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Miller family
Fonds · 1676-1944, predominant 1804-1889
Consists of records documenting five generations of the Miller family of Halifax and Lunenburg County and related families. The bulk contains correspondence, accounts, and bills relating to the business affairs of Jacob Miller, his son Garret, and his grandsons Garret, Jacob, and Joseph. The records also document the public offices held by the Miller men including their involvement in the Lunenburg County Court of General Sessions and militia and local church. Also contains family letters, deeds, indentures, briefs and other legal records, memo books, journals, scrapbooks and ephemera relating to various members of the Miller family and several generations of related families including Pernette, Allan, Aitkens, Hall, Godard, Mack, Owen, Erad, and Zouberbuhler. Journals kept by William D. Hall describe gold prospecting and mining activities and include mention of the Central Gold Mining Co. Also included are maps of Nova Scotia counties, Bridgewater and the Miller estate property, and Pernette property in Petite Riviere. MG 1 volumes 582-695
Item · July 19, 1684 – September 14, 1684
Item is a cartographic journal containing daily entries and twenty-five cartographic diagrams and topographical illustrations showing coastlines, elevations, distances (in leagues), water depths, capes, bays, rivers, inlets, islands and other geographical features. From the accounts of the first few days, the jump off point must have been somewhere near Mahone Bay or Lunenburg, on the southern coast of Nova Scotia. Few observations are recorded during the first week; the aim seems to have been to reach an initial destination of Grand Manan Island. At this point, beginning on July 25, 1684, detailed observations are made of all islands, rocks, and other geographical objects, along with more specific information concerning water depths (given in braces), types of currents, prevailing winds, distances between landmarks (given in leagues), places of secure anchorage, danger zones, etc. Most of the observed areas are accompanied by topographical illustrations which depict not only the contours of the coastline, but also elevations from sea level. The expedition proceeded from Grand Manan Island down into Passamaquoddy Bay (this is not named, but the St. Croix River is), then Northeast along the coast of New Brunswick to the entrance to the St. John River. At this point, the expedition encountered at least two British war vessels, equipped with cannons. An envoy from the expedition was sent to the British ships, apparently commanded by John Nelson, the nephew of the first proprietor of New Brunswick; assurances are exchanged, the envoy is returned, and the expedition again proceeds along its way. Much of this portion of the expedition was obscured by a dense and persistent thick fog which made the task of the cartographer at times impossible, as he frequently notes. From St. John River, the expedition turned back again across the Bay of Fundy, along Long Island, down along the Western coast of Nova Scotia to Cape Sable. This destination is reached by July 31, 1684, and here some days are passed waiting out a violent storm. Another British ship is mentioned, though no contact was made. The coastline from Cape Sable all the way to Margaret's Bay is represented by numerous illustrations. The weather seems to have been more favourable, and much of the area was apparently uncharted. This portion of the journey includes descriptions and illustrations of Cape Negro, Baye du Port Razor, Riv. des Jardins, Port Rosignol, Sable River, La Have Harbour, Mahone Bay (called here Mirligaich), Margaret's Bay, etc. The expedition continues from Margaret's Bay on to the Northeast, with observations of Cape Sambro, Riv. Chibouetou. Riv. Maganchis, Cape Thiodor, and it ends at St. Mary's River, on September 14, 1684. Appended to the journal is a twelve page "Inventaire pour servir a l'armament et consommation du nav(igation)," in which a very detailed list of hundreds of items is presented. The two categories that receive the most attention are boat fixtures (e.g., sails, bowsprites, halyards, stays, topsails, masts, anchors, rope, riggings, etc.) and armaments (e.g., cannons, ammunitions, guns, other weapons, etc.). Surgical equipment is briefly mentioned. Extraneous observations are also included from time to time: an abundance of fish off Cape Forcheau; arborage and foliage on shore; disembarkments, during one of which one of the crew apparently attempted to desert. MS-2-370, Oversize Folder 1
