File MS-4-177, Box 33, Folder 1 - Business correspondence to William McMillan, Lockeport, regarding confirmation to ship goods, and receipt of shipments

File contains business correspondence addressed to (and a couple written by) William McMillan, Lockeport, between February 1918, and May 1918, 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 and balance orders from the following brokers: Acadia Gas Engines (Bridgewater), W.N. Allan (Yarmouth), Edward Allen (Yarmouth), Amherst Foundry Co. Limited, G.E. Barbour Co. (Saint John), Barrett Company (Halifax), J. & T. Bell Limited (Montreal), Ben's Limited (Halifax),C.A. Bowlby (Port Medway), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Brookfield Bros. (Halifax), Calder, Fraser Co. Ltd. (Dartmouth), Campbell Flour Mills Company (Toronto), Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. (Halifax), Canadian Drug Co. (Saint John), Clare Bros (Preston, ON), Coffee Importers Co. (Hamilton), Colonial Fertilizer Company (Windsor), Consolidated Trading Company (Port LaTour), J. Howe Cox (Cambridge Station), Crescent Manufacturing Co. (Montreal), R.H. Davis & Company (Yarmouth), S. Davis & Sons (Montreal), Andrew Doane (Ingomar), Dominion Sugar Company (Moncton), Eastern Hat & Cap Manufacturing Co. (Truro), Thomas A. Edison, Inc. (Orange, NJ), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), English & Scotch Woollen Co. (New Glasgow), Charles Fawcett (Sackville, NB), Ganong Bros. (St. Stephen; regarding gov't imposed sugar limiting), Gibson Bros. (Halifax), L. Gnaedinger Son & Co. (Montreal), Gordon and Keith (Halifax), Grant Brothers (Halifax), J.L. Greenwood (North East Harbour), Gurney-Massey Company (Montreal), Hallett-Weinberg-Bedard Co. (Montreal), G.J. Hamilton & Sons (Pictou), Mrs Ida Harlow (Sable River West), Harnett-Smith Company (Boston), Harris Abattoir Company (Toronto), W.H. Hayward Co. (Saint John), E.C. Hogg (Barrington), Holzapfels LImited (Newcastle on Tyne), Hutchings Company (Saint John), Ideal Bedding Co. (Toronto), Imperial Oil (Halifax), J.B. Jones (East Jordan), Lockett & Messenger (Bridgetown), T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), John C. McKay (Clyde River), A. & W. MacKinlay (Halifax), Manchester Robertson Alison (Saint John), Maple Leaf Milling Co. (Saint John), Martin-Senour Co. (Montreal and Halifax), National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada (Halifax), Neville Canneries (Port Mouton), Northern Fur Co. (St. Louis, MO), Nova Scotia Fertilizer Co. (Halifax), James A. Ogilvy (Montreal), Payzant & King (Halifax), Pyke Motor & Yacht Co. (Montreal), Retail Merchants Association of Canada, Royal Print & Litho. (Halifax), I.B. Shaffner & Co. (Halifax), Jas. Simmonds Limited (Halifax), A.M. Smith Company (Halifax), Sylvanus Smith & Co. (Gloucester; regarding the sale to Frank C. Pearce Company), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), John Starr Son & Co. (Halifax), Steele, Briggs Seed Co. (Toronto), Swift Canadian Co. (Toronto), Robert Taylor Co. (Halifax), Thorbourn Bros (Gunning Cove), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), United Fruit Companies (Berwick), O.H. Warwick Co. (Saint John), F.G. Wheaton (Amherst), Wolverton Milling Co. (Saint John), T.E. Worthen & Son (Crowell's), Yarmouth Cycle & Motor Car Co., among others.