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    This item was digitized on November 14th, 2009, during a Digitization Days event at the Paris Branch of the County of Brant Public Library. Robert Rosebrugh's name is subject to many eccentric spelli

    There are numerous errors and inconsistencies in the page numbering, which have been maintained in this online edition.

    This account book documents the transactions of an early Paris store with its customers, organized by customer name. The exact identity of the store is unknown. While the writing is not his, the stor

    This land indenture grants Robert Fisher and James Merchant Fisher a small plot of land located near lot 7 in Paris. A later deed, transferring ownership from Robert to his brother James, is also a p

    This item was digitized on November 14th, 2009, during a Digitization Days event at the Paris Branch of the County of Brant Public Library.

    This agreement documents Capron's sale of a strip of land to allow the Great Western Railroad Company to run a track on his property. He additionally sold a plot to allow for the construction of a de

    This indenture confers water privileges on the raceway located near William Street. The sellers are listed as Hiram Capron and his wife, Mary Capron, and the buyers as Hugh Finlayson, James Montgomer

    The Lang Cemetery is behind the barn on the east corner of Hwy No.2 and the Madden Road. It is no more than half an acre in size. There are a number of graves without stones. Most of the stones had f

    This letter was written by Joseph W. Capron from Attleborough to his relative Horace Capron in Paris. He discusses a variety of things about current events there, including the health of his father O

    This is a minister's letter confirming the marriage of John Armour of the Township of Trafalgar and Ginetia Arthur of the Township of West Flamborough. The original document was provided by Al Robins

    This item is a letter dated December 10th, 1846 addressed to Thomas B Campbell from W. H. Fisher in Saint John, New Brunswick.

    Beginning with Jarvis and his family moving to Burford Township in 1845, the story of the Yates family provides insight into what life was like in Burford Township during the nineteenth and early twe

    This item is the sign which Jarvis Yates created for his farm on Lot 19, Concession 11 and 12 in 1845. Jarvis named his farm Hatchley Place after a farm that had been owned by his ancestors in Englan

    This item is a land deed transferring land in Burford Township (the northern 50 acres of lot 3 concession 12) from John Paul Smith and his wife, Sarah Esther, to John Smith. The deed is dated June 22

    Summary With construction beginning in 1842, the Charles Mitchell House is one of the renowned cobblestone buildings in Paris constructed by Levi Boughton. The house is a great example of Greek Reviv

    Summary The original house was built by Hiram Capron in 1846 and known as the The Stone House. It took three years and twelve stone masons to complete and is an exemplar of the Greek Revival style po

    Summary The name 'Vine Cottage' came from the stone cottage and wall covered with grape vines. The gardens were terraced to the south, and the north side of this cottage was covered with Virginia Cre

    Summary Located on the Phelps tract, a 1200 acre parcel of land granted by Joseph Brant to Epaphras Lord Phelps in 1804, the Phelps-Guest house was originally built in the 1840s. The original stone h

    Summary The Glen Morris Hotel, also known as Temperance House, was built in 1844 and opened by Robert Shiel. The first General Warehouse offered food, lodging, a bar, a livery stable, and an upstairs

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