Isola di Capo Breton
Item · 1690
Item is a page from Coronelli's atlas, "Isolario Dell'Atlante Vento" featuring an engraving of 17th century Cape Breton Island. MAP 691
Collection · 1702-1917, predominant 1857-1886
Collection consists of Nova Scotia colonial government records, together with British and French imperial records relating to Nova Scotia, and comprises one continuous sequence of numbered volumes that have been arranged into 28 described series. RG 1
Fonds · 1703-1886
Consists of portions of the Colonial Office records containing information about Nova Scotia through the British colonial period. The collection includes the original correspondence or dispatches (in-letters) of the various colonial governors of Nova Scotia or other senior officials responsible for administering the colonial government, as well as entry books (out-letters) consisting of copies of Colonial Office replies. These are supplemented with various indexes, registers, acts passed by the colonial legislature, Blue Books of Statistics, sessional papers and miscellanea. Collection consists of: Series - Original correspondence, Board of Trade (CO 217) CO
Jonathan Belcher and family
Fonds · 1727-1914, predominant 1753-1763
Consists of correspondence and other records created and accumulated by Chief Justice Jonathan Belcher and his family. The majority contains letters written between Belcher, his father Governor Belcher, and his sister Sarah Lyde. Other correspondents are relatives including cousins James and William Belcher in Europe, friends, and political acquaintances. Letters discuss family news, health, financial affairs, property transactions, Belcher's appointment as chief justice, and other public affairs. Most of the more recent correspondence is addressed to Rev. Gilbert E. Belcher and concerns a biography of Jonathan Belcher. Other records include: Belcher's notebooks kept as a law student at Middle Temple; legal notes, addresses, minutes, and reports accumulated by Belcher, some of which relate to Acadians; probate and legal records, newspaper clippings, and ephemera concerning various Belcher family members; drawings of coat of arms; and reproductive prints of Jonathan and Abigail Belcher. MG 1 volume 1738
Edward Howe family
Fonds · 1730-1867
Consists of correspondence and other records created and accumulated by four generations of the How(e) family of Guysborough and Annapolis Counties. The majority of the material concerns Alexander Burgoyne Howe and includes letters written to and from son Richard Howe, 1818-1864, father Alexander Howe, 1804-1812; and mother Helen (McKellar) Howe, 1798-1823; and other family, friends and associates. Also contains correspondence between other Howe family members including a few early letters from Edward How to wife Mary. Letters discuss personal, family and community news, education and travel experiences, and military and naval affairs at home and abroad. Also includes certificates and appointments; copies and originals of letters, Council minutes, statements, and other items relating to Mary How's widows pension claim; some genealogical notes and charts; and a sketched plan of Canso settlement, 1739. Other family members represented include John Oliver Howe, Richard Uniacke Howe, Deborah Cottnam, Grizelda Cottnam, and the related Tonge family. MG 1 volumes 472-474a
Easson family
Fonds · 1734-1894, 1924
Consists of records documenting business and personal activities of four generations of the Easson family. Contains correspondence, invoices, receipts, account statements, promissory notes, land conveyances, bills of exchange, licences, survey plans, and other material relating to commercial transactions between Annapolis Royal, New England, Halifax, and Louisbourg; shipping in the 1700s including an incident involving a vessel at Tatamagouche; relations between the French and the Mi'kmaq; mill-work; maintenance of aboiteaux and dykes; local government; and social life and customs of Annapolis Royal. Family members represented include John Easson (1715-1790); son David (1748-1790) and his wife Elizabeth (ca.1750-1841); three of their eight children: David (1773-1812) and David's wife Zeruiah (ca.1790-1845), Thomas (1784-ca.1862), and Alexander (1786-1862); and three of Alexander's children: Deborah (1816-1888), Caroline (1822-1885), and David Stuart Easson (1823-1883). Also includes records of Thomas Prior, a free Black (previously enslaved), who was a neighbour of David Easson (1773-1812). MG 1 volume 3478