Archive Record
Metadata
Accession # |
A1990.39 |
Title |
Hungerford law firm records, Guelph, 1853-1971. |
Date |
1853-1971 |
Description |
The Hungerford law firm records consist of client files generated by the Guelph law firm, now known as Hungerford, Guthrie and Berry, and its predessors which handled legal business for the Corporation of the County of Wellington. The collection represents for the most part, legal transaction agreements and correspondence relating to the County of Wellington 1853-1971. See vertical file "Wellington County-government" for article on history of this firm. Predecessors included in collection are: A. J. Fergusson 1840; Fergusson and Kingsmill 1854-1863; Kingsmill and Guthrie 1865; Fergusson, Blair and Guthrie 1866; A. J. Fergusson and Blair 1867; Donald Guthrie 1867-?; Guthrie and Watt Guthrie; Watt and Cutten Guthrie and Guthrie Guthrie, Guthrie and Kerwin Guthrie and Kerwin Hungerford and Kerwin 1931-? SERIES 1: Client Files, 1853-1971; arranged chronologically by subject and/or client name as evident in its original arrangement. Subseries 1: County of Wellington. - file 1: Simcoe Co. arbitration, 1853. - file 2: Guelph and Dundas Road, 1855. - file 3: Guelph and Brock Road, 1855. - file 4: Fergus and Owen Sound Road Co., 1856-1864. - file 5: Melancthon Twp., 1857. - file 6: Priory Property, Guelph, 1857. - file 7: Toll Gate bonds, 1857-1863. - file 8: Guelph and Arthur Road Co,. 1857-1886. - file 9: Guelph Wellington Road Co,. 1858. - file 10: Wellington v. Darby, 1859. - file 11: Arthur-Luther debt, 1859. - file 12: Guelph and Dundas Road Co., 1859-1884. - file 13: Fergus and Owen Sound Road, 1859. - file 14: Wellington v. Murmach, 1860. - file 15: financial statements, 1860-1888. - file 16: miscellaneous correspondence, 1860-1888. - file 17: Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway. - file 18: Road arbitration, 1860-1872. - file 19: Arthur and Mount Forest Road, 1861. - file 20: Trafalgar and Esquesing and Erin Road Co., 1861-1862. - file 21: Wellington V. Kirkland, 1862. - file 22: Elora Saugeen Road, 1862. - file 23: Elora Saugeen Road Co., 1864. - file 24: Wellington V. Orangeville, 1864. - file 25: Minto Twp. roads, 1864. - file 26: Co. Grammar School, 1865. - file 27: Fergus and Douglas Road, 1868. - file 28: Guelph and Elmira and Peel Gravelled Road Co,. 1868. - file 29: Hillsburgh=Reading Road, 1868. - file 30: Dunkin Act, 1874. - file 31: Fergus Bridges, 1876. - file 32: Credit Valley Railway, 1882. - file 33: Dufferin County 1882. - file 34: assessments, County Solicitor's Building, Guelph, 1883-1889. - file 35: Victoria Bridge, Guelph, 1883. - file 36: Irvine Bridge, Elora, 1884. - file 37: Wellington v. Elora, 1884-1885. - file 38: Irvine River Bridge, Elora 1885. - file 39: correspondence, House of Industry (removal of corpse), 1885. - file 40: Guelph Railway Co,. 1895. - file 41: Johnson, John, 1879. - file 42: agreements with Dufferin Co., 1881. - file 43: contracts, printing, 1888. - file 44: maintenance contracts, County Solicitor's Building, 1892. - file 45: McKinnon v. Wellington, 1915. - file 46: County Bylaws index, 1922-1943. - file 47: correspondence, 1924. - file 48: correspondence, insurance, 1927-1931. - file 49: correspondence, 1931-1932. - file 50: correspondence, Halton County, 1931-1932. - file 51: correspondence, County Roads and Bridges, 1932. - file 52: correspondence, 1932. - file 53: correspondence, land settlement, 1932-1933. - file 