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Joseph Durfee fonds
Fonds · 1760-1801
Fonds consists of correspondence, including letters of appointment to the militia, an indenture for an apprentice, sale agreements for schooners, and an inventory of the estate of Joseph Durfee.
Stephen Skinner fonds
Fonds · 1791-1806
Fonds consists of land deeds from Black Loyalist settlers, and Skinner's will.
Almira Bell Family fonds
Fonds · 1827-1844
Fonds consists of correspondence between Almira Bell and her sisters Lucretia, Sarah and Clarissa, and their mother Catherine, regarding family and events in the communities of Shelburne and Barrington, Nova Scotia
Robert Durfee fonds
Fonds · 1790-1847
Fonds consists of a lease agreement for property in Yarmouth, an indenture, an account and ship clearance certificate for Durfee's schooner Mayflower to ship goods to Boston, a sailing license for schooner Nancy to sail in the Bahamas, directions for sailing between the Bahamas Islands, and a petition against the repeal of the navigation laws in Liverpool.
Robert R. Thompson fonds
Fonds · 1784, 1832, 1869-1876
Fonds consists of certificate appointing Thompson Lt. Col. in the Reserve Militia; correspondence, accounts, deeds (including one from Robert's father to Mrs. Jennet Black), and one page torn from a municipal marriage register signed by Thompson.
Atlantic House fonds
Fonds · 1876-1887
Fonds consists of one guest book. The first several pages of the book have been used as a scrapbook.
Peter Kaufman fonds
Fonds · 1881-1902
Fonds consists of one account book for a general store operated by Kaufman at Shelburne, N.S.
Kelley Family fonds
Fonds · 1785-1903
Fonds consists of licence of occupation, indentures, land grants, court of probate, wedding invitations, and wills. The majority of the records relate to Hugh Kelley and Samuel D. Kelley.
Henry S. Sutherland fonds
Fonds · 1856-1905
Fonds consists of two business ledgers created by Henry S. Sutherland to record the transactions of his logging business and his general store in Clyde River. Also contains information about his land, and legal decisions concerning his properties. In the ledger, Sutherland records election results, possibly related to his position as Justice of the Peace. Ledgers also include accounts with members of the Shelburne community, including payment for services regarding cows, hay, molasses, and digging mud. Fonds also includes receipts, fire and life insurance policies, deeds and other legal papers, and a document concerning the Township of Shelburne Assessment.
John Bower fonds
Fonds · 1885-1905
Fonds consists of correspondence contracting John Bower and Thomas E. Ryan to assist in constructing the railway, deeds, accounts, probates, land grants, mortgage indentures, bills, and a patent office receipt.