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Papers relating to the estate of James MacIntosh

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-141, SF Box 27, Folder 44
  • File

File consists of an account statement and letter from the Pictou Probate Office dated 1842 relating to fees owed on the estate of James MacIntosh, who died in the 1820s.

Deeds for sale of lands in Pictou County to John Ives Meagher

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-145, SF Box 25, Folder 6
  • File

File contains two indentures evidencing the sale of lands in Pictou County. The first indenture (dated 1875) records a land sale from Robert Moran to John Ives Meagher. The second indenture (dated 1876) records a sale from Alexander and Sarah A. McKenzie to John Ives Meagher.

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

Papers of William A. Major on the Halifax Curling Club

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-167, SF Box 27, Folder 32
  • File

File consists of a brief manuscript essay on Halifax Curling Club's history, the 1923 end-of-season report, and an excerpt from a published pamphlet called "Curliana Memorabilia."

Notes of Mrs. Gordon Cowan on the Rettie family of Truro, Nova Scotia

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-173, SF Box 14, Folder 7
  • File

File consists of genealogical notes on the Rettie family of Truro, Nova Scotia, with a particular focus on Captain Alexander Rose Rettie and the wreck of his vessel "Forest Chief." Also included are a family tree, photocopies of research correspondence, and historical newspaper accounts.

Letters from Alfred Austin to Stephen Tobin

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-74, SF Box 18, Folder 24
  • File

File consists of four letters written to Tobin from Alfred Austin, who was Tobin's schoolmate at Stonyhurst College from 1849-1852 and who later served as Poet Laureate of England (1896-1913).

Charles Tupper letters

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-75, SF Box 18, Folder 26
  • File

File consists of two handwritten letters by Charles Tupper. The earlier is an 1887 letter of introduction to Sir Andrew Clark regarding Mr. Freeborn, a Canadian medical student in London. The latter was written in 1911 to Mrs. J. Ross Smith in Amherst, Nova Scotia thanking her for an earlier correspondence regarding election results.

Letters to John Young from his son, William Young

  • CA NSHDA MS-2-80, SF Box 18, Folder 28
  • File

File consists of one handwritten letter (1833) to John Young from his son and business agent, William Young, and a transcription of an earlier letter (1815) from William.

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