Nova Scotia Archives
Gideon White Family Papers
1784 9 Aug Liverpool
301. Joseph Tinkham to Gideon White. Details of his business with Robt. Fox which he wants White to settle. Other business Asks White to send his newspapers on. Personal messages. Holograph.
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1784 10 Aug Halifax
302. Jas. Gautier to Gideon White, in receipt of letter. He is sending the 40 caps White requested and thinks he is "very provident in fullfilling the Scripture - a remnant shall be saved, for by all Accounts of the many Heads that deserve hanging few deserve saving. I hug myself not a little in having left such a Banditti you & a few more Excepted." Other business. Personal matters. Holograph.
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1784 10 Aug Shelburne
303. Muster roll of disbanded commission officers and privates of the Duke of Cumberland's Regiment of Foot at Shelburne, with lots of land assigned to each. Declaration by Gideon White, Captain, that they have not received "the Donations Allowd. them by His Majesty".
White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 948 No. 303
1784 12 Aug Shelburne
304. Charles Whitworth to his sister, Mrs. Foxcroft. He will not be seeing her since his business fixes him in Shelburne, unless she should come to N.S. "You will have a fine opportunity of comeing with Capt. Gideon White my particular friend and acquaintance, who is comeing up with one of the Vessels belonging to the Whale fishing Company..." Personal and family matters. Holograph.
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1784 20 Aug London
305. Account of Maj. John Morrison with Nathaniel Whitworth, 15 May - 24 Dec. 1783. Initialled.
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1784 24 Aug Liverpool
306. Joseph Tinkham to Gideon White, in receipt of letter. He has directed Fox to render his accounts to White. Directions as to other business. Holograph.
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1784 24 Aug Halifax
307. Lt. B. Meighen to Gideon White, in receipt of letter. He arrived from Manchester recently and reports on conditions there. "I am sorry to acquaint you that we had a great many Disputes amongst our Gentry, Brownrigg & Cunningham against McDonald & ye Doctr. but, they are now on very good terms; the Men are making some noise about the Bricks; they will be satisfied if they go as part of the forge; ...His Excellency the Govr. has now given us £140 to purchase 40 M feet of Boards." He had better settle the matter of the passage he referred to with the governor, who is now at Shelburne. Personal messages. Holograph.
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1784 28 Aug Shelburne
308. ''Preliminary Steps to be taken in order to quiet the minds and apprehensions of the settlers in the town and district of Shelburne.'' Set of 19 provisions for the settling of disputes over allocation of lands and distribution of provisions etc. Two supplemental strictures regarding 50 acre lots and town and water lots.
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1784 3 Sep St. John R.
309. Zeph. Kingsley to Gideon White, in receipt of letter. He wishes the three packages of goods sent by Maltby & Sons of London sent on to Parrtown. If there should be no direct opportunity he is to send them to Annapolis Royal and thence by the packet or Capt. Dansell's sloop or schooner. Postscript enclosing bill of lading and announcing his intention of having Wm. Abbott negotiate his affairs in Halifax. Holograph.
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1784 4 Sep Digby
310. Thos. Millidge to Gideon White, in receipt of letter. Friendly messages. "Will you be so good as to inform me by the first opportunity what kind of a place Shelburne is as to future prospects I am told most Horrid accounts of the place that many people have ruined themselves by building large & spacious Houses that the Land is most Intolerably bad and Totaly unfit for Cultivation at these Accounts I am Exceedingly distressed for many of the porr Suffering Loyalists who have Emigrated thither if this is True must be ruined why was not the place Sufficiently Explored before the people went this Surely was bad management Indeed if what I hear is true."" Holograph.
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1784 4 Sep Digby
311. Thomas Millidge to Chas. Whitworth, enclosing copy of letter from Nathaniel Whitworth and receipt for sum paid on Millidge's account. Details as to the rest of his debt. "…the great Expence of my family and having a house to build for a covering for them has drained me Intirely of Cash at this time I hope that I shall have it in my power in two months to Draw a bill on Halifax for the amount of one hundred Dollars which I shall Emediately send you Shoud. that fail as soon as the half pay becomes due in December next I shall Draw a bill for the whole amount of what I owe your brother on David Thomas Esq. who is my agent in London. Your Handbills are set up in divers places here and shall have them also set up in Annapolis. I wish you woud. write me what prospects you have Shelburne and what kind of a Country it is as I hear the most dismal accounts of the place am told the land is most Intolerable bad and Scarcely fit for Cultivation if this is true I am afraid it will prove of the most pernicious Consequences to many of the poor Loyalists who have settled there." Copied on same sheet: Letter from Whitworth, 27 Sept. 1783, and receipt of John Miller, 20 Feb. 1784, above. Holograph.
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1784 6 Sep Canso Gut
312. R. F. Brownrigg to Gideon White, in receipt of letter. He has expected White to join him. "…as I thought we should first build near the fishery: for which purpose, I purchased a Seine, and Canoe. As to the pretty folks, they are entirely out of the question for the people, since my being in Halifax, appointed Doctor McPherson Their Agent...I intend to have as few disagreeables as possible, and as I find that a quiet Mind suits me best. to preserve that have shifted the scene." "I had not an opportunity of personating Captain White and kissing the Halifax Ladies, not geting Your orders in time." Detailed information about Thomas Deialton, formerly a lieutenant in the regiment. "The Gents. at Chedabucto had given you a back lott, but I altered it, and You stand at present as I do. You must expect in return for Your good intentions and real services ingratitude. be assured it is the only payment You will receive." Recounts his activities as magistrate, officiating at marriages, funerals etc. Holograph.
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1784 7 Sep Limerick
313. Capt. J. O'Donnell to Gideon White, on hearing of the latter's arriving in England. ''…as you have lately returned from Nova Scotia I must beg your advice and opinion of that place, as I purpose taking a Voyage that way next Spring, in case the Land wou'd be anything more than adequate to the expence attending the voyage…'' Messages to friends. Postscript. Holograph.
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1784 9 Sep Shelburne
314. Charles Whitworth to George Parker. The ship "Nancy", which he consigned to Whitworth, has arrived and is now unloading. Beef, pork, butter, flour, coarse cloth, brick, lime, and wrought iron articles have comes to a good market; salt is the best article for this market. He will see that the ship is unloaded as quickly as possible. Holograph.
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1784 23 Sep London
315. Paul Maylor to Gideon White, in receipt of letters. He encloses copy of letter from Sargent and recommends accepting his proposal re paying his debt to White. Other business.
Overleaf: 10 Aug. Copy of letter from Capt. Phillip Sargeant (Sargent) to Paul Maylor relative to his debt to Gideon White, which he wishes to have paid out of his half-pay in two installments.