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Reproduction of a report of the first survey for the Welland Canal, from William Hamilton Merritt to Major Hillier, c. 1823.

It consists of two letters from William Hamilton Merritt to Major Hillier, dated June 2, 1823 and September 22, 1823,…

Newspaper clipping where Louis Blake Duff recounts his arrival in Welland in 1905, from January 4, 1955.

Newspaper clipping of a biographical article about Louis Blake Duff in the Globe & Mail magazine, August 15, 1959. It details his life events and interests. He passed away two weeks after publication of the article on August 29, 1959.

Booklet entitled "Niagara District Portrait Album and Souvenir," c. 1932. Published by C.B. Reece of Fenwick, it contains mostly advertisements of contemporary businesses in Niagara, along with a number of photographs of the Fenwick Fair, where the…

Complete scanned copy of the short work "The Journey of the Printing Press across Canada", written by eminent Welland scholar Louis Blake Duff, c. 1937.

Complete scanned copy of a special souvenir edition of the Welland Telegraph, August 22, 1902.

In the introduction the edition is described as thus:

"In publishing this special edition the Telegraph was inspired with the idea of presenting to…

Black and white photograph of George R. E. Burgar (on the right), one of Welland's earliest settlers, c. 1889. He lived from 1806-1890. The man on the left is Dr. Sinclair Holland Glasgow.

Biographical text from the book "The History Of The County Of Welland" by the Welland Tribune Printing House, about George R.E. Burgar being one of Welland's earliest settlers. It gives an interesting account of what Welland was like when it was…

Microfilm copy of an obituary in the Welland Tribune for George R.E. Burgar, considered Welland's oldest settler, May 23, 1890.

24-page booklet written by the Pelham Women's Institute titled "Tweedsmuir Village History," c. 1951. It concerns the history of Pelham and its citizens and institutions.

The second file is a typewritten manuscript with the same information,…