The Shire of Grenville was proclaimed in 1864. The Shire offices and hall are believed to have been completed by the mid 1860s. Photograph is dated to 1880s from names of Council members and Shire officers.Original sepia photograph showing a group of men standing outside the Shire Council offices at Linton. Photo shows the fence at the front of the Grenville Shire offices, and part of the next-door shop (shop formerly owned by Thomas Austin). Some names of Councillors and Shire officials handwritten on the back of the photograph. The photograph has been sealed in a protective plastic cover.On reverse of photograph: "Wm Brown / J.J. Shepherd / Alex McVitty / Jas Dodds (Shire Secretary) / G.H. Smith / Jno Clarke / W.G. Bennett / Mr Preston".shire of grenville offices, grenville shire hall, buildings, councillors, austin's shop, joseph shepherd, alex mcvitty, james dodds [shire secretary], john clarke, w. g. bennett, mr preston, william brown [shire engineer], linton town hall

James Dodds was first Secretary to the Shire of Grenville, from 1864 until his death in 1891. Part of Old Lintonian collection ; No. 76. CDV (carte de visite) portrait of a man with beard and moustache wearing jacket and wide tiejames dodds, old lintonian collection

172 p. : paper-covered, decorative green cardboard cover with text: "THE NEW LIBRARY / PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE / EDWARD BULWER LYTTON / ONE SHILLING / GEO. ROUTLEDGE / 2 FARRINGDON ST." Book shows signs of repair with tape, on spine and between cover and first page. Includes 'Advertisement' and Preface to first edition (1849?). Dedication to the author's brother, Henry Lytton Bulwer, dated April 23rd, 1849, on first page. fictionfiction, lord lytton, james dodds, original collection, english literature