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Fonds · 1799 - 1932
Fonds consists of primarily of Captain Isaac Rayne and Captain's George Rayne's personal records regarding their private life, including two locks of Captain George Rayne's hair, correspondence, receipts of payments, family records, and others textual records. Fonds also contains personal records of Robert W. Rayne and others family members. MS-2-657
File
File consists of business and professional correspondence from various writers, including Captain Stewart Gould (some photocopies). There is also a balance sheet (ca. 1881-1888) showing loans, payments, and ships' earnings. MS-2-86, SF Box 18, Folder 31
Fonds
Fonds comprises business correspondence, bills of lading, and miscellaneous papers connected to McLelan's shipping business. MS-2-87, SF Box 18, Folders 32-33
Gordon Kinsman Collection
Collection · 1929 - 1939
The collection contains 3 cm of textual records related to the fur farming industry in Nova Scotia during the 1920s and 1930s. Many items are related to H. S. Cruikshank, a taxidermist of Colchester County. Photographs show early tanneries and the logging industry in Nova Scotia. 1997.26.1 - 57
Frank Patterson Collection
Collection · 1999
A collection of 40 original hand-drawn maps of the Tatamagouche area, including areas of the DesBarres Grant. Maps show land grants, names of property owners, waterways, roads and other details. Dates range from 1835 to 1951 with the majority c1850. Surveyors include John Spry Morris, John Gauld, Robert Byers, Charles Morris, Alexander Miller, Gilbert Sutherland. Also included is one Public Notice for a Sherriff's Sale in 1855. 1999.94.1a to 1999.94.49
James McKenzie Plan
Item · [1830]
Part of Frank Patterson Collection
Original hand drawn map showing lands around the head of the West Branch of the French River at Tatamagouche. Surnames include Bell, Rev. William Patrick, Patterson and McKenzie. Surveyed by Charles Morris, Surveyor General, no date. 1999.94.11
Plan of DesBarres Grant
Item · [1850]
Part of Frank Patterson Collection
Original hand drawn map of a plan of the DesBarres Grant along the French River. Surnames include Patterson, Austin, Langille. Shows the road from Tatamagouche to New Annan, Colchester County, NS. No surveyor recorded, nor date. 1999.94.12
Plan of DesBarres Grant
Item · [1850]
Part of Frank Patterson Collection
Original hand drawn map which appears to be very similar to map 1999.94.12. It displays the same area of the DesBarres Grant, but no surnames are provided on this map. No Surveyor nor date...perhaps a working map which is incomplete. 1999.94.13
Item · [1850]
Part of Frank Patterson Collection
Original hand drawn map showing a rough plan of lands back of George Millar's. Property owner names include Langille, Campbell, Byers, Kent, Primrose. Shows Byer's Lake and Johnston Lake. Part of DesBarres Grant in Tatamagouche area, Colchester County, NS. 1999.94.14