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John D. McLeod's registry of ships' protests

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-125, SF Box 19, Folder 6
  • Item

Item is Pictou County Notary Public John McLeod's registery book of protests documenting declarations by ships' masters of circumstances beyond their control which may have given rise to loss or damages.

Joseph Simpson Arnison fonds

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-137, SF Box 19, Folder 8; SF Box 27, Folders 1-2
  • Fonds

Fonds consists of promissary notes, an order from David M. Lead to Charles Irving, and cheques. These materials date between 1858 to 1879. The fonds also contains agreements from 1863 to 1876 as well as business correspondence.

Personal archives of Alexander and John D. Cameron

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-138, SF Box 39, Folder 5
  • File
  • 1851-1896

File contains papers relating to the appointment as Postmaster of Alexander Cameron and John D. Cameron and two letters to Misses Sara and Jessie Cameron.

Cameron, Alexander, fl. 1851-1896

Personal archives of William Roy MacKenzie

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-296
  • Collection
  • 1915-1953

Collection contains a manuscript of Ballads and Sea Songs from Nova Scotia and related material, including page proofs, research notes, off-print, and correspondence. Material primarily documents Mackenzie's interest in ballads from Nova Scotia.

Mackenzie, William Roy

William Henry Harris fonds

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-149, SF Box 25, Folders 2-3
  • Fonds

Fonds comprises correspondence (primarily postcards) relating to Harris's positions as High Sheriff and chief returning officer.

George Geddie Patterson

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-196, SF Box 32, Folder 2-3
  • Fonds

Fonds comprises notes on the students of William Lyall at the Free Church College, Halifax (1852-53), and a copy of Lyall's pamphlet, The Philosophy of Thought (1853). There are also two personal letters.

Letter from Lord Dalhousie to W. Smith

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-69, SF Box 18, Folder 22
  • Item

Item is a letter (1823) from Lord Dalhousie to W. Smith, requesting that two barrels of Pictou oatmeal be shipped to Quebec on the next available vessel as a sample of Smith's produce.

Letter from W.E. Faulkner to his Aunt Jessie in Pictou, Nova Scotia

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-140, SF Box 27, Folder 6
  • Item

Item is a letter from W.E. Faulkner to his Aunt Jessie in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The letter makes reference to the mining strikes of the previous year, as well as correspondences with other family members in Moncton, New Brunswick, Boston, and Manila.

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