1814  24 Aug  Newport  Rhode Island

991. Pass issued by the deputy Marshall of U.S. for Rhode Island for Mrs. Skinner and four others to proceed in a neutral vessel to Salem and thence to Nova Scotia. Holograph.
Below: note dated 20 Oct. 1848, by Cornelius White, that one of those persons mentioned is now his wife. 

White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 991

1819  29 Aug  Shelburne  

1092. Sarah White to her brother Cornelius. Family matters. She has been busy with her duties as secretary of the Female Religious Society. "This Society was set on foot by the Revd. John Sprott a presbyterian Missionary who came here to visit Mr. Dripps & congregation, it is called the Female Religious or penny week Society no subscriber being at Liberty to subscribe more or less than one penny a week." Episcopalians, Presbyterians and Methodists all belong to the Society. She asks her brother for a donation. Holograph.

White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1092

1819  8 Sep  Shelburne  

1093. Gideon White to his son Cornelius, in receipt of letter. Family matters and general news. Holograph.

White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1093

1820  16 Aug  Shelburne  

1111. Sarah White to her brother Cornelius. Local news, "…they were two men last week who call'd themselves play actors. They held forth in the Court House, I was there once but can't say I was much pleased with their performances except in part of two plays, one was Donald McIntosh's travels from Aberdeen to London, the others, part of the mad actor it has however given me a greater desire than ever to go to a theatre where I could see Macbeth, Hamlet, Julius Cesar, Coriolanus, Romeo & Juliet..." Family news. Holograph.

White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 954 No. 1111

1827   Oct  Halifax  

1195. Nathaniel White to his brother Cornelius. General and family matters. "The small-pox & typhus are committing dreadful ravages here & God knows whose turn comes next." Holograph.

White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 954 No. 1195

1830  16 Apr  Halifax  

1232. Nathaniel W. White to his brother Cornelius. ''What a pretty kettle of fish have the skippers of the state vessel cooked! They have managed to throw all the fat into the fire & have been amusing themselves with the pretty blaze it has made.'' Comments on Archibald's volte face and Barry's inconsistency. ''Now is the time to come forward in politics...The political game must now be played by men of entirely a different stamp from those who have been shuffling the cards. So far Nova Scotia politicks have been a paltry business, unworthy of the higher order of minds to descent to dabble in, but a new era has commented that will afford ''ample verge and scope enough.'' Uniacke has made a manly stand, but has left the arena. After all my drowsiness some little cherub that sits up aloft tells me that I am destined for a political career and I long to shake off the film of sloth & buckle on the armour and fight a good fight. My worthy opponent...has laid himself open & much may be made of it by skilful hands...a dissolution must take place a ssoon as the Governor returns...Do let me know your ideas candidly on prospects.'' Holograph.

White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 955 No. 1232

1786   Apr    

1517. Paper-covered book containing "A List of Taxables for the Town and County of Shelburne Levied for the year 1786", showing the names and addresses of the taxpayers, their occupations, and the amount of county and poor taxes they owe.  

White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 957 No. 1517

1787   Apr    

1518. Large, paper-covered book continuing list of assessments of Shelburne county and poor taxes for 1787, in semi-alphabetical order.  

White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 957 No. 1518