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Archival description
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.
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.
John Oates Bower fonds
Fonds · [19-]
Fonds consists of correspondence, a drillers' & geologists' log, geologist reports, letter of agreements, his will and deeds.
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.
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.
Peter Kaufman fonds
Fonds · 1881-1902
Fonds consists of one account book for a general store operated by Kaufman at Shelburne, N.S.
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.
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.