Letter to Council. Sender: Alex Brown. Subject: application for position of City Assessor. Referred to: Committee on Appointments. Action taken: appointed to position Feb. 23, 1874.

Letter to Council. Sender: William McEwan. Subject: application for position of Fire Warden. Referred to: Committee on Fire and Water.

Letter to Council. Sender: Josiah Adams. Subject: withdrawing application for position of Assessor. Action taken: granted.

Letter to Council. Sender: William Logan. Subject: application for position of Tax Collector. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.

Letter to Council. Sender: W. H. Tucker. Subject: application for position of Fire Warden. Referred to: Committee on Fire and Water.

Letter to Council. Sender: James Collins. Subject: application for position of Scavenger. Referred to: Committee on Works (cover sheet states referred to Board of Works). Action taken: confirmed March 23, 1874.

Statutory declaration of Alexander MacDougall Brown when he was sworn in as City Clerk in March, 1874.

Letter to Council. Sender: Caldwell & Cunningham. Subject: tender for printing of cheque books for the City Clerk. Referred to: Committee on Printing. Action taken: (offer rejected).

Letter to Council. Sender: Alfred E. Fisher. Subject: application for position of Tax Collector. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.

Letter to Council. Sender: Hyslop & Ronald (Engine and Machine Works - Chatham, Ontario). Subject: steam fire engine (promotional letter regarding the fire fighting products they have for sale). Referred to: Committee on Fire and Water.

Letter to Council. Sender: John Eccles. Subject: application for position of Tax Collector. Referred to: Committee on Appointments.

A copy of nominations for Mayor for the year 1875, written down by the City Clerk during a meeting of the electors of the City of Winnipeg on December 28, 1874. Francis E. Cornish was nominated by Andrew Strang and Alexander Logan, and William Nassau Kennedy was nominated by J.H. Ashdown and [H.L. Shelton?].

Nomination paper for William Nassau Kennedy for Mayor of Winnipeg for the year 1875, signed by J.H. Ashdown and [H.L. Shelton?] at a meeting of the electors of the City of Winnipeg on December 28, 1874.

Nomination paper for Francis E. Cornish for Mayor of Winnipeg for the year 1875, signed by Andrew Strang and Alexander Logan at a meeting of the electors of the City of Winnipeg on December 28, 1874.

Photograph taken from top of Courthouse.

A booklet by George B. Elliott giving an eye witness account of Winnipeg in 1874 and comparing it to 1860. Includes information on businesses, buildings, streets, and other topics.

A list of eligible voters for Winnipeg’s second civic election on January 4, 1875, divided by ward. It was compiled sometime after the election by the City Clerk for the casket placed into the cornerstone of City Hall.

By-laws 44 to 72 from a book containing hand-written copies of City of Winnipeg By-laws 1 to 183 (1874-1882). The book was written by the City Clerk’s Office in 1883 and is one of five volumes.

Photograph shows William Nassau Kennedy, Mayor, Alderman John Cameron, Alderman Willoughby Clark, Alderman Matthew Davis, Alderman William Gomez Fonseca, Alderman John Hacket, Alderman Alexander Logan, Alderman Thomas Lusted, Alderman James McLenaghan, Alderman Alexander McMicken, Alderman Dugald Sinclair, Alderman Archibald Wright. D.B. Murray, Chief of Police, Capt. Thomas Scott, Chief Engineer, Fire Brigade, D.M. Walker, City Solicitor, A. MacArthur, Auditor, Col. John Kennedy, Assessor, Thomas Inglis, Architect of Market, A.M. Brown, City Clerk, James S. Ramsay, City Chamberlain, T.H. Parr, City Engineer, G.D. McVicar, Assessor, Colin F. Strang, Auditor, Henry Kirk, Messenger.