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Jacob Bailey
Fonds · 1748-[183-], predominant 1753-1788
Consists of correspondence, 1753-1830, letter books, 1748-1802, and diaries, 1753-1783, kept by Rev. Bailey documenting his family life, ministerial activities in Massachusetts and Nova Scotia, and experiences of a Loyalist refugee. Correspondence includes letters from family, acquaintances, and colleagues in the United States, England, and Nova Scotia, including several written by Rev. Joshua Weeks, Anglican minister at Marblehead, Mass. and later at Halifax. Records also document the personal experiences and views of the American Revolution and attitudes of Loyalists, difficulties surrounding an appointment to the Annapolis Royal Garrison chaplaincy by a non-resident, Joshua Weeks, and controversies over the election for Annapolis County in 1785 and appointment of a bishop in 1787. Fonds also contains Bailey's numerous unpublished and published writings, including manuscripts of Jack Ramble, a novel "The Flower of the Wilderness", "History of New England", "Contested Annapolis County Election", draft chapters of other novels (incomplete), several poems, and a lengthy description of his travels through Nova Scotia and its people, geography, agriculture, etc; sermons and notes on religion and history; school notebooks used by Bailey when he was teaching; a book of poems by Charles Bailey, ca. 1830s; and other miscellaneous items. MG 1 volumes 91-104