File MS-4-177, Box 27, Folder 4 - Business correspondence to William McMillan, Lockeport, regarding confirmation to ship goods, and receipt of shipments

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Business correspondence to William McMillan, Lockeport, regarding confirmation to ship goods, and receipt of shipments

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MS-4-177, Box 27, Folder 4

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  • 1911 (Creation)

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314 leaves of textual records ; 22 x 27 cm or smaller

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File contains business correspondence addressed to (and a few written by) William McMillan, Lockeport, written between April 1911 and September 1911, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas. File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence. File contains correspondence from the following receivers and brokers: Edward Allen (Yarmouth), Ames Holden McCready (Saint John), Barclay-Clements (Boston), Sidney R. Baxter & Co. (Boston), A.M. Bell (Halifax), Edwin Bower (Shelburne), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. (Montreal), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Cochran, Burns & Farnsworth Co. [successors to De Long, Seaman & Co. as of May 1911] (Boston), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Edinburgh Roperie & Sailcloth Company (Saint John), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Arthur Fordham (Halifax), Furness, Withy & Co. (Halifax), J.W. Grant (Yarmouth), Greenshields Limited (Montreal), C.J. Hamilton & Sons (Halifax), Holzapfels Limited (Newcastle-on-Tyne), Imperial Oil Company (Halifax), Manchester Robinson Allison, Mann, Byars & Co. (Glasgow), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), Nova Scotia Furnishing Company (Halifax), Ogilvie Flour Mills (Montreal), Payzant & King (Halifax), Frank Powers (Lunenburg), Queen Charlotte Islands Collieries (Vancouver, BC), Wm. Robertson & Son (Halifax), Saint John Milling Company, R.B. Seeton (Halifax), T.A. Slocum Limited (Toronto), Smith & Proctor (Halifax), Stanfields Limited (Truro), James H. Tarr (Gloucester), Robert Taylor Co. (Halifax), W.H. Thorne (Saint John), among others.

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Chipping to top edge of some Ames Holden McCready correspondence (some text loss); occasional foxing; two-hole punches to top margin of most leaves

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