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Archival description
Fonds · 1853-1923, predominant 1890-1915
Fonds consists of abstract books which were used to record deed searches performed by the firm. Within the books are notes, letters, maps, sketches, deeds, mortgage papers, and documents, such as abstract titles, related to the deed searches. Included in this fonds are letters related to the firm and several regarding to the men's positions on Yarmouth Town Council.
File
File contains correspondence from Corning and Chipman, a law firm based in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Materials were created in 1879, 1881, 1888, 1891, 1893-1903, 1906, 1912, 1915, 1917 and 1923. MS-4-67, SF Box 46, Folder 23
F. H. Bell fonds
Fonds · 1872-1939
Fonds consist of: Barrister's papers, manuscripts, correspondence, and lessons
George F. Curtis fonds
Fonds
Fonds consists of a typescript of law lectures given by Curtis at Dalhousie University in January 1939 and correspondence pertaining to meetings held in 1945 in the Maritimes and British Columbia to discuss the establishment of a world court for permanent peace. MS-2-319, SF Box 37, Folder 7-8
George Nicholls fonds
Fonds
This fonds consists of material created by or accumulated by George V.V. Nicholls. Records include correspondence, Nicholls and Van Vliet family estates and wills, course material from classes taught by Nicholls at Dalhousie’s Law School and Queen’s University, meeting minutes from professional associations, Dalhousie and community committees and clubs that Nicholls was involved with, some photographs and drafts and published legal journal articles and essays written by Nicholls. MS-2-561
File
File consists of two guest books (1890-1893 and 1897-1900) printed for Daly and his wife, used during his time as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. MS-2-19, SF Box 14, Folders 1-2
Hector McInnes fonds
Fonds · 1845 - 1937
Fonds includes correspondence, receipts, and indentures. MS-2-446
Collection
Collection comprises legal business correspondence, a book of legal judgment abstracts, indentures documenting Lunenburg County land sales, and papers regarding claims upon the wreck of two schooners. MS-2-183, SF Box 28, Folders 3-6; SF Box 31, Folder 1
Item
Item is a letter (1828) from Jonathan Sewell to his daughters, Maria (the eldest) and Henrietta, addressed care of their uncle, Stephen Sewell, in Montreal. Sewell describes the recent departure of Lord and Lady Dalhousie and exhorts his daughters to travel by steamboat and meet him at Three Rivers, which he calls "The Modern Seat of Science, Literature & Fashion." MS-2-66, SF Box 18, Folder 21