An interesting item found in an early issue of the Port Hope Gazette and Durham Advertiser is a complete list of the municipal officers of that year.:---
The following are the Members and Officers, composing the Board of Police in Port Hope, for 1843:
John D. Smith, Esq., President.
David Smart, Wm. Wallis, Wm. Henderson, Wm. Brogden, Members.
Mr. John Might, Treasurer.
Morgan Jellett, Clerk.
Wm. Barrett, Surveyor.
David Gillespie, Assessor, Collector and Weigher.
Wm. Lee and Robert Mitchell, Fire Wardens.
David Gillespie and James Johnston, Bailiffs.
Gullan, Senr. Pound Keeper.
Barbara & Peter Bolton - Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
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