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Treasury Papers
Fonds · 1758-1964
Fonds consists of records reflecting the early financial history of Nova Scotia, offering an excellent example of early government transactions and activities in the province. These records reflect important investment and development decisions made by the provincial government, demonstrating those areas that were deemed most in need of public funds or those that brought in the most revenue, including shipping and lighthouses, emigration and immigration, the importation of goods, manufacturing, taxation and public works. This fonds is an excellent tool for exploring the establishment of government presence in Nova Scotia, how government functioned, and the relationships the provincial government had with communities, businesses and manufacturers, the federal government and with Imperial powers. Records primarily take the form of correspondence, receipts, log books, warrants, certificates and other documents of official expenditures and revenue. Fonds consists of 20 series:• General Accounts• Collector of Colonial Duties• Consular Fees• Impost and Excise• Light Duties• Light House Papers• Provincial Debt and Currency• Roads and Bridges• Sundry Accounts• Warrants• Bounties• Provincial Cashier• Miscellaneous• Board of Revenue: Correspondence and Minutes• Financial Secretary correspondence• Provincial Secretary correspondence• Provincial Treasurer• Receiver-General correspondence• Miscellaneous Correspondence• Public Works and Services
Item · 1758
Item is a map of New England and Nova Scotia showing Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island situated in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The map includes identified fishing banks. MAP 247
Amberman family
Fonds · 1758-1900
Fonds consists of transactional documents relating to the Amberman family of Granville, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. The contents of the fonds document Amberman family land transactions; includes information relating to the family home, North Hills. 2011-023
Item · after 1758
Hand drawn map showing the City and Harbour of Louisburg (after 1758), including buildings, raods, coastline, fortifications, troop details, inset of City and Gabarus Bay. Unknown creator and date. 87.12(i)
Reverend Jacob Bailey fonds
Fonds · 1759-1807
Fonds consists of correspondence, sermons and personal journals of his travels to London, England.
Royal Engineers
Fonds · 1759-1913, predominant 1761-1884
Consists of records created by the Royal Engineers stationed at Halifax, documenting military construction operations. Includes maps and architectural plans including a few from the 1760s-1790s, as well as copied items dating from 1740s-50s, primarily illustrating military property and fortifications at Halifax and New Brunswick, and also permanent and temporary structures such as storehouses, bridges, martello towers, and the Melville Island prison. Also includes letterbooks, 1761-1858, which contain incoming and outgoing letters to and from engineer officers in Halifax and outposts as well as the inspector general of fortifications in Britain, some of which also include general orders, lists of building materials, specifications, and estimates; four letter books with accompanying reports, estimates, and sketches pertaining to the Halifax Citadel, 1825-1847; reports of defences, 1759, 1810-1817, 1834; and deeds and warrants relating to military lands, 1778-1858. Fonds also contains glass plate negatives taken by engineer officers, 1870-1884, depicting various military and naval buildings and property in and around Halifax, at sites including the dockyard, Citadel, Point Pleasant, Fort Massey cemetery, Fort Ogilvie, Fort Charlotte at Georges Island, Fort Clarence, Fort Sackville, York Redoubt, and Ives Point at McNabs Island. Also includes a few photographs of officers with horse-drawn sleighs and demolition of the ruins of the Halifax Poor Asylum fire. MG 12 RE numbers 0-59
Prat, Starr family
Fonds · 1760-1986, predominant 1831-[196-]
Consists of records relating to the Prat and Starr families of Annapolis County and Kings County. Contains family and business correspondence, accounts, deeds and other legal and court records, newspaper clippings, genealogical notes, scrapbooks, poems, pamphlets, photographs, sketchbooks, and watercolours. Photographs primarily depict family members, relatives, friends, and residences and also contains scenes of various Nova Scotia towns. Drawings and watercolours, most of which were painted by Annie L. Prat, depict Nova Scotia flora and fungi. Most of the Prat material was created by sisters Annie L. Prat, Minnie Prat, and May Prat Starr, while the Starr material represents five generations of family members. Other related families and individuals represented in the fonds include the Morse, Moore, Wilcox, and Boehner families, Bliss Carman, Charles G.D. Roberts, Charles Stayner, and Dorothy Cornell. MG 1 volumes 886A, 2625-2632
Collection · 1760-[19--]
The collection consists of 15 folders, assumingly created by clerks and commissioners of the Township of Horton, which record vital statistic information, proof of appointments, and property plans for the years 1760 to 1885, many of which are photocopies. 1900.223-HOR, 1900.355-HOR, 1972.002-HOR, 1972.004-HOR, 2015.004-HOR
Thomas Pichon fonds
Fonds · 1760
Fonds consists of the history of Cape Breton by Pichon contained in five letters. MG 2.9