Sub-Series D. Legal Proceedings, Court Cases, Contracts, Assignments, Patents and Policies, 1800 – 1884 (non-inclusive)
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2024-03-21T08:07:14ZProvince of Ontario Patent issued to Cyrus Dean of St. Catharines for a machine for effecting more perfect combustion of fuel in the furnaces of locomotives
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Province of Ontario Patent issued to Cyrus Dean of St. Catharines for a machine for effecting more perfect combustion of fuel in the furnaces of locomotives
Province of Ontario Patent issued to Cyrus Dean of St. Catharines for a machine for effecting more
perfect combustion of fuel in the furnaces of locomotives. This patent was listed in the Records
Office of the Registrar General of Canada in Lib. JE, folio 361. This patent is accompanied by a 36
cm. x 57 cm. detailed sketch and explanation of the machine. [Samuel D. Woodruff was the
assignee of Cyrus Dean in a in a patent for a rotary washing machine in November of 1869
according to The Commissioners of Patents' Journal by the Great Britain Patent Office], March
23, 1870.
1870-03-23T00:00:00ZPresentation from the Office of Macdonald and Rykert regarding the Case of O'Connor vs. the Great Western Railway Co.
http://hdl.handle.net/10464/7511
Presentation from the Office of Macdonald and Rykert regarding the Case of O'Connor vs. the Great Western Railway Co.
Presentation from the Office of Macdonald and Rykert regarding the Case of O’Connor vs. the
Great Western Railway Co. This is a handwritten, 9 ½ page double sided document). Some of the
witnesses for the plaintiff included: Robert Johnson, John Ryder, Edward Duffy, Gilbert Gregory,
John Cutter, James Patterson, Samuel Rush and Francis Bigger, among others. They claimed that
the Great Western Railway Co. was destroying their land. Jacob Dittrick claimed that the culverts
were not large enough to carry off water. Mr. Jackson noticed injury to his flats. Wild grass was
destroying the bottom grass, May 6, 1836.
1836-05-06T00:00:00ZStatement of John O'Connor Damaged Wheat Crop
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Statement of John O'Connor Damaged Wheat Crop
Statement (handwritten, 3 pages) in which John O’Connor states that his wheat crop of 1834 was
damaged. A fence was also down which resulted in his wheat crop being destroyed by cattle and
pigs. The defendants had to pay the plaintiff for damages. S. D. Woodruff was the arbitrator in
this case, Aug. 1835.
1835-08-01T00:00:00ZStatement of Mrs. H.K. Woodruff regarding Woodruff and Mutual Life
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Statement of Mrs. H.K. Woodruff regarding Woodruff and Mutual Life
Statement of Mrs. H.K. Woodruff regarding Woodruff and Mutual Life. This is a 3 page typed,
unsigned statement regarding Hamilton K. Woodruff and his state of mind prior to his death, n.d.
1900-01-01T00:00:00Z