File MS-4-177, Box 31, 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 December 1915 and April 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. Allan (Yarmouth), Edward M. Alden (Boston), Edward Allen (Yarmouth), G.E. Barbour Co. (Saint John), J. & T. Bell (Montreal), Ben's Limited (Halifax), Bolinders Swedish Steel & Importing Co. (Montreal, regarding the "scarcity of tonnage for transoceanic and coastwise transportation"), Borden Milk Company (Truro), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Burrell-Johnson Iron Company (Yarmouth), Calder, Fraser Co. (Dartmouth), Cameron & Co. (Ottawa), Campbell Flour Mills Company (Toronto), Campbell, Smibert & Co. (Montreal), Canadian Carbon Co. (Toronto), Canadian Cement Company (Montreal), Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company (Halifax), Canadian Drug Co. (Saint John), Canadian Oil Companies Limited (Halifax), Castine Line & Twine Co. (Boston), Chisholm Co. Limited (Halifax), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Lemuel Clow (Shelburne), Cochran, Burns & Farnsworth Co. (Boston), Cohen Bros. (Clark's Harbour), Frank Colwell military equipment (Halifax), Consumers Cordage Company (Halifax), W.J. Crouse (Italy Cross, NS), R.H. Davis & Company (Yarmouth)< S. Davis & Sons (Montreal), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Eastern Canada Fisheries Limited (Montreal), Edinburgh Roperie & Sailcloth Co., Thomas A. Edison, Inc. (Orange, NJ), J. Furman Ehrgott (Yarmouth), Fleischmann Co. (Halifax), Alexander Gibb (Montreal), Gibson Bros. (Halifax), Gilmartin & Trundy (New York), Gordon Mackay & Co. (Toronto), Gourock Ropework Export Co. (Montreal, regarding the loss of a shipment due to a Halifax wharf fire), S. Greenwood (Round Bay, NS), J.C. Grimm & Son (Springfield, NS), Trueman Hagar (Round Bay, NS), G.J. Hamilton & Sons (Halifax), W.F. Hatheway Co. (Saint John), G.M. Hines (Pubnico, NS), Holland Window Shade Co. (Halifax), Ideal Bedding Co. (Toronto), Imperial Oil Company (Halifax), J.B. Jones (East Jordan, NS), Killam Brothers (Yarmouth), LaHave Concrete Co. (West LaHave, NS), Lockett & Messenger (Bridgetown), John H. Lyons (Crowell, NS), T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), A. & W. MacKinlay (Halifax), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Martin-Senour Co. (Halifax), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), L.C. Murphy (Pubnico, NS), New York Net & Twine, Nordby Fisheries Supply Co. (Seattle, WA), Northern Electric (Montreal), Parrish, Phillips & Co. (New York), Quaker Oats Company (Peterborough), T.W. Quinn (Liverpool), J.C. Robertson (Shelburne), James Robinson (Montreal), R.B. Seeton (Halifax), Shives Lumber Company Limited (Campbellton, NB), H.R. Silver (Halifax), Geo. E. Smith & Co. (Halifax, regarding the passing of the company owner and "sole member of the firm"), J. Willard Smith (Saint John), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (regarding the "No. 2" Halifax pier fire, March 1916), Stanfields Limited (Truro), Robert Taylor Co. (Halifax), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), John Tobin & Co. (Halifax), Thomas Wagner (Port Mouton), Walker Bros. (Milton, NS), Western Assurance Company (Toronto), Wolverton Milling Co. (Saint John), B.C. Thomas Wood & Company (Boston), Woodworth (Halifax), Zwicker & Co. (Lunenburg), among others.