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MS-6, Box 1, Folder 34
File
[1612?]

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Item is possibly a receipt to Pierre Du Gua de Monts from Pierre Dugua circa 1612. The document was donated after the Catalogue of the William Morse Collection was printed.

Pierre Du Gua de Monts, [receipt?]

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 35
File
1612

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Item is possibly a receipt to Pierre Du Gua de Monts from Pierre Dugua circa 1612. Document was donated after the Catalogue of the William Morse Collection was printed.

Transcript of an interview with Stanley MacEachern

Item
August 20, 2010

Part of Our Voices Matter Oral History Collection

Item is a transcript of an interview with Stanley MacEachern. The interview was conducted by Anna Quon at the Belmont House on August 20, 2010. This was the first interview conducted as part of the Canadian Mental Health Association Halifax-Dartmouth Branch's Our Voices Matter Project. The interview touches on a wide range of topics, including Stanley's childhood in Oshawa, Ontario, life in Nova Scotia, experiences with depression and medication, work and travels, and other aspects of his personal life.

Correspondence between Joseph O'Brien and John Northrup & Sons

MS-4-242, Box 1, Folder 5
File
1858-1868

Part of O'Brien Family fonds

File contains letters sent from John Northrup and Sons to Joseph O'Brien. John Northrup and Sons was a merchant based in Halifax, Nova Scotia during the nineteenth century. The company sold flour, fish, groceries, liquors, dry goods, and other materials. The correspondence pertains to business matters of various vessels, including the barques "Janet" and "Lucknow."

Breaking barriers : report of the task force on access for Black and Native People

UA-22, Box 406, Folder 10
File
1989

Part of Maritime School of Social Work fonds

File contains a report presented to H.C. Clark. The report led to the formation of the Indigenous Blacks & Mi'kmaq (IB&M) Initiative at the Schulich School of Law in 1989. The initiative was launched to increase representation of Indigenous Blacks and Mi'kmaq in the legal profession in order to reduce discrimination.

An autograph letter of Saccardy, describing in detail his voyage round Acadie, and including in the document a coloured map of the Basin of Annapolis.

MS-6, MS-6-24
File
[1690?]

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

For meagre details concerning this engineer, as also concerning Gargas, compare the records found in the Introduction. The date of this record differs slightly from that of the official copy of his report in Paris. A later comparison may prove of interest to the reader.

Estat de la Conduitte que j'ay teneue pendant mon sejour au pays de l'Acadie

MS-6, MS-6-13
Item
1687-1688

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

The manuscript is written on fourteen folio pages and is signed at the end by Gargas, who was Chief Assistant to the Intendant. In this second doument he mentions each place visited and described the country in a most interesting manner.

Letter from Captain W. Tonge to Major-General George Stracey Smyth, referencing a system of telegraph used in Nova Scotia

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 20
File
February 28, 1802

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also known as MS-6-25.

Letter from Edmund Burke to unnamed correspondent

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 1
File
February 17, 1776

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also known as MS-6-3.

Letter from J.F.W. DesBarres to Lord George Germaine, London, furnishing plans with estimates submitted on the 'Utility of Nova Scotia,' and a scheme relating to forestry, shipping, etc., to include Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence

MS-6, Box 2, Folder 1 (MS-6-7)
File
October 1, 1779

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

The title 'Utility of Nova Scotia' is written on the back of the document.

Letter from Louise Auguste de Bourbon, Duke of Maine, to M. LeCouturier asking that everything be done to enable the payment of the pension for two years due to Sieur Collet, Attorney General of the Supreme Council of Québec, who must travel to Canada shortly and is in need of this money just to get out

MS-6, Box 2, Folder 4
File
May 17, 1719

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Also known as MS-6-19.

Letters from Giacomo Meyerbeer to unidentified recipients

MS-6, Box 1, Folder 8
File
[c. 1857]

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

The Delabat documents : Letter to Monsieur de Villermont concerning Acadie, dated at Port Royal, November 20th, 1703.

MS-6, MS-6-9
File
1703

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Possibly a copy. These manuscripts came from the west coast of France, and represent originals, not existing in any of the great libraries of either Europe or America. The original manuscripts comprise ten pages.

The Marquis de la Roche document

MS-6, MS-6-14
File
1598

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Recensement général du pays de la Cadie = General census of the country of Cadie

MS-6, (MS-6-13)
File
1685-1686

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Relation du voyage de Jacques de Meulles à l'Acadie = Account of the voyage of Jacques de Meulle to Acadia

MS-6, Box 2, Folder 6 (MS-6-22)
File
1685-1686

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Document from Richard Phillips, Governor of Nova Scotia. To the Right Honorable, the Lord Visct. Townshend His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State. The Situation and State of His Majesty's Province of Nova Scotia.

MS-6, MS-6-26
Item
c.1719

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

This manuscript is principally concerned with the problem of the French who remained in the province after its cession to England at the Treaty of Utrecht...A considerable amount of space is also occupied in setting forth the natural advantages of Nova Scotia, as an inducement to the authorities in England to take action. (From typed note accompanying letter.)

An Acrostic

Dinwiddie, Box 2, Folder 7
File
August 8, 1812

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