantities and costs of marsh drainage

Report by Jacob Misner on setting contracts for deepening and clearing ditches and estimates of quantities and costs of marsh drainage (3 ½ pages, handwritten). This is marked as a copy, July 14, 1855.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Dexter Deverardo about Lyons Creek, July 17, 1855.

Letter to Dexter Deverardo from S.D. Woodruff

Letter to Dexter Deverardo from S.D. Woodruff stating that there are obstructions which block the flow of water in Lyons Creek, July 20, 1855.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from Fred Holmes stating that he has taken the measures and soundings from Lyons Creek Culvert, Aug. 1, 1855.

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from John Frazer

Letter to S.D. Woodruff from John Frazer of Fonthill stating that the cheques for engineer services are enclosed, Sept. 5, 1855.

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.