Archive Record
Metadata
Accession # |
A1954.37 |
Title |
Potter family records, 1822-1894. |
Date |
1822-1869, 1894 |
Description |
The Potter family records consist of corresondence received by John Potter and David M. Potter, born at Gallowflat Farm, Scotland who emigrated to Canada and settled in Elora, Ontario. David M. Potter was proprieter of the Elora Foundry with Mr. Mathieson in the mid 1880s and he took over as sole proprieter in 1859, acting as manager of the foundry in 1871. The Elora Foundry building was located on Allan Street and later used at Kiddie Kar Factory by Mundell and Co., subsequently gutted by fire. The Potter residence, located beside the foundry was gutted by fire in 1978. SERIES 1: Potter family correspondence, 1822-1864. - Item 1: Letter from _______ Potter of Gallowfleet, Perthshire, Scotland to son David of Cambridge, 1822. - Item 2: Letter to ________ Potter of Scotland from son David, 1824. - Item 3: Letter from John Potter of Scotland to his brother David of Dumfries, 1827. - Item 4: Letter to David Potter from John Potter of Gallowfleet, Perthshire, Scotland, 1831; re: immigration of friends. - Item 5: Letter from John Potter to his brother David, 1835; re: mother's death, James emigrating. - Item 6: Letter from H. Moore of Dundas to David Potter of Elora, 1864; re: price of cast iron, rubber and leather. - Item 7: Letter from Samuel Fletcher to David Potter of Elora, 1864; re: debts. SERIES 2: Business records of John and David Potter, mill owner in Galt, Ontario, 1854-1894. - Item 1: Note of order to charge whiskey to account of W. P. Newman, 1854. - Item 2: Letter from John McNaughton of Galt to John Potter, 1854; re: purchase of lumber in Guelph and shipment of flour to Hamilton. - Item 3: Letter from John McNaughton, miller of Galt, to John Potter, 1855; re. wheat prices and financial dealings. - Item 4: Letter from John McNaughton, miller in Galt, to John Potter, 1855; re. account and advisability of keeping wheat prices low. - Item 5: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; advising Potter to stop buying wheat until market trends studied. - Item 6: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; advising Potter not to send wheat as prices too low. - Item 7: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. buying wheat elsewhere, and requesting him to buy oats. - Item 8: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. Potter letting Mr. Jackson have load of oats to be charged to Galt Mills, and commenting on elevators and poor sales of spring wheat. - Item 9: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. wisdom of stopping wheat buying and orders resumptiion of purchasing. - Item 10: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter requesting, 1855; re. Potter buying a milk cow for McNaughton's father, asking for return of letter sent by Elliott addressed to McLaren. - Item 11: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. enclosed money for wheat purchase. - Item 12: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. elevator cases and castings, maximum wheat buying prices. - Item 13: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. Potter letting Mr. Jackson have load of oats, wheat prices and market. - Item 14: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. wheat markets down, Potter to sell oatmeal. - Item 15: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. flat wheat market, Potter collecting on outstanding accounts. - Item 15a: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. sending strap leather and elevator buckets by stage, enclosing money, flour markets. - Item 16: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. Potter paying for spring wheat to keep mill running, inquiring after number of wheat bushels sent to Hamilton. - Item 17: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. money sent by Mr. Elliott, enquiring as to number of bushels of oats on hand. - Item 18: Letter from John McNaughton to John Pottter, 1855; re. letting John Sudden have oats. - Item 19: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; r.e firewood delivered to Mcnaughton's father, payment of Stock's account in goods sold at auction. - Item 20: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. money for buying wheat and cow, going to Lamb's Foundry to make a new driver for oatmeal stone. - Item 21: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. money, signing Stocks Account papers with Mr. Allan and Mr. Newman. - Item 22: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. money, requesting spring wheast flour to make up shipment to Hamilton by rail. - Item 23: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. money, wheat supplying and buying, disposal of hogs, Mrs. McNaughton ill with lung fever. - Item 24: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. money, Potter giving notice to two employees, wheat prices. - Item 25: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. hiring