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Series · [199-?]
Part of Alexandra Dobrowolsky fonds
Series consists of 10 cassette tapes, some of which are labelled: (1) "Judy Rebick", (2) "Teressa Nahanee and Sharon McIvor", (3) "Liz Simpson", (4) Marilou McPhedran, (5) "Ad Hoc Meeting", and (6) "Ad Hoc Meeting 2" 2008.006.1, Series 3
J. F. W. DesBarres
Series · 1776
Part of Eastern Shore Archives map collection
Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres was born in 1729 in France. He died on October 27, 1824 in Halifax. He entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich (London), England in the early 1750s, where he studied fortifications, surveying, and drafting. In 1756, he went to North America where he began his military career as a lieutenant in the Royal American Regiment and saw action against the French at Louisbourg, Quebec, and Newfoundland, during which time he also began surveying in those regions. He was a military engineer, surveyor, and later Governor of Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island.By 1763, his surveying and mapping skills had been noted and he was commissioned by the Admiralty to chart the coast and offshore waters of Nova Scotia from 1764 to 1773. He later published his charts and views, together with contributions from Samuel Holland and others, in a navigational atlas that he produced on behalf of the Admiralty in 1777. The atlas was called The Atlantic Neptune, the final version of which was published in 1781.The Atlantic Neptune consisted of detailed charts and views of North American coasts, with the charts containing both topographical and hydrographical details.Series forms part of the map collection and consists of maps surveyed By Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres during the summers of 1764 to 1773 by order of the Right Honourable Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty. The maps show the diversities of the coast, ledges, shoals, rocks, soundings, and the quality of the bottom. Accession number: 2003.087
Maps
Series · ca. 1740-1780
Part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds
Series forms part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds and consists of one early Italian map of Acadia, Ile Royale and the surrounding area including Ile St. Jean. The map was likely drawn by Jacques-Nicholas Bellin, a French-born hydrographer and geographer who produced many maps of Canada and other French territories in North America and was chief cartographer of the French Navy in 1721 and later Official Hydrographer of the King. 2013.026
Series · ca. 1815-1817
Part of Saint Mary's University Rare Book Room fonds
Series consists of three letters written to Reverend Blake, as well as a two page handwritten document. A letter dated December 1817 was written from the Deputy General's Office in Halifax and a letter written on 9 June 1815 was written to Burke from a James Blake of Halifax. 2001.023.1, Series 1
Series · 1801-1822
Part of St. Mary's Basilica (Halifax, N.S.) fonds
Series forms part of St. Mary's Basilica (Halifax, N.S.) fonds and consists of one minute book (1801-1822) for the "Singing Society of St. Peter's Chapel" whose role was to sing the music for Sunday mass and other rituals in the Catholic Church. The minutes contain attendance at meetings, date of meeting, location of meeting, financial transactions, motions, and resolutions.
Financial records
Series · 1834
Part of F. Mitchell, Hosking family fonds
Series forms part of F. Mitchell, Hosking family fonds and consists of personal receipts, invoices, bills, lists of expenditures, and policies mostly belonging to the Hosking and Mitchell families, as well as one receipt from the store of G. L. Monk in Ship Harbour for lumber. Series also includes one land grant, two land indentures, two maps and one bill of sale.The land grant is dated August 12, 1834 and in it the Crown grants Colin Mitchell Sr. two hundred acres of land in Oyster Pond adjacent to a lot of land granted to Edward Hare. The document discusses the boundaries of the property and includes a map of the Oyster Pond area, clearly showing Colin Mitchell’s land grant as well as that of Edward Hares, and land near Navy Pool surveyed for W. Myers. The land grant is signed by Lieutenant Governor, Major General Sir Colin Campbell. The second map in the series is of a land grant map of Halifax County from the Department of Lands and Forests dated 1932.The land indentures include one transaction between Samuel Mitchell and John D. Mitchell dated April 7, 1873. In it, Samuel Mitchell gives John D. Mitchell a parcel of land at the head of Jeddore harbour, in the area of Oyster Pond, for the sum of forty dollars. The document is witnessed by Timothy Archibald John Cribby. The second indenture is between Hibbert, Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia, and Archibald Prest and dated 1883. In the indenture, Prest buys a parcel of land in Mooseland for the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. The bill of sale is dated November 25, 1874 and transfers sixty-four shares in the ship P.C. Hill to John Mitchell. Series also includes records regarding the settlement of the estate and outstanding debts of the late Philip Mitchell. The estate was settled by his nephew, John Duncan Mitchell. Accession numbers 2003.011, 2010.013
(E) - Divers
Series · 1791-1837
Part of 09 - Fonds Jean-Mandé Sigogne
Cette série consiste de ventes et concessions de terres ainsi que des estimations pour le comté d'Annapolis Royal et Sissiboo. MG 9, Boîte 2, d.12 et d.13
Series consists of thee oversized records. A poster depicting twelve gentlemen MPs from the United Kingdom in the later 1800s: Joseph Arch, Herbert Gladstone, Henry Labouchere, J. Cowen, G.J. Shaw Lefevre, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord R. Churchill, Marquis of Hartington, G.O. Trevelyan, and G.J. Goschen. The series also contains a copy of an 1841 Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, as well as a clipping depicting Iohannes Bvxtorffivs Ling, which contains a small script written in Latin. 2001.023.1, Series 7
Series · 1749-1841, predominant 1749-1801
Part of Nova Scotia Court of Vice-Admiralty fonds
Series forms part of Nova Scotia Court of Vice-Admiralty fonds and consists of records of proceedings of the court for 1749-1794 and 1813 including copies of commission and letters of Marque. Series also includes lists of vessels captured, registers of bail and bond arrangements, abstracts of sales of property by the court, abstracts of causes (1794-1811), records of financial settlements of causes, minutes of proceedings before Charles Fairbanks 1834-1836, 1839-1841, and letters of agency. Series is arranged mainly chronologically. RG 1 Vol. 224, 375 and 378; RG 40 Vol. 9a, 14a, and 491 to 501A; Microfilm 15,330; 15,436 to 15,437; 15,440; 15,494 to 15,500.