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Captain John Lovitt fonds
Fonds · 1862-1870
Fonds consists of correspondence from Lovitt's father and other business letters, as well as a newspaper advertisement from Lovitt's campaign for a seat in the House of Commons and Lovitt's funeral memorial.
George Killam fonds
Fonds · 1862-1879
Fonds consists of business correspondence, receipts, promissary notes, records regarding the settling of the estate of George Killam and a published copy of an address made by George Killam to "the electors of the County of Yarmouth."
Fonds · 1895-1930
Fonds consists of invoices, correspondence, certificates of ship surveys, insurance records, certificates of service, contracts, ship specifications, and a day book.
Port of Yarmouth fonds
Fonds · 1806-1964
Fonds consists of one book of fees, which records date, vessel name, master's name, voyage destination, and amount paid at Shelburne and Yarmouth; one small sum book for the port, which was also used as a diary and account book; 2 records of licences of vessels, which includes name of vessel, owner and vessel specifications; 6 registers of vessels entering port; 5 registers used to record vessels departing port; 3 registers of outport reports; 1 register of seamen discharged at Yarmouth; 2 registers of seamen shipped at Yarmouth; 2 registers of all vessels involved in the coasting trade in regards to the Port of Yarmouth; and 1 account book of goods received into the customs warehouse; register used to record outgoing vessels included records of collecting stations' for outports. The 1926-1946 register of seamen shipped includes records regarding crew changes for M.V. Bluenose. Also included are accounts of vessels registered to the port of Yarmouth (1924-1967), bills of sale and declaration of ownership certificates.