Dilly C. Holmes Wellandport Ontario Historical 58 Documents 1875-1930 For Sale

Original 59-document historical and postal-history archive centred on Dilly Coleman Holmes and the Holmes family of

Wellandport, Ontario. The collection spans 1875-1930 and includes postal cards, covers and correspondence documenting

business and credit activity, Agricultural Society administration, Dufferin Masonic Lodge, fancy-poultry breeding and trade,

civic/legal status and family life. Research accompanying the collectiom identifies Dilly Coleman Holmes (1842-1935) as a

long-serving Wellandport postmaster and local public figure. Surviving correspondence addresses him as J.P.; additional

evidence documents his Agricultural Society and Masonic roles. A contemporary obituary, Ontario death registration, 1885

family marriage registration, Masonic newspaper reporting and land-record references have been correlated with the

original material. Offered intact with the accompanying research dossier. Please review photographs and documentation for

exact contents and condition