File MS-4-177, Box 30, 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 few written by) William McMillan, Lockeport, between September 1914 and March 1915, 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 other standard business correspondence from the following receivers and brokers: Acadia Gas Engine Company (Bridgewater), Wm. Allan (Yarmouth), Edward Allen (Yarmouth), Allith Manufacturing (Hamilton, ON), American Ever Ready Works (New York), Ames Holden McCready (Saint John), Bauld Bros. (Halifax), Sidney R. Baxter & Co. (Boston), Black & Flinn (Halifax), Bridgetown Hay and Feed Company, W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Burrell-Johnson Iron Company (Yarmouth), Calder, Fraser Co. Ltd. (Dartmouth), Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company (Halifax), Canadian Drug Co., Canadian Oil Companies (Halifax), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Chronicle Publishing Co. (Halifax), Craven & Speeding Bros (Sunderland), W.J. Crouse (Italy Cross, NS), Geo. W. DeLong (Barss' Corner, NS), Davis & Fraser (Halifax), W.S. Dexter (Shelburne, regarding the liquidation of Waldron Drouin Co.), Donald Manufacturing Company (Toronto), Thomas A. Edison Inc. (Orange, NJ, regarding shipment delays following a factory fire), J. Furman Ehrgott (Yarmouth), Emerson Fisher (Saint John), Enterprise Foundry Co (Sackville, NB), Flintkote Manufacturing Company (Boston), Arthur Fordham & Co. (Halifax), General Refining Co. (Cleveland), Gibson Bros. (Halifax), Halifax Seed Co., Harris Abattoir Company (Toronto), Hewson Pure Wool Textiles (Amherst), Ideal Bedding Co. (Toronto), Imperial Oil Company (Halifax), Charles W. Lane (Lunenburg), Lincoln, Willey & Co. (Boston), Liverpool Cooperage, London & Petrolia Barrel Co. (London, ON), J.L. Lovitt (Yarmouth), A. & W. MacKinlay (Halifax), Manchester, Robertson, Allison (Saint John), Maritime Forward Movement (Amherst), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), W. & C.H. Mitchell (Halifax), J. & M. Murphy (Halifax), R.E. Mutch & Co. (Charlottetown, PEI), National Drug and Chemical Company (Halifax), M.A. Nickerson (Clark's Harbour, NS), Northern Aluminum Company LImited (Toronto), Northern-Electric (Montreal), Nova Scotia Underwear Co. (Eureka, NS), C.W. Outhit (Halifax), Peabodys Overalls (Walkerville, ON), J. Henry Peters (Toronto), Phillips Candy Co. (Hebron, NS), Platt & Washburn Refining Company (New York), Quaker Oats Company (Peterborough), Record Foundry & Machine Co. (Moncton), Redmond Company (Montreal), John Reid & Co., naval architects (Montreal), Reinhardt Bros. (LaHave, NS), Wm. Robertson & Son (Halifax), Robin Hood Mills Limited (Moose Jaw, SK), Wm. C. Robinson & Son Co. (Halifax), S. Norman Sancton (Saint John), H.S. Scott (Saint John), Scovil Bros (Saint John), R.B. Seeton (Halifax), T.S. Simms & Company (Fairville, NB), Smith & Proctor (Halifax), Smith Brokerage Co. (Saint John), E.K. Spinney (Yarmoth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Stanfields Limited (Truro), James H. Tarr (Gloucester, MA), Thomas Brothers (St. Thomas, ON, liquidation sale), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), Tower Canadian Limited (Toronto), Leonard A. Treat (East Boston), Walker Bros (Milton, NS), Arthur N. Whitman (Halifax), Thomas Wood & Company (Boston), among others