Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Legal document between Sir John Wentworth and Matthew Richardson
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- Textual record
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Reference code
MS-2-779, SF Box 80, Folder 13
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Statement of scale (cartographic)
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
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Physical description
4 pages of textual records
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Name of creator
(1737-1820)
Biographical history
Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (9 August 1737 – 8 April 1820) was the British colonial governor of New Hampshire at the time of the American Revolution. He was later also Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia (1792-1808). He is buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Matthew Richardson was a nineteenth century merchant based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is supposed to have been in partnership with Earl Dalhousie, who had considerable funds at command while in British America.
Custodial history
Scope and content
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.
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Physical condition
This document has a few stains, and the top half of the second fold is detached from the main part of the document and is also in 2 pieces. The writing is legible and intact.
Immediate source of acquisition
Accession : 2014-006
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Language of material
- English