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Abram Young fonds
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2 cm of textual records
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Abram Young was the son of Abraham (1784-1863) and Hannah Wade Young, born in 1821 at Annapolis County, N.S. He first married Jane Young and then Abigail Sprowell and had 10 children. He removed to Bridgetown where he purchased a ship yard with his brother Isaac from the Bridgetown Shipbuilding Company. He built his first vessel there in 1861. Later he owned and operated a small farm in Belleisle. Young died in 1879.
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Fonds consists of one day book used to record sales of general sundries and payment (often in labour at the Young's shipyard), purchases/receipts of building materials used at the shipyard and accounts of Abram Young's estate. Also included are personal and business receipts.
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93.02.90, MG 100 vol. 2 33.