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1859-1871 (Creation)
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- Duncan, George, 1827-1871
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22.5 cm of textual records
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George Duncan was born at Chester in 1827. In 1862, he married Lucy Catherine Hayes. The couple had three children. During the ten years prior to his death, Duncan emerged as a prominent Mahone Bay merchant, running a general store, engaging in the West Indies trade, and serving as the town’s postmaster. Duncan died of consumption at Mahone Bay in 1871.
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Series consists of correspondence, legal documents, invoices, receipts, day books, a ledger, and financial statements documenting Duncan’s activities as a general merchant, his role as the administrator of the estate of Jane Hayes, and his involvement with two Mahone Bay vessels engaged in the West Indies trade: the brigantine Argo (master Joseph Creighton), built by Joseph C. Morgan in 1864, and the schooner Hector (master Tilly W. Spearwater), built by Elkanah Zwicker in 1866.