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Only top-level descriptions Shelburne (Shelburne County, N.S.) Loyalists
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Gideon White family fonds
Fonds · 1783-1950
Fonds consists of Crown land grants, deeds, indentures, wills, survey plans, court orders, bonds, and correspondence. These records relate to members of the White family, as well as other Shelburne families. It is thought these records were accumulated through the activities of the various jobs held by members of the White family.
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.
Purney Family fonds
Fonds · 1784-1972; predominant 1877-1972
Fonds consists of deeds, indentures, land grants, mortgages, and wills. These records relate mostly to Charles and George Purney, with the most recent records pertaining to Arthur and Robert Purney.
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.
Stephen Skinner fonds
Fonds · 1791-1806
Fonds consists of land deeds from Black Loyalist settlers, and Skinner's will.