File MS-4-177, Box 11, Folder 23 - 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 11, Folder 23

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  • 1922 (Creation)

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316 leaves of textual records ; 22 x 27 cm and smaller

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File contains business correspondence addressed to William McMillan and Fred Giffin (with a few written by McMillan), Lockeport, between June 1922 and September 1922, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in McMillan's 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), Brenton M. Acker (Birch Town), C.R. Banks (Torbrook Mines, NS), G.E. Barbour Company (Saint John), Barrett Company (Halifax), Beaver Company (Thorold, ON), J.T. Bell (Montreal), C.E. Bentley (Truro), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Brock & Paterson (Saint John), Buffalo Specialty Company, Canada Cement Company (Montreal), Canada Feed & Oil Limited (Halifax; regarding outstanding accounts after plant closure), Canada Wire and Cable Company (Halifax), Canadian Drug Co. Limited, Canadian General Electric Company (Halifax), Canadian National Railways, Canadian Oil Companies (Toronto), Cloverdale United Farmers Limited (Springfield), Congoleum Company (Montreal), H.S. Cook & Co. (formerly Burrell-Johnson, Yarmouth), M.P. Cook & Company (Yarmouth), Craven & Speeding Bros. (Sunderland), H.H. Crosby (Hebron), Crude Oil Engine Company of Canada (Montreal), Davis & Fraser (Halifax), Dixon & Corbitt and R.S. Newall & Co. (Gateshead-on-Tyne), Andrew Doane (Ingomar), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Dominion Rubber System (Maritime) Limited (Halifax), Dustbane Mfg. Co. (Ottawa), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), Frank Fales & Sons (Saint John), Gibson Bros. (Halifax), Gloria Light Company (Chicago), M.W. Graves & Co. (Bridgetown), Charles Hagar (Roseway), Trueman Hager (Round Bay), W.B. Hamilton Shoe Co. (Toronto), A.W. Hebb (Bridgewater), Fletcher Hebb (Bridgewater), J.W. Hebb, Lakeside Farm (Hebb's Cross), J.C. Hemeon (Liverpool), E.S. Hendry (Milton), Hunt Brothers (London, ON), Imperial Oil Limited (Halifax), J.B. Jones (East Jordan), Lake of the Woods Milling Company (Saint John), John Lockett & Son (Bridgetown), T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), Avery MacDonald (Lower Port Joli), McDonald Tea Co. (Saint John), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Maritime Brokers Limited (Halifax), Willett Martin (New York), Martin-Senour Co. (Halifax), Miner Rubber Company (Halifax), G.P. Mitchell & Sons Limited (Halifax), J.E. Morse & Co. (Halifax), J. & M. Murphy Limited (Halifax), National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada (Halifax), New Germany Fruit Co. Limited, F.F. Nicoll (Clyde River), Northern Aluminum Company (Toronto), Palmolive Company (Montreal), Parker & Sawyer (Halifax), Parker Broom Company (Ottawa), Parrish, Phillips & Co. (New York), Peabody's Limited (Walkerville, ON), Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co., Quaker Oats Company (Halifax, via Peterborough), Rafuse & Eisenhauer Limited (Bridgewater), Frank Reardon Limited (Halifax), Retail Merchants Association of Canada (regarding the Sales Tax Act, among other topics), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow Limited (Halifax), Sterling Materials Co. (Montreal), T.C. Swaine (Barrington), A.E. Thorbourn (Gunning Cove), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), John Tobin & Co. (Halifax), Walker Bros. (Milton), Yarmouth Fruit Co., among others.

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Faint dampstaining and slight insect nibbling damage to bottom left corner of most leaves (with occasional text loss) ; two-hole punches to top margin of most leaves ; occasional wear to edges

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  • French

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Predominantly in English; Palmolive correspondence in French.

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