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Title proper
Letter from Simeon Perkins to William Cahoon
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- Textual record
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Item
Repository
Reference code
MS-2-221, SF Box 31, Folder 3
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1794 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
1 page (1 folder)
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Name of creator
Biographical history
William Cahoon was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, in 1752. In 1774 he married Tabitha Dorcas Smith of Port Medway, with whom he had six children, including a son called William. He died in Port Medway in 1816.
Custodial history
Scope and content
1794 letter to William Cahoon of Port Medway from Simeon Perkins of Liverpool regardling the law surrounding the worrying or killing of sheep by dogs.
Notes area
Physical condition
The letter has a small tear along the crease but is otherwise intact and legible.
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
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English
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No further accruals expected.
General note
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], MS-2-221, Box [box number], Folder [folder number], Dalhousie University Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly. (Subject)
- Perkins, Simeon (Subject)