1828  10 Dec  Halifax  

1211. Deane White to his brother Cornelius,  on business and family matters. "I have not any engagement to go off yet, but am not impatient - the Schr. Which I last went in sails on Friday for Newfoundland, via Sydney where she takes a load of Coals - Mr. A. is Anxious for Me to go in her & take a frt. for the West Indies from Newfoundland but I am told here it is Nine Chances out of Ten Weather she can get up to St. John at this Season on account of the ice...We have more vessels in I am told than can be recollected for years - Mr. Br[uce?] says there will be chances enough & he thinks & hopes to get Me in Mr. G. P. Lawsons emply which is thought to be the best in Halifax." Holograph.

White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 954 No. 1211