1815 1 Nov Shelburne
1021. Mrs. Gideon White to her son Cornelius. Entirely personal. Holograph.
Postscript: partially missing, by Gideon White. Holograph.
White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1021
1815 17 Nov Digby
1022. Peleg Wiswall to Thos. Crowell, in reply to a letter. General news. Holograph.
White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1022
1815 23 Nov Annapolis
1023. Nathaniel White to his father, chiefly relative to the practice of law in Nova Scotia. "One Court treads so closely on the heels of another that I really can think of nothing not immediately connected with them. The litigous spirit that prevails in this County is truly astonishing. There is, in fact, scarcely an individual that is not in the course of the year either Plaintiff of Defendant. And the beauty of it is they do it with such perfect good humour that like the spatting of two attorneys their disputes cease and entire cordiality prevails the instant the suit is decided. ...In the last Year there haave been about six hundred suits instituted in this county, nearly three fourths of which have been brought by Mr. Ritchie. His practice is almost incredibly extensive, and is the result of close and indefaticable application unassisted by any remarkable endowments either natural or acquired. There is indeed so much sameness in the cases that occur in this country and so plain a tract has been beaten, that the practice has become quite mechanical and requires only moderate parts but most immoderate labour and toil. There is nothing in my opinion that so effectually cramps genius and stifles all liberality of principle, as the constant repetition of form. It binds one down to precedent without allowing the smallest latitude of thought or expression. I refer to the practical forms in Our Courts of Law, which every man of sense must acknowledge to be unnecessarily and even ridiculously prolix, and evidently contrived with no other view than increase of Costs. An Attorney should be made of stern and obdurate stuff to be conversant without rremorse in the many scenes which he is obliged to witness." Family matters. Holograph.
White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1023
1815 5 Dec London
1024. Favell & Bousfield to Gideon White, transmitting their final account. Holograph.
Overleaf: account.
White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1024
1816 4 Mar London
1025. Rufus Chandler to Gideon White, explaining why he paid some money into the hands of White's agents and asking that it be paid back as soon as possible. He is glad to hear that Miles is a successful merchant in Halifax. Holograph.
White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1025
1816 20 Mar Cambridge Mass.
1026. Mr. Gannett to his father-in-law, Gideon White. Personal and family matters. Holograph.
White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1026
1816 11 Apr Liverpool
1027. J. D. W. White to his brother Cornelius, Halifax merchant, asking him to send the invoice of the goods the writer got out of the store. Holograph.
White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1027
1816 20 Jun Annapolis
1028. Nathaniel White to his father, Gideon White. Comments on the legal profession, especially Mr. Wiswall. His own plans. Holograph.
White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1028
1816 27 Jun Shelburne
1029. 1. Gideon White to his son Cornelius. He asks him to act as his agent for his half-pay. Personal matters.
2. Mrs. Gideon White to Cornelius, on personal matters and asking him to send certain articles for the house. Both holograph.
White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1029
1816 16 Jul Shelburne
1030. Fifteen papers, dated from 22 January 1814 to 16 July 1816, relative to the estate of Samuel Davenport. Chiefly accounts.
White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1030
1816 25 Aug Yarmouth
1031. Robert K. Black to Thos. Crowell, on business and general news. Holograph.
White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1031
1816 20 Nov Niagara
1032. Joshua Pell to Gideon White. White's letter was forwarded but has never arrived; he would like to know the contents and also in what condition his land is.
Postscript relative to the war, and the fertility of the land and high cost of living in his neighbourhood. Holograph.
White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1032
1816 21 Nov Annapolis
1033. Nathaniel White to his brother Gideon, explaining that he cannot be present at Gideon's wedding because of the press of legal business, and commenting on the married state. Holograph.
White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1033
1809-1816 Nov Shelburne
1034. Nine papers showing various legal fees and otherwise connected with the law, variously dated between 1809 and Dec. 16, 1816.
White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1034
1816 31 Dec Barrington
1035. Returns of monies expended from the licence fund for repairing roads and bridges, signed by the commissioner, Ebenezer Crowell.
White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 953 No. 1035
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