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Hector McInnes fonds
Fonds · 1845 - 1937
Fonds includes correspondence, receipts, and indentures. MS-2-446
Corning and Chipman Law Firm fonds
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.
F. H. Bell fonds
Fonds · 1872-1939
Fonds consist of: Barrister's papers, manuscripts, correspondence, and lessons
William M. Nelson fonds
Fonds · 1906-[1960?]
Fonds consists of reports and correspondence regarding the Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital; clippings regarding the history, people and events of Tatamagouche; his will; notices and publications regarding the Presbyterian Church and Women's Society; personal and job related correspondence; documents regarding the settling of estates, including that of his father; records of the Farmers' Commercial Union; correspondence written by Nelson while serving over-seas during World War I; and correspondence regarding his time as Chief Observer in the Aircraft Detection Corps for the Tatamagouche area. Also contained are 6 ledgers used to record legal services rendered, 6 cash books, 3 day books, 2 legal diaries and a ledger regarding the sales of the magazine The Dalhousian. Also contained is a note book for services rendered, such as mortgages and deeds, 1906-1907, probably kept by Nelson while working as a legal clerk.
Correspondence from Corning and Chipman
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
Letter from Jonathan Sewell to his daughters, Maria and Henrietta
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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
Personal archives of Philip Girard
Accession
Accession comprises professional correspondence, administrative papers, research notes and secondary materials, lecture notes, typescripts, off prints, and reviews illustrating Girard's work as a legal scholar, writer and editor, and university professor. There are also records papers pertaining to his work in arbitration. MS-2-757.2013-043
Vincent C. MacDonald fonds
Fonds
Fonds consists of law publications and print materials relating primarily to government, the Canadian Constitution, or to Newfoundland joining confederation; copies of speeches; correspondence with family, friends, and professional associates, including some from former Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King; newspaper clippings and memorabilia; photographs; and a small group of other miscellaneous documents which includes stories of MacDonald written by friends and associates for the Dalhousie University Faculty of Law publication Hearsay. MS-2-171, Box 1-3
Notebook of George Renny Young
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Fonds consists of a notebook belonging to George Young containing a report on emigration from Germany and personal journal entries. MS-2-212, SF Box 32, Folder 4