Document
Identifier:
F.0011
Description
The fonds consists primarily of John Bertram's personal correspondence with friends and family along with some of his business and legal documents.
Additional Information
The fonds consists primarily of John Bertram's personal correspondence with friends and family along with some of his business and legal documents. The correspondence covers the time from his arrival in Dundas to the year of his death with correspondents including: Alexander Bertram [his father], Robert McKechine, R.S.M. [Burchett], George Aimers, Henry Bertram, Alexander Bertram [son], Aimers Bertram, Stephen John Howit and Robert Bertram. The fonds also contains a series of letters sent to Elizabeth Bennett from her father Henry Bennett. There are numerous cards received by John Bertram during his life in Dundas, these relate to greeting, appreciation, mourning, thanks, and postcards. The business and legal documents consist of various mortgages John Bertram entered into and as part of historical documentation of land purchased by John Bertram. There are also copies of the mortgages, tax assessments, and building contracts for the construction of his house known as Glenholme in 1872. The few business records in this fonds relate to patents obtained by John Bertram and his assignment of the power of attorney. The fonds consists of the following types of documents: indentures of bargain & sale, receipts, indenture of assessment of mortgage, statutory mortgages, discharge of mortgages, handdrawn maps, deed of land, correspondence, estimates, building contracts, patent receipts, annulment of power of attorney, church magazine, petitions, reports, diploma, cancelled cheques, train tickets, tax assessments, greeting cards, mourning cards, post cards, and thank you cards. The series in this fonds have been arranged according to the functions and forms of the documents. All of the series were found to be in no discernable order having resulted from the papers being transferred from a number of different owners. As a result of no clear order, all the series have been arranged in chronological order. Some of the series contain records added by John Bertram's family, primarily his son Henry Bertram, these series include: Series 4 - Miscellaneous Documents 1849 - 1936 and Series 6 - Miscellaneous Cards 1887 - 1906. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Series 1 - Mortgage and Legal Records 1859 - 1905 Series 2 - Glenholme Records 1872 - 1901 Series 3 - Business Records 1898 - 1899 Series 4 - Miscellaneous Records 1849 - 1936 Series 5 - Correspondence 1855 - 1904 Series 6 - Miscellaneous Cards 1887 - 1906
Physical Description
0.1 m textual records
Date:
1849 - 1905, 1936;
Creator:
Bertram, John