1807  16 Jul  Lunenburg  

868. Capt. Robt. Bethell to Gideon White, in receipt of letter. Friendly and personal "This day might almost be considered as a day of jubilee in Lunenburg - the Bishop is here and has just done laying his blessed hands on about 80 good souls heads I shou'd have said old and young from 14 to 70-" Holograph.

White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 952 No. 868