File MS-4-177, Box 30, Folder 3 - 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 30, Folder 3

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  • 1915-1916 (Creation)

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

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File contains business correspondence addressed to William McMillan, Lockeport, between October 1915 and February 1916, 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, from the following brokers: Acadia Gas Engine Co. (Bridgewater), W.N. Allen (Yarmouth), G.E. Barbour Co. (Saint John), J. & T. Bell (Montreal), Black & Flinn (Halifax), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Brookfield Bros (Halifax), Burrell-Johnson Iron Company (Yarmouth), Calder, Fraser & Co. (Dartmouth), Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company (Halifax), Canadian Drug Co. (Saint John), Canadian Merchandise Company (Yarmouth), Canadian Oil Companies Limited (Halifax), Carritte-Paterson Man'f'g. Co. (Saint John), Castine Line & Twine (Boston), Chevrolet Motor Company of Canada (Toronto), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Cochran, Burns & Farnsworth (Boston), Consumers Cordage Company (Halifax), Creighton & Marshall stationers (Halifax), Robert D. Doane (Barrington, NS), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Eastern Hat & Cap Manufacturing Co. (Truro), Edinburgh Roperie & Sailcloth Company (Montreal), Thomas A. Edison, Inc. (Orange, NJ), J. Furman Ehrgott (Yarmouth), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Empire Garage & Motor Co. (Yarmouth, regarding a meeting with Ehrgott and the purchase of a car), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), T.H. Estabrooks, Red Rose Tea (Saint John,regarding the resignation of B.M. Armstrong), Fleischmann Co. (Halifax), Arthur Fordham & Co. (Halifax), Gibson Bros. (Halifax), Gordon, Mackay & Co. (Toronto), Gourock Ropework Export Co. (Montreal), M.W. Graves (Bridgetown), Greenshields Limited (Montreal), Trueman Hagar (Round Bay, NS), Hawboldt & Evans (Chester), Sadie Hayden (Cambridge), W.H. Hayward Co. (Saint John), Imperial Oil Company (Halifax), J.B. Jones (East Jordan, NS), LaHave Creamery Company (Bridgewater), Lockett & Messenger (Bridgetown), J.L Lovitt (Yarmouth), A. & W. MacKinlay (Halifax), J.F. MacMullen & Son (Barrington), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Maple Leaf Milling Company (Toronto), Marine Hardware-Equipment Co. (South Portland, ME), Martin-Senour Co. (Halifax), W. & C.H. Mitchell (Halifax), J.G. Morton (Milton, NS), National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada (Halifax), New York Net & Twine, (Moodus, CT), M.A. Nickerson (Clark's Harbour), Northern Aluminum Company (Toronto), Northern Electric Company (Montreal), Nova Canneries (Port Mouton), Nova Scotia Furnishing Company (Halifax), P.C. Parkhurst (Gloucester, MA), Parrish, Phillips & Co. (New York), Peabody (Walkerville, ON), Pedlar People Limited (Montreal), J. Henry Peters (Toronto), Pierce, Austin-Caswell, Livermore Company (Boston), Quaker Oats Company (Peterborough), G.N. Reagh (Middleton), William Redding (Yarmouth), Wm. Robertson & Son (Halifax), Robin, Jones & Whitman (Halifax), Saint John Milling Company, R.B. Seeton (Halifax), A. & W. Smith (Halifax), J. Willard Smith (Saint John), Smith & Proctor (Halifax), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Stanfields Limited (Truro), John Starr, Son & Co. (Halifax, regarding a sales rep coming down with "La Grippe" -- Spanish flu -- on a business trip), Robert Taylor Co. (Halifax), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John, regarding a large fire to their facilities), F.K. Warren (Halifax), Windsor Furniture Co. Limited, Wolverton Milling Co. (Saint John), Thomas Wood & Company (Boston), among others.

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Foxing to verso of some Spinney correspondence; two-hole punches to top margins of most leaves; occasional rust-stains

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