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Item · ca.1890-1896
The item was originally a ledger from a store in Spry Bay c. 1896, in which accounts and retail transactions were recorded. The store may have been owned by the Leslie family. Later, around the time of the First World War, Bessie (Gerrard) Hilchey began using the ledger as a scrapbook and pasting newspaper clippings onto the pages, thereby covering most of the original ledger information. The scrapbook dates between about 1905 to 1953 and includes poems, newspaper articles, obituaries, marriage and engagement notices, graduation notices, clippings related to World War I and some small clippings about World War II, articles about horticulture, etiquette, single women and wives, bachelors and husbands, society columns, and articles about notable disasters or accidents including shipwrecks and fires. There are also handwritten notes mainly referring to the weather on the inside of the first page. These notes also record dates that buildings were constructed as well as the Halifax Explosion. Pages 195 to 285 have not been scrapbooked and remain purely accounts of retail transactions made at the store in Spry Bay, including the names of customers. Accession number: 2013.011
John W. Mills fonds
Fonds · 1886 - 1896
Fonds consists of legal papers and correspondence related to John W. Mill's administration of charitable funds for the poor in Mahone Bay and surrounding areas. MS-2-558
Series · 1894-1897
Part of George L. Monk fonds
Series consists of invoices, receipts, and papers related to the business operations of George L. Monk. The majority of transactions are with Halifax-based wholesalers. Series also includes a power of attorney slip and a document related to Monk’s dealings with lumber.
Correspondence
Series · 1897-1898
Part of George L. Monk fonds
Series consists of letters written to and by George L. Monk. Most correspondence is with wholesalers and reflects Monk’s business activities.
George L. Monk fonds
Fonds · 1894-1905
Fonds consists of records related to the business operations of George L. Monk, including both wholesale and retail activities. Records include receipts and invoices from business transactions with primarily Halifax-based wholesalers as well as correspondence and three account books. Accession number 2012.024
Ledgers
Series · 1904-1909
Part of John M. Homans, General Merchant fonds
Series forms part of the John Homans, General Merchant fonds and consists of one store ledger, recording daily sales at the store and whether or not they were paid for. Accession number: 2009.039
Invoices and receipts
Series · 1891-1909, 1922-1977
Part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds
Series forms part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds and consists of supplier invoices requesting payment for goods purchased by the store. Series also contains receipts for goods purchased in person from local or travelling suppliers. Shipping slips generated when goods were sent by vessel (1890-1920s), train (1930s), and transport truck (1940s and 1950s) are also included. Occasionally other records of a personal nature (some doctor's bills) are filed with invoices as per original order. Series reflects the change in the nature of business over the decades, from personalized letters acknowledging receipt of payment or goods, to daily order and monthly statements. Invoices list goods purchased on a regular basis, their quantity and price. Envelopes that the invoices were sent in reflect the accounting practice of Willy O Mitchell.Series also includes four receipt books for goods sold to local individuals dated between 1971 and 1977 as well as a certificate of inspection of the store’s weights and measures, dated to 1897. Also includes cheque receipts from 1974-1975. Accession numbers: 2003.011, 2010.008
Fonds · 1904-1909, 1960
Fonds consists of records from the Homans' store, including a day book ledger from 1904-1909 which records daily sales at the store and whether or not the sales were paid for. Fonds also includes two receipt books showing store sales from 1960. Accession number 2009.039, 2009.040
Monthly time book
Item · 1942-1943
Item consists of a monthly time book that records the names of men and hours worked on a project from September to December 1942. It includes the names of at least sixty men who were working shifts of usually ten hours each day from Monday to Saturday. The name of the foreman given is Garth M. L. Hosking and the name B.H. Mitchell on the cover indicates that he was likely the contractor. The book also records the use of B.H. Mitchell's horse and truck, Reg Day's horse, and another company's truck. Although the nature of the project is not described, the men were probably working on constructing large floating barges to be used as part of the war effort during World War II. The barges were constructed locally at Hartlin Settlement and then carried by tugboat to Halifax Harbour. The main timbers used were imported, but the decking came from local mills, including Byron Mitchell's. Also recorded in the book are shifts worked by Garth Hosking during May and June 1943. Accession number 2010.003.
Ledgers
Series · 1946
Part of Hosking's Garage fonds
Series forms part of the Hosking’s Garage fonds and includes a ledger book listing garage accounts including accounts paid, organized by supplier, and miscellaneous accounts. The ledger also lists other expenses including freight and postage, general expenses, commercial equipment, and car expenses (probably for Hosking’s personal cars).