21.4 cm x 13.5 cm, pp. 29, ii; Lacks original printed wrappers, now stapled into orange card covers with mounted white label, typed on label: "Upper Canada. Commission on the Public Service. 1839." Otherwise, contents very good and clean. TPL 2333; Fleming 1361. [2347]
The microfilms are copies of assessment and census rolls, 1803-1850, voter's lists, 1854, and poll books, 1816, 1820, 1824 for the Newcastle District. Area covered includes various townships in the present-day counties of Peterborough, Northumberland, Durham and Victoria. The townships of Hamilton and Haldimand were not filmed.
Upper Canada. Newcastle DistrictThis is a microfilm collection of farmers diaries from Upper Canada dating from 1799 to 1894.
- Reel No. 1: Captain Wm. Johnson Diaries, 1832-1850
- Reel No. 2: George Leith Diary, 1834-1852
- Reel No. 3: Edward & James Wilson Diaries
- Reel No. 4: Daniel Fowler Diary, ca 1846, and Arthur J. Kingstone Diary, 1833
- Reel No. 5: Angus Mackintosh Diary, 1813-1814, and Mrs. E.G. O'Brien Journal, 1828-1838
- Reel No. 6: Wm. & Elizabeth Peters Diary, 1850, and Hamnett K. Pinhey Diary, 1829-1840
- Reel No. 7: Benjamin Smith Diary, 1799-1849, and Captain R.E. Vidal Diary, 1835
- Reel No. 8: Isaac Wilson Diary, 1811-1841, and Solomon D. Bagg Diary, 1858-1867
The assessment and census returns contained in this microfilm are taken from the Journals of the Assembly of Upper Canada and its successor, the Assembly of United Canada from 1824 to 1850.
Upper CanadaFile consists of single-volume update of the master plan for parks and recreation in the City of Peterborough, created in 1978. The study ran from June 1988 to February 1989 and sought to address evolving needs for parks and recreation. Graham Good and Trent University students assisted the primary author, John S. Marsh. The board of parks and recreation at the time of publication consisted of John Lewis (chairman), Robert Livingstone, Elizabeth Farquharson, Don Curtis, Larry Legault, Alderman Paul Crough, and Alderman David Edgerton. Acknowledgements include Kevin Ready, Peter Southall, Graham Good, Doug Batten, Betty Drain, and Judy Reader.
The cover is inscribed with a handwritten note that says "Please return to P.S.B. Wilson Trent University" and appears to have Wilson's signature above it.
Marsh, JohnFile consists of 7 original returns, discovered by archives staff in January 2007. The documents include births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths. The marriages were not included in the Walker-Molotkow Marriage Registers; we therefore presume that they were not included in the Archives of Ontario registers. The documents are transcribed below. Also included with the 7 documents is: "A Schedule of Marriages, Births and Deaths within the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham within the year 1851," signed by T. Ward, Clerk of the Peace. (Reverse: Return of Convictions). This document provides total numbers of births, marriages, and deaths, as registered by the various ministers for the year 1851. Some of the 7 above are represented in this list.
File consists of 3 additional original returns discovered by archives staff in May 2005: 2 lists of marriages and 1 baptismal record. These marriages were not included in the Walker-Molotkow Marriage Registers; we therefore presume that they were not included in the Archives of Ontario registers. They are transcribed below.