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    George Foster and Sons was a Wholesale Grocery business initially located at 143 Colborne Street before relocating to a larger building at 251 Colborne Street on the historic South Side of Brantford.

    This 1887 receipt notes that the collector had received M. A. Stowe's taxes for that year, totalling $2.23 - $1.20 for regular taxes, and $1.03 for school taxes. It was printed on page 231 of The Wor

    This document lists the properties offered during the June 1st, 1865 chancery sale of the estate of Charles Thompson, who owned the Summer Hill Estate in the township of York. Herbert Biggar, of Moun

    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

    The map view is not precise; it displays Walnut Street rather than the specific lot.

    The original indenture included a third blank page, which has been omitted in this online edition.

    The illegible portions in the centre line read "interest for the same, by five [remainder of line illegible]".

    This 1853 deed transfers ownership of Lot 7, East side of Dumfries and Lot 7, West side of Burwell, and the site of the old Town Hall from James Fisher and his wife Frances to his brother Robert. Jam

    This page of "Ods and Ends" contains some of Capron's notes on farming. After a tip on determining the sex of eggs, these pages contain a draft of a letter to a farming magazine on the topics of timb

    Robert Rosebrugh's name is subject to many eccentric spellings. A notable alternate is Robert Roseburgh.

    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 document, written by County of Brant registrar T.S. Shenston, certifies that no conveyance of any type has been filed on the two lots he outlines in the title, Lot 7 East of Burwell and Lot 7 Ea

    This land deed between Neville Smith, his wife Martha Smith, and James Hitchcox, all of the town of Paris, transfers a portion of land in exchange for $875. The land is approximately 3/4 of an acre i

    This deed documents the sale of a plot of land to David W.J. Havill from the Canada Permanent Building & Savings Society. Charles and Rose Chamberlain had originally contracted a mortgage for $400 on

    This land indenture between Andrew Aitken and Robert Carrick transfers a tract of land in South Dumfries Township. The land comprises of 100 acres, the north half of lot 33 in the Third Concession; i

    This 1883 document assigns the rights to a patent held by Robert M. Appleton to William W. Clay, one of the operators of the Paris Clay & McCosh knitting mills. Appleton, from New Hampshire, owned th

    This copy of Daniel O'Neail's last will and testament outlines his gifts of money and land to his family members. He lived in South Dumfries. The witnesses to the document are John MacMillan and Mich

    This 1870 land indenture between Hiram Capron and Lyman Gleason transfers lot 6 on the north side of Capron Street in exchange for $50. The location of this lot can be found on page 40 of the Brant C

    This 1865 land deed transfers a lot in Paris between Hiram Capron and Daniel O'Neail. The 18 acre lot comprises part of the northern section of lot 32 in the first concession of the Township of South

    This 1891 document confirms the High Court of Justice's commission to Frank Smoke for the County of Brant, enabling him to take Affidavits, Depositions, Bail, and other similar actions.