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Item · 1850
Original hand drawn map of A Plan of Lands in Folly Village, surveyed by Donald Urquhart, Dep. Sur., January 9, 1850.Shows Colchester County land lots, owner names and directional measurements. Note: Map 2011.62.8 is very similar but has a few different names on the lots. Both maps were apparently done the same day by the same person. 2011.62.9
Item · 1871
Original hand drawn map which shows the property boundaries of land to be divided between 4 sons - James, William, Wilson and John Staples - heirs of William Staples Sr. of Onslow, NS., 1871.Edward Higgins, Thomas Chisholm and Alexander Barnhill state and witness that they were asked to divide the land between the 4 sons (presumably to settle an estate). 2011.81.1
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Plan of location for Board Landing Bridge over the Salmon River, Colchester Co., NS. Shows the bank of the river and creek flowing into same on the south west side of the bridge. Distance about 3 miles from Truro, on the Parrsboro/Amherst highway. Unknown creator and date. 2012.17.8
Item · 1956
Copy of map drawn by H. Linneborn, Feb. 20, 1956. Map shows marsh locations along the Cobequid Bay & Minas Basin including roads, highways, trails, waterways, towns, railways and a legend. 2013.60.6A
Item · 1956
Copy of map drawn by H. Linneborn, Feb. 28, 1956. Map shows marsh locations along the Shubenacadie and Stewiacke Rivers in both Hants and Colchester County, NS. Includes roads, highways, trails, waterways, towns, railways and a legend. 2013.60.6B
Fonds · 1867-1994
Fonds are arranged in the following series: Series 1 - EphemeraSeries 2 - Visitors' & Members' RegistersSeries 3 - Account BooksSeries 4 - Minute BooksSeries 5 - Miscellaneous Fonds consist of ephemera relating to Queen's Lodge No. 34 and the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia, such as histories, constitutions, by-laws, and masonic pamphlets (ca. 1877-1994); registers listing members present at meetings and any visitors from other masonic lodges (1897-1957); account books detailing the expenses of Queen's Lodge as well as membership dues paid, and an inventory of books borrowed and returned from the Lodge library (1867-1957); thirteen meeting minute books detailing the meeting activities of the Queen's Lodge (1867-1979); miscellaneous papers relating to the activities of Queen's Lodge (ca. 1906-1928; 1955). 2014.004; 2020.035; 2020.036
Lester D. MacKeen fonds
Fonds · 1928-1969
Fonds consists of four series: 1) Blacksmith and Heating Business Records, 2) Personal Files, Statements, and Correspondence, 3) Municipal Files and Correspondence, 4) Blacksmith and Heating Business Receipt Books (1938-1969), and 5) Blacksmith and Heating Business Ledgers. Fonds consist of records documenting the day-to-day business operations of Lester D. MacKeen's blacksmithing and heating business; files, statements, and correspondence relating to the personal life and daily activities of Lester D. MacKeen; records and correspondence relating to municipal roles performed by Lester D. MacKeen as secretary of the Unemployment Relief Central Committee (also known as the Overseers of the Poor) for the Municipality of St. Mary's between 1933 and 1934 and as Deputy Sheriff for Guysborough County. 2014.008
Item · 1910
An original certificate which "certifies that Mrs. Daniel Hyslop (Hannah) is a Life Member of the Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, Eastern Division, in accordance with the terms of its Constitution. Halifax, June 1910. Signed by President and Treas. Sec.The Hislops (note spelling) lived in Onslow, NS. 2015.32.1