Item consists of a typed manuscript, likely written in 1973 by Irving Deale, about coming across a painting of the Mary Celeste (originally, the Amazon), at a Halifax antique shop, and discussions with Rhodes Dewis and Niels Jannasch about acquiring it.
File contains manuscripts by Robert Lester Dewis (1950, 1953); Alphonse Deveau (1968); George S. Bryan (undated); and Irving Deale's manuscript titled "A personal account of an interesting story, or a funny thing happened on the way to an antique shop " (1973).
Item consists of a short handwritten manuscript about swords aboard the Mary Celeste, written on vellum by Stephen Orr, and collected by Irving Deale in 1973.