James Davidson to work in Elora, retaining only Mr. Ford besides. - Item 26: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. money, buying wheat but not oats, enquiring about number of kilns of oats dried per day. - Item 27: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. flour, buying wheat, Davidson's salary. - Item 28: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. receipt of telegram, money, flour and wheat on hand, amount of flour rejected and ground per day, problems of transporting wheat over bad roads. - Item 29: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. premium for Elora Seed Fair for best fall, spring wheat and oats. - Item 30: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. selling pork, buying wheat. - Item 31: Telegramme from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855; re. money sent. - Item 32: Letter from John McNaughton to John Potter, 1855: re. Potter going visiting Argo in Fergus to price oatmeal. - Item 33: Telegramme to John Potter from John McNaughton, 1855; re. spring wheat prices. - Item 34: Letter from Robert Haig, Secretary of the Pilkington Township Agricultural Sociey, 1855; re. Potter's appointment as judge of Elora Seed Fair. - Item 35: Letter from William Buchanan to David M. Potter of Elora, 1864; re. ordering cook stove. - Item 36: Bill from Cowans, Fraser and Company of Elora to David Potter, 1864; re. deliveries of flour and bran. - Item 37: Bill from D. Potter to Alex Watt of Nichol Tonship; re. lumber purchase. - Item 38: Letter from Hugh Moore of Dundas to David Potter of Elora, 1864; re. unable to fill Potter's order as previous bills unpaid. - Item 39: Letter from William Birks of Mount Forest to David Potter, 1864; re. payment, silver hard to come by. - Item 40: Note from Francis Brown, owner of the Clifford saw mill, to David Potter of Elora, 1864; re. delivery of lumber. - Item 41: Note from John Warnock of Peel Township, 1864; re. unable to make payment. - Item 42: Note from Jeremiah Belden to David Potter , 1864; re. set of child boxes. - Item 43: Letter frrom John Reid to John Potter, 1864; re. receipt of Potter's letter, more time needed. - Item 44: Note from Jonathan Tomlinson of Wyandott to David Potter, 1864; re. receipt for enclosed payment. - Item 45: Note from William Hughes of Minto township to David Potter, 1864; re. receipt of letter, promising to send more money. - Item 46: Bill for woodstove, 1864. - Item 47: Letter from J. C. Beard and Sons of Toronto to David Potter, 1864, with note of accounts; re. request for order. - Item 48: Letter from Thomas Swan of Mount Forest to Potter, 1868; re. purchasing engine. - Item 49: Letter from John Kennedy of Mount Forest to David Potter, 1868; re. enclosed promissory note of Robert Sinclair to review. - Item 50: Letter from John Hans of Alma to David Potter, 1868; re. hay fork bought from Potter, working on Potter's behalf dealign in hay forks. - Item 51: Letter from James Sides of Wallace Township to David Potter, 1868; re. money owing. - Item 52: Promissory note to order of Hugh Moore and Son, 1868. - Item 53: Letter from Hugh Moore and Son, 1868; re. outstanding payment. - Item 54: Letter from William Cassidy to John Potter, 1868; re. white ash for sale, 1868. - Item 55: Letter from F. W. Glen, President of Joseph Hall Manufacturing Company in Oshawa, to David Potter, 1869; re. settlement of account. - Item 56: Letter from William, Erwin and Jonah Archer, 1894; re. Potter's letter. - Item 57: List of account holders, 1864. |
Creator \ Maker |
Unknown [] |
Item Name |
Correspondence Invoice Letter Promissory Note Record Group Telegram |
Person \ Organization |
Allan Archer, Erwin Archer, Jonah Archer, William Argo, James Belden, Jeremiah Birks, William Brown, Francis Buchanan, William Cassidy, William Clifford Saw Mill Cowan Fraser and Company Davidson, James Elliott Elora Foundry Elora Seed Fair Fletcher, Samuel Ford Glen, F. W. Haig, Robert Hans, John Hugh Moore and Son Hughes, William J. C. Beard and Sons J. C. Mundell and Company Jackson Joseph Hall Manufacturing Company Kennedy, John Kiddie Kar Company Limited Lamb's Foundry Mathieson McLaren McNaughton McNaughton, John Moore, Hugh Newman, W. P. Newman, Walter Perkins Pilkington and Elora Agricultural Society Pilkington Township Agricultural Society Potter Potter, David Potter, John Reid, John Sides, James Sinclair, Robert Sudden, John Swan, Thomas Tomlinson, Jonathan Warnock, John Watt, Alexander |
Place |
Allan Street Alma Cambridge Canada Clifford Dumfries Twp. Dundas Elora England Fergus Gallowflat Farm Gallowfleet Galt Hamilton Minto Twp. Mount Forest Nichol Twp. Ontario Oshawa Peel Twp. Perthshire Pilkington Twp. Scotland Toronto Wallace Twp. Waterloo County Wyandot |
Subject |
Agriculture Animals Bridge Commercial Family Life Fire Health Immigration Mill Railroad Social Transportation |
Year Range from |
1822 |
Year Range to |
1894 |
Accession # |
A1954.37 |
Containers |
MU 3 |