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Minute of condition between Sir William Alexander and Duncan Forbes, Provost of Inverness and Laird of Culloden, signed by Alexander and Forbes, and witnessed by Morray, Steuart, Ross, Donypaice, Phelps, Strachan, Shaw, Marshall, Rose, Philip, and Sinclarr.

MS-6, (MS-6-2)
File
March 17, 1625

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

The document, endorsed March 17, 1625, relates to "the countrie of New Scotland in America" and bears close relation to Cape Breton.

Stirling, William Alexander, Earl of, 1567 or 1568-1640

Florence Seeley Knowles fonds

MS-2-543, SF Box 44, Folders 16-19
Fonds
1800-1824

Fonds comprises family papers, including an 1821 deed to the Perkins family of Liverpool, an 1824 royal land grant to Enos Collins of Liverpool, an 1845 letter of appointment of Samuel P. Fairbanks, Queen's Council, signed by Queen Victoria, and the last will and testament of Henry Newton.

Knowles, Florence Seeley, 1852-1940

Legal document between Sir John Wentworth and Matthew Richardson

MS-2-779, SF Box 80, Folder 13
File
1800

Part of George Robertson's historical documents collection

Item is a legal document between Sir John Wentworth and Matthew Richardson. The document involves land originally secured by William Dawes Quarrell for Maroons that the British sent to Nova Scotia from Trelawny Town, Jamaica in 1790s.

Wentworth, John

Notice of public auction for land in Queens County, 1881

MS-2-354, OS Box 12, Folder 4
File
1880

Part of Lucius Dill Dexter fonds

Land petition and plan of survey for Back Harbour, Chester, Nova Scotia

MS-4-135, OS Folder 9
File
1905-1954

Part of Oland and Son fonds

File contains a document from the Province of Nova Scotia granting a lot of land located in the harbour in Chester, Nova Scotia to James M. Allen of Halifax; and a map showing a survey of Provincial Water Grant No. 20618, in the Back Harbour of Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. See MS-4-135, Box 35, Folder 16 for related documents.

Land petition for property in Chester, Nova Scotia

MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 9, Item 1
Item
1905

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item is a document from the Province of Nova Scotia granting a lot of land located in the harbour in Chester, Nova Scotia to James M. Allen of Halifax. The land was granted to Allen for fifty dollars on September 25th, 1905 by the order of the Governor-in-Council. There is a small map of the lot attached to the front of the document with a seal.

Plan of survey showing survey of provincial water grant No. 20618, in the back harbour of Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 9, Item 2
Item
1954

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item is a map showing a survey of Provincial Water Grant No. 20618, in the Back Harbour of Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The surveys were conducted on June 10th and 11th, 1954 by Errol B. Hebb of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. The map shows the shoreline along Shore Road, including wharves and lots currently or formerly owned by Clarissa Gibbs, James M. Allen, Andrew Anderson, C. Orchiltree MacDonald, E. R. Paxton, Elizabeth Allen, Verginia M. Allen, Mary L. Ritchie, Florence B. McCurdy, and William F. Bryans. There is also a small map of the Chester area inset in the upper left corner of the drawing.

"The Baronets of Nova Scotia"