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Crowell Shoe Store fonds
Fonds · 1878-1899
Fonds consists of letters, receipts, bills mainly from boot and shoe companies and dealers in Halifax, Moncton, Upper Canada and the United States. Also included are customer account books and shipping records. There are significant gaps in the records.
Thomas Killam Sr. fonds
Fonds · 1838-1873
Fonds consists of correspondence regarding his shipyard and store, insurance documents regarding his vessels, accounts, notes and receipts regarding his business, and a certificate appointing Killam a Justice of the Peace.
Captain John Lovitt fonds
Fonds · 1862-1870
Fonds consists of correspondence from Lovitt's father and other business letters, as well as a newspaper advertisement from Lovitt's campaign for a seat in the House of Commons and Lovitt's funeral memorial.
Thomas Davison fonds
Fonds · 1810-1820
Fonds consists of one letter book and one account book. The letter book contains copies of letters written by Thomas Davison to merchants in Halifax and Liverpool and several personal letters. The account book contains records regarding Thomas's timber trading and mercantile business. Following the departure of Thomas, Jannet used the book to record boarding house accounts and some minor sales.
Richard James fonds
Fonds · 1816-1839
Fonds consists of correspondance regarding James' military career, indentures, legal papers, pages from a ledger and one letter book.
Hugh McPhie fonds
Fonds · 1847-1859
Fonds consists of one ledger used to record transactions between McPhie and his patrons.
Joseph Symonds fonds
Fonds · 1815-1869
Fonds consists of one ledger, receipts, letters and other papers regarding Symonds' business, which serviced the ethnically diverse population of the area. It appears that two persons made entries in the ledger. One is known to be Symonds, the other is unknown.
Marguerite Sutherland Collection
Fonds · 1797-1947
Collection consists of a scrapbook of receipts, notes and deeds created by many of Pictou's early entrepreneurs such as: James Patterson, Edward Mortimer, Jotham Blanchard, George Glennie, Robert Pagan, Robert Lowden, James Dawson, and James Copeland. The majority of the records are in regards to business conducted by James Patterson. Also included in the scrapbook are the signatures of many prominent Nova Scotian government officials and two deeds regarding Mahone Bay residents. In addition, there is a collection of newspaper clippings regarding the history of Pictou and area and one photograph of the exterior of Pictou Academy.