54: county bylaws, 1932-1933. - file 55: correspondence, 1934. - file 56: correspondence, Crosbie estate, 1934. - file 57: correspondence, indigent patients, 1934-1936. - file 58: correspondence, A. Bailey, 1935-1941. - file 59: correspondence, education, 1935-1941. - file 60: county bylaws, 1936. - file 61-corrrespondence, 1936. - file 62-correspondence, bituminous spraying, 1936. - file 63-correspondence, G. Harris, 1938. - file 64-correspondence, 1938. - file 65-correspondence, Tinning estate, 1938-1941. - file 66-correspondence, Brown, 1940-1942. - file 67-correspondence 1940-1942. - file 68-county bylaws, 1957-1958. - file 69-appraisal County assets, 1959. - file 70-plans, County Solicitor's Building, Guelph 1971. - file 71-county bylaws, 1967-1971. Subseries 2-private cases 1906-1930 file l-Vanatter 1906 file 2-Jackson, W. E. 1910 file 3-Ismond, 1912 file 4-Jardine, A.B. 1914 file 5-Jackson, Fred 1916 file 6-Nahrgang, M. 1916 file 7-Binns, John 1924 file 8-Jackson, Jas. 1924 file 9-Winfield correspondence 1925 file 10-Italian nationality certificates 1925-1928 file 11-Henderson, James 1928 file 12-Johnson, Frederick 1928 file 13-Johnson and Ellis 1928 file 14-Jardine, A.B. 1928-1929 file 15-Jackson, Hector 1930 Series 2 file 1 - patent for lot l, conc. 13 Luther Twp. issued to Henry Lawson of Arthur Twp. 1859 (OVERSIZED) file 2 - patent for lot 8, conc. 2 Eramosa Twp. issued to Edward Warswick of Flamborough Twp. 1840 Series 3 - plan of Elora comprising lots 1,2,3 on north and south side of Grand River, lot 19, conc. 2 Pilkington Twp. 1850, surveyed by Edwin Kertland, includes directory listing businesses, schools, churches, professions Series 4 - Children's Aid Society Collection-RESTRICTED PERSONAL INFORMATION BANK, ASK ARCHIVIST FOR ASSISTANCE subseries 1 - correspondence 1932-1942 file 1-1932-1942 file 2-1935 file 3-1942 |
Creator \ Maker |
Hungerford, R. B. [MAKER] |
Item Name |
Record Group Case File |
Person \ Organization |
A. J. Fergusson and Guthrie Arthur and Mount Forest Road Company Bailey, A. Binns, John Brown Children's Aid Society County of Simcoe Credit Valley Railway Crosbie, William Darby Ellis Elora Saugeen Road Fergus and Douglas Road Fergus Owen Sound Road Company Fergusson and Kingsmill Fergusson, Adam Fergusson, Blair and Guthrie Guelph and Brock Road Company Guelph and Dundas Road Company Guelph Arthur Road Company Guelph Railway Company Guelph Wellington Road Company Guthrie and Guthrie Guthrie and Kerwin Guthrie and Watt Guthrie, Donald Guthrie, Guthrie and Kerwin Guthrie, Watt and Cutten Harris, G. Henderson, James Hillsburgh-Reading Road Hungerford and Guthrie Hungerford, Guthrie and Berry Hungerford, R. Ismond Jackson, Fred Jackson, Fred Jackson, Hector Jackson, Hector Jackson, W. E. Jardine, A. B. Jardine, A. B. Johnson, Frederick Johnson, John Johnson, John Kingsmill and Guthrie Lawson, Henry McKinnon Murmach Nahrgang, M. Trafalgar and Esquesing and Erin Road Company Vanatter Warswick, Edward Warwick Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway Winfield |
Place |
Arthur Brock Road Dufferin County Elora Elora Saugeen Road Erin Twp. Esquesing Twp. Guelph Halton County Irvine Bridge Luther Twp. Melancthon Twp. Minto Twp. Mount Forest Priory Simcoe County Trafalgar Victoria Bridge Wellington County |
Subject |
Bridge Commercial Government Law Railroad Transportation |
Year Range from |
1853 |
Year Range to |
1971 |
Accession # |
A1990.39 |
Containers |
MU 194-197 |