1832  9 Apr  Halifax  

1287. Deane White to his brother Cornelius. ''I have just seen Foreman, who says he has succeeded in getting Johnston in as an Overseer, though by no small share of hard fighting. Further about the roads. He is sending shoes. The auctioneers Tax I [am] told extends throughout, I am told, but forgot to enquire of Foreman when I saw him - The bill was brought in by Fairbanks expressly for the Town - but Stewart cunningly made it generas so as to have the credit of having something to say in the distribution of it as a Provincial Revenue. Other news. Holograph.

White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 955 No. 1287