Nova Scotia Archives
Gideon White Family Papers
1796 12 Jul Shelburne
601. List of legal services, with fees, performed [by G. White?] between 26th June and 12th July.
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1796 13 Jul Halifax
602. Wm. Thomson, prothonotary, to Gideon White. He encloses deputation. It will scarcely be necessary to add that I expect your punctuality in paying me my proportion of the fees you receive, which is one third - I shall receive the fees due from the Party on acct. of the Records you have sent whenever they come to make use of them. For your future regulation it is proper to say that you may demand the fees from the Party requiring the copies, but which if they refuse to pay, on sending them to me will always be recovered, when they call for the record as in the case. I know of no fee that the law allows for a certificate, therefore I never demand any. Postscript relative to list Mr. Hodson sent of the delinquent proprietors of land. Expenses of advertisement must be paid before the Chief Justice, who has paid them, will issue an order for the lands to be sold.
Postscript, 13 July: receipt of some of White's fees. Holograph.
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1796 14 Jul Shelburne
603. Power making Gideon White attorney for Ebenezer Parker. Signed, sealed and witnessed.
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1796 30 Jul Halifax
604. Attorney-Gen'l Blowers to Gideon White, in reply to his letter. ''I think you have done well in relinquishing the Vessel, and as for the Goods you have detained I see no objection to your proceeding against them to condemnation if you please - As it is probable they are of small value it will [be] as well perhaps to have the prosecution carried on in the inferior Court at Shelburne but if you [think] that will not do send me a List of the Articles when and where seized, and when and in what Vessel supposed to be imported and I will proceed against them here at the next Supreme Court.'' Holograph.
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1796 8 Aug St. John
605. John Prince to Gideon White, in receipt of letter. General and family news. He sends a list of the vessels lost out of St. John. Overleaf: same to same, 15 June, above. Holograph.
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1796 8 Aug St. John
606. Power making Gideon White attorney for John Prince. Signed, sealed and witnessed.
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1796 14 Nov Shelburne
607. Warrant issued by Gideon White, deputy naval officer, to James Cox. Chas. Roach, T. Bergh and James Dickie, to board the brigantine "Aurora" and examine her, to determine the extent of damage done her and the cost of making the necessary repairs. Signed.
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1796 17 Nov Shelburne
608. [Copy of] deputy naval officer's warrant of 14 Nov. and the report of the committee, certified by White.
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1796 21 Nov Guysborough
609. Thomas Cutler to Gideon White, enclosing account of his expenditures for White for taxes etc. He wishes to know what to do about selling his land, for which he can get £6 or £7 per hundred acres. Overleaf: Account of expenditures 10 Nov. 1795-5 Apr. 1796 Holograph.
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1796 30 Dec Shelburne
610. Warrant issued by Gideon White, deputy naval officer, to Benjamin Davis, Ebenezer Parker, Robert Patterson, James Morse and John Leighton, for them to board the schooner Adamant, examine her and estimate the cost of making necessary repairs. Dated 29 Dec. Holograph.
Overleaf: 1. Report of the above on the Adamant, Signed.
Overleaf: 2. Further Report on the Adamant, Signed.
Both reports dated 30 Dec.
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1797 4 Jan Shelburne
611. George Ross to Gideon White, in reply to his letter relative to the fire warden's complaint. ''…I regard it as a pointed affair, for Mr. Cox having sett fire to his Chimney he ought in justice to pay the fine himself before he exacts it from another. I think it is hard to call on me for the neglect of a Servant, it would be more agreeable to punish the Negroe Wench who sett fire to the Chimney, besides I gave the people who brought the Engine half a gallon of Brandy for their trouble which ought to be deducted from the fine, when Mr. Cox has paid his fine I shall readily comply with the Law altho I am ignorant what it is.'' Holograph.
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1797 4 Jan Shelburne
612. Order of Gideon White, J. P., to the constables of Shelburne that they summon George Ross, merchant, to answer the firewardens' charge on or before 10th Jan.
Overleaf: charge of the plaintiff, president of the firewardens, against George Ross for not having his chimney swept. Undated and unsigned.
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1797 25 Jan Shelburne
613. Writ of execution issued by Gideon White, J. P., to the sheriff for levying on the goods and chattels of George Ross a fine of 10/, plus 5/6 for charges; for want thereof he is to take the body of Ross into custody. Writ returnable in ten days. Dated 25 Jan. Signed.
Overleaf: 6 Feb., to report of the sheriff, below.
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1797 6 Feb Shelburne
614. Report of sheriff on carrying out writ of execution against George Ross, and thus securing 3/8 of the 15/6 for which Ross was liable. [Report is on back of writ]. [Filed with writ against Ross, 25 Jan., above]
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1797 3 Apr St. John
615. John Prince to Gideon White, in receipt of letter. Business. "A great proportion of the people in the States have been violently prejudiced against the British, & Blindly Partial to the French. I have wished them to suffer til they would acknowledge the Truth, which they seem quite disposed at this time to do in Generall." Holograph.
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