File MS-4-177, Box 6, Folder 38 - Business correspondence to William McMillan, Lockeport, regarding confirmation to ship goods, and receipt of shipments

File contains business correspondence addressed to William McMillan and Fred Giffin (with a few written by McMillan), Lockeport, between September 1922 and December 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:
Ames Holden McCready (Montreal), Amherst Boot & Shoe Co., Anglo-Canadian Feed Co. Ltd. (Halifax), J.E. Armstrong (Liverpool, an application for a job after [incorrectly] hearing of the "death of Mr McMillan" and there now being a "vacancy that you no doubt will find hard to fill"), Atlantic Waxed Paper Company (Sussex, NB), L.E. Baker & Co. (Yarmouth), C.R. Banks (Torbrook Mines), Barrett Company (Saint John), Bauld Bros. (Halifax, regarding their forthcoming retirement), Beaver Company (Thorold, ON), A.M. Bell & Co. (Halifax), C.E. Bentley & Co. (Truro), Boehner's Limited (West LaHave), Bowker Fertilizer (Boston), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Brock & Paterson (Saint John), Roland C. Brown (North Sydney, regarding the publication of his brother's [Thomas J.] book "Nova Scotia Place Names"), Brown Candy Co. (Halifax), Canadian Oil Companies Limited), M.P. Cook & Company (Yarmouth), Crown Pants Co. (Montreal), Davies Footwear Company (Toronto), R.H. Davis & Company (Yarmouth), Thos P. DeWolfe & Son (Yarmouth), Andrew Doane (Ingomar), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Dominion Rubber System (Maritime) Limited (Halifax), Brenda Douglas (Louis Head), Rupert Dunlop (Sable River), Eastern Hat & Cap Mfg. Co. (Truro), Eastern Hay and Feed Company (Sackville, NB), E.B. Eddy Co. (Halifax), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), T.H. Estabrooks Co. (Saint John), Frank Fales & Sons (Saint John), Charles Fawcett (Sackville, NB), H. Flowers & Son (Halifax), Gloria Light Company (Chicago), Gnaedinger Sons Limited (Montreal), Gurney Massey Company (Montreal), Gutta Percha & Rubber Limited (Halifax), Chas. Hagar (Roseway), Trueman Hagar (Round Bay), Emma Harlow (Sable River), James J. Harris (Halifax), A.W. Hebb (Bridgewater), Fletcher Hebb (Bridgewater), J.W. Hebb, Lakeside Farm (Hebb's Cross), E.S. Hendry (Milton), Holeproof Hosiery (London, ON), Hunt Brothers (London, ON), Hyslop Brothers (Toronto), Imperial Oil Limited (Halifax), Robt. H. Ingersoll & Bros (Montreal), J.B. Jones (East Jordan), Lake of the Woods Milling Company (Montreal), William Law & Co. (Yarmouth), Liverpool Woodworking Co., Loraine Chocolate Corporation (Toronto),
T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), Maurice Mahaney (Birchtown), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Maple Leaf Milling Co Limited (Toronto), Willett Martin (New York), Martin-Senour Co. (Halifax), G.P. Mitchell & Sons Limited (Halifax), J. & M. Murphy Limited (Halifax), Neville Canneries (Port Mouton), New Germany Fruit Co., F.T. Nickerson & Co. (Clark's Harbor), Nova Scotia Bedding Co. (Windsor Junction), Parisian Corset Manufacturing Company (Quebec, QC), Parrish, Phillips & Co. (New York), Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co. (Philadelphia), Pyke Bros. Limited (Halifax), Quaker Oats Company (Halifax), Frank Reardon Limited (Halifax), Retail Merchants Association of Canada (regarding fire insurance), Rutherford Milling Company (Blenheim, UK), Josiah Sears (Shag Harbour), W.G.M. Shepherd (Montreal), J.A. Silver (Liverpool), Simmons Limited (Montreal), Smith Brokerage Co. (Halifax), Southern Salvage Company Limited (Liverpool), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Stanfield's Limited (Truro), John Starr, Son & Co. (Halifax), Stroyan Dunwoody Company (Sunderland, formerly Craven & Speeding), T.C. Swaine (Barrington), A.E. Thorbourn (Gunning Cove), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), Marion Townsend (Lydgate, regarding an application for a "girl clerk" position), T.E. Worthen (Crowell's), Yarmouth Fruit Co., among others.