Archives Catalogue

Plan of the Brig. Spring Bird

MS-4-92, OS Folder 10
File
[186-?]

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Note from W. Swaine re. building query

MS-4-92, Box 1, Folder 89
File
1817

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Ebenezer Bigelow

Series
1817-1917, predominant 1850-1890

Part of Bigelow family fonds

This series contains records pertaining to Ebenezer Bigelow's work as a shipbuilder, including correspondence, ledgers, legal documents and financial papers. It also comprises personal papers including diaries, a memoir and a family bible.

Bigelow, Ebenezer, 1815-1889

Property plan for Canning

MS-4-92, Box 10, Folder 10
Item
1838

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Mortgage release

MS-4-92, Box 2, Folder 12
File
1843

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Ledger pages

MS-4-92, Box 2, Folder 16
File
1845

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Bill of sale for the Schooner Pilgrim

MS-4-92, Box 2, Folder 18
File
1848

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Letter of agreement with Edward H. Smith for the schooner Minerva

MS-4-92, Box 1, Folder 84
File
1848

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Memoir of religious experiences, 1848-1851

MS-4-92, Box 3, Folder 1
File
1848-1851

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Receipts

MS-4-92, Box 3, Folder 7
File
1848-1869

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Christmas Greeting Postcard from Waite Bigelow

MS-4-92, Box 3, Folder 17, Item 2
Item
1849-1931

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Easter Postcard to Cousin Carrie from Waite Bigelow

MS-4-92, Box 3, Folder 17, Item 1
Item
1849-1931

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Letter from Waite Bigelow

MS-4-92, Box 3, Folder 17
File
1849-1931

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Letter of ship building agreement with Benjamin Weir

MS-4-92, Box 3, Folder 11
File
1849

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Plan of the Schooner Ransom

MS-4-92, OS Folder 7
Item
[ca. 1850-1852]

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Letter from Benjamin Wier

MS-4-92, Box 1, Folder 81
File
1850

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Bonds

MS-4-92, Box 2, Folder 13
File
1851-1865

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Diary entries

MS-4-92, Box 3, Folder 41
Item
1851

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Letter of agreement with Captain Arestrup (?) and William D. Catlip for the Brigantine Florida

MS-4-92, Box 1, Folder 83
File
1851

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Letter of agreement with Benjamin Wier for a brig or a barque

MS-4-92, Box 1, Folder 85
File
1851

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Letter of ship building agreement with John L. Brown

MS-4-92, Box 1, Folder 82
File
1853

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Memorandum of agreement between Ebenezer Bigelow and B Wier

MS-4-92, Box 3, Folder 12
File
1854

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Letter of grievance re. Captain William Wickwire of the Schooner Canning

MS-4-92, Box 3, Folder 48
File
1854

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Letter from Sarah Smart (niece)

MS-4-92, Box 3, Folder 43
File
1855

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Letter from William D. Catlip re. the Brigantine Florida

MS-4-92, Box 1, Folder 86
File
1857

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Petition

MS-4-92, Box 3, Folder 6 ; Box 2, Folder 14
File
1858-1859

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Memoir of Re. Ebenezer Stronach / Charles Tupper

MS-4-92, Box 6, Folder 8
File
1859

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Papers re. Canning dyke

MS-4-92, Box 3, Folder 49
File
1859-1868

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Contracts (deeds and indentures)

MS-4-92, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1860-1917

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Daybook and ledger re. the Canning dyke project

MS-4-92, 5-1
File
1860-1868

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Daybook, proprietors minutes and ledger.

MS-4-92, OS Box 4, Folder 2
File
1860-1867

Part of Bigelow family fonds

LC Woodworth's daybook, and minutes of the proprietors of Marsh-Cannine Dykes.

Plan of the Schooner Eagle

MS-4-92, OS Folder 11
Item
[ca. 1860]

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Notebook

MS-4-92, Box 3, Folder 4
File
1863

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Account book for the Armstrong (J.P. McAvity)

MS-4-92, Box 3, Folder 47
File
1864

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Insurance papers of the Brigantine Branch

MS-4-92, Box 3, Folder 10
File
1864

Part of Bigelow family fonds

Bigelow family fonds

MS-4-92
Fonds
1865-1976

Fonds contains the personal and professional records of four generations of the Bigelow family of Nova Scotia. It includes correspondence, legal and financial documents, diaries and memoirs, and photographs that document primarily the family's shipbuilding activities as well as the genealogical interests of John Robert Bigelow.

Bigelow Family