Nova Scotia Archives
Built Heritage Resource Guide
"An Estimate of the Number of Bricks Supposed to Build a House…"
Although the document is undated, it was filed between documents dated 1814 and 1815. Cape Breton Island was a separate colony, 1784-1820. See H. Millard Wright, Building Nova Scotia Brick by Brick for a history of brick-making in Nova Scotia. [TP 826.5/ C212/2004]
Date: ca. 1815
Reference: Cape Breton as a Separate Colony Nova Scotia Archives RG 11 vol. 2 no. 368