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94th Regiment
94th Regiment
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Item is a photograph of 38 soldiers in full uniform at arms and with instruments posing at an unknown location, possibly Margaree. It was likely taken during World War 1. 94-931-25446a
94th Regiment
94th Regiment
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Item is a photograph of 38 soldiers in full uniform at arms and with instruments posing at an unknown location, possibly Margaree. The exact date is unknown but it was likely taken during World War 1. 94-931-25446b
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.
A. Boyd Crowe fonds
Fonds · [194-]-[196-]
Fonds consists of ledger and blank receipts from Crowe's office. Also included are clippings and random correspondence relating to family affairs and sound recordings from various performances, often featuring A. Boyd Crowe.
A. C. A. Doane fonds
Fonds · 1852-1888
Fonds consists of letters to A. C. A. Doane regarding Doane family genealogy. Also includes a letter from the Trustees of the Barrington Grammar School to the Barrington School Board asking for pay for the teacher, A. C. A. Doane. There is also a watercolour of A. C. A. Doane.
A Cape Bretoner at War: Letters From the Front 1914-1919
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Item is a pamphlet which features "A Cape Bretoner at War: Letters From the Front 1914-1919," an article by Brian Douglas Tennyson. The article contains information about Percy Charles Willmot and his experience serving overseas, which was documented through letters. This piece was originally published in Canadian Military History, Volume 11.1. PAM 4043