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Item is a ledger of A.P. Shand. The ledger contains a list of shares purchased in sailing vessels and shares in local companies. The ledger also records dividends received from his investments (1873-1893) and contains a list of assests (1883-1893). MS-2-248, SF Box 48, Folder 19
Item · 1888-1889
Item is a diary that describes a trip to England between November, 30 1888 and January 17, 1889. The diary contains daily entries that describe Whitman's activities, church attendance, meals, business and social visits, and letters sent and received. Many entries describe his meetings about apples. The diary also records money received and paid. MS-2-487, SF Box 11, Folder 28
Jonathan Borden Marsh fonds
Fonds
Fonds consists of Marsh's account book with the barque Vibilia and her owners (1869-1882) as well as pilot and customs papers. Also included is a charter contract for the Ellerslie (1886). MS-2-48, SF Box 18, Folder 15
Fonds
Fonds includes items dealing with the invention of and patenting of a hydraulic gold extractor first registered in 1887. Also involves setting up a company to use the machine and begin gold mining. The material covers a period of 1883 to 1905, and involves many individuals in the business and legal community of Halifax and the South Shore. It also includes the original patent with the specification and diagrams, other diagrams, a 31 page hand written report by Westhaver on his trip to Dawson City, Yukon in 1902 to test his separator. A very interesting collection of letters, documents, legal correspondence, governmental material, etc., etc., dealing with the starting of a company to use the gold separate and Westhaver's various difficulties with financing and control. MS-2-587, SF Box 4, Folders 1-14, 16; SF Box 45, Folders 25-32
File
File consists of business and professional correspondence from various writers, including Captain Stewart Gould (some photocopies). There is also a balance sheet (ca. 1881-1888) showing loans, payments, and ships' earnings. MS-2-86, SF Box 18, Folder 31
Fonds
Fonds comprises business correspondence, bills of lading, and miscellaneous papers connected to McLelan's shipping business. MS-2-87, SF Box 18, Folders 32-33