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Fonds · 1806-1855
Fonds consists of correspondence between Alexander "Sandy" McDougall Sr., Alexander McDougall Jr. and various members of the McDougall family, including Isabella Catherine (McDougall) Duffus and Elizabeth Ann (Van Buskirk) McDougall. Also includes correspondence from Joseph Howe to Alexander McDougall Jr., along with several pages of notes written by Howe about McDougall's life and poetry for a posthumous publication of his poetry. The fonds also includes several volumes of poetry collected and written by McDougall, a newspaper clipping from the Mechanic & Farmer relating to a poetry lecture given by McDougall at the Antigonish Mechanic's Institute, and a copy of "Funeral Oration on the death of Hon. Daniel Webster" inscribed to Joseph Howe from Amasa McCoy. Also included in the fonds is the marriage certificate of McDougall to Elizabeth Van Buskirk. 2011-059
James Boyle Uniacke
Fonds · 1818-1858, predominant 1837-1858
Consists of records created and accumulated by Uniacke, most of which includes correspondence, accounts, wills and other legal documents concerning the estate of his father-in-law, Hon. John Black. Includes personal accounts and receipts; record book kept by Uniacke for the Turf Club established at Halifax, 1825-1827, containing lists of members and resolutions; journal and typed transcript of his trip to Boston in 1823; and passport document issued to Uniacke. MG 1 volume 1490
Fonds · 1788-1859
Fonds consists of Halliburtons judicial papers and personal correspondence, 1788-1859. Most of the documents pertain to Halliburtons career as Supreme Court justice, 1833-1853, consisting of court case documents, legal opinions and decisions on rules of evidence and points of law. Also includes Halliburtons addresses to court colleagues, and his commissions as puisne judge of the Supreme Court and for other positions. The personal correspondence was with colleagues and relatives, largely concerning financial matters and real estate. The documents were arranged in chronological order after donation. MG 1, Vol. 334, 334A
Enos Collins
Fonds · 1816-1860
Consists of business and personal correspondence created and/or accumulated by Collins, mainly during his early career. Includes both incoming letters and drafts of his responses, as well as legal and financial documents. On the personal side, includes several letters exchanged with Judge Brenton Halliburton (his father-in-law) regarding the latter's financial difficulties, contemporary politics, the West India trade, and legislation, 1824-1832. Also includes several documents concerning the settlement of the estate of Enos's father, Hallet, who died in 1831, including estate inventories, accounts and bills due, and letters to heirs. The health (and subsequent death) of Enos's sister, Hannah Webster, is the subject of other letters between Collins and other relatives in the 1850s. On the business side, several documents concern the Court of Chancery case, "Enos Collins vs. John Tremain et al" regarding the ropewalk property in Halifax, 1816-1843; other documents concern Collins' finances and properties, 1829-1842, and include deeds, mortgages, bonds, releases of mortgages and promissory notes. MG 1 volumes 226-227
Annapolis County Grand Jury
Fonds · 1786-1861
Fonds consists of two proceedings books in which the foreman recorded the actions of the jury in its administrative and judicial capacities. In 1800 legislation divided the county into an eastern district, which is present-day Annapolis County, and a western district, which is present-day Digby County, and in effect created separate grand juries for the two districts. Subsequent to the division, the proceedings books in this fonds cover only the actions ot the Grand Jury sitting at Annapolis, in the Eastern District. RG 34-301 volume P1; Microfilm 12146.
Fonds · 1851-1861
Consists of two series: Census returns, 1951 and Census abstracts, 1961. RG 1 volumes 451-454
J.B. Laidlaw
Fonds · 1860-1863
Consists of a diary entitled, The exploits and adventures of J.B. Laidlaw. It documents Laidlaw's activities as a grocery merchant; trips to Boston, Mass.; social life and customs in Halifax; and activities of the Universalist Church, Halifax. MG 1 volume 884 number 1-1A
A. Belcher & Co.
Fonds · 1825-1865, predominant 1825-1833
Fonds consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence documenting the business operations of A. Belcher & Co. and of Andrew Belcher’s activities as agent for the General Mining Association (GMA). The incoming correspondence are 41 letters (1825-1832, 1865) addressed to either Belcher or Almon which document shipments of coal, flour, cheese, gunpowder, fish and lumber; itemize contracts undertaken; and give details about other business dealings including mortgages, construction projects and outstanding debts. It also includes one letter written to Almon a number of years after the business had ceased operation.The outgoing correspondence is a copy letter book attributed to A. Belcher & Co., 520 pages with a name index, covering 11 Sep 1830 to 16 Sep 1833. There are lengthy letters to supervisors of the coal mines in Sydney, Albion Mines (Stellarton), Bridgeport and Pictou, NS, as well as letters to Richard Smith, visiting GMA engineer; G.P. Duval the GMA contact in London; the London office of A. Belcher & Co.; and business contacts in New York, Jamaica, Bermuda, Boston, Newfoundland and Quebec. The contents document shipments of food stuffs and supplies, especially coal and the parts needed for the newly invented steam engine being installed in the coal mines by Richard Smith of London. One personal correspondent is with William Archer, a former enslaved man living in Bermuda, writing Belcher for help to free his mother. Belcher also comments on the postal service, an independent Cape Breton, and growing competition from the United States and Samuel Cunard. 2008-026, 2013-030.
Levi Hart letters
Item · 1858-1865
Consists of eight letters from Joseph Howe to his business contact Benjamin Wier & Company of Halifax, and then to the firm of Wylde, Hart & Company, also of Halifax. Written just prior and during Mr. Howe’s time as Premier of Nova Scotia (1860-1863), most of the letters contain routine business matters and one letter mentions the dismissal of [Jonathan] McCully from a political post. 2014-026