1797  4 Apr  Shelburne  

616. [Draft of] unfinished letter from Gideon White to one of his relatives in Plymouth. Mrs. White "wishes there was no such a Country as Nova-Scotia. Madam had rather be envied than pitied and the fact is Our Situation here during the War is by no means the most Eligible - for Ladies - neither is it for half-pay Officers. I should enjoye a Visit to Plymouth of all Wishes this is most near to my Heart - but....I am Ordered to be ready for Service - and keep my self allways prepared to Obey - ...however I do not realy beleive any one Captain will be call'd, from Economy - as there are so many subs of Fortune who are ready to recruit a company for the rank of Captain - Whereas If the Half-pay Captains are Called on, the Government must provide the Men for their Command - which is a very expensive business at this Day." Advice to "Anna" as to her diet. Family matters. 

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1797  1 May  New York  

617. Saidler & Waterbury to Gideon White, replying to his letter asking the whereabouts of T. Merrit.  Signed.

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1797  10 Jun  St. Johns  

618. Nathaniel Phillips to Gideon White. Entirely personal. Holograph.

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1797  4 Jun  London  

619. Printed copy of cap. XCVII, "An Act for carrying into Execution the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, concluded between His Majesty and the United States of America."  Incomplete.

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1797  7 Sep  St. John  

620. John Prince to Gideon White. Personal and business. Holograph.

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1798  10 Mar  London  

621. Nathaniel Whitworth to Gideon White, recommending a friend to his attention.  Holograph.

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1798  4 Apr  Shelburne  

622. Account of interest payable and paid on Samuel Phillips' bond, dated 14 March 1786. [in Gideon White's handwriting.]  

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1798  1 May  Halifax  

623. Benjamin Davis Jr. to Gideon White, on various topics. ''I am again in possession of my Vessel - tho not without douseing the Stivers - I should be off this day but that my application to the Governor relative to a return of the Government division of the Spoil remains undetermined till to-morrow - it is referd to the determination of the Commissioners of the Revenue - from whom I have every assurance of their doing all in their power to relieve me - I am literally as your friend Tongue says, in the hands of the Philistines & it will require almost the Strength of Sampson to extricate myself... Your Commission as Sheriff I understand goes by this Vessel - & Gautier has also put on board the Governors Proclamations for a General Fast - & you have also the Bishops Prayers in abundance to distribute - the Commission for the Trial of the Criminal Sir John tells me is making out & that he will give it in my Charge.'' Postscript: ''A sad Catastrophe relative to the Players bro't by Parker has happened - the Old Lady Mrs. Allen died very Suddenly - the Night before last - & Mrs. Munto elop'd from her Husband - Col. Bayard is said to have taken her off.'' Holograph.

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1798  11 Jul  Halifax  

624. Richard John Uniacke to Gideon White, warning him that unless he takes out his commission as sheriff and prepares himself to assume the duties of that office, he will be obliged to file an information against White in the Supreme Court to recover the penalty for which White is liable.  Autograph.

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1798  21 Jul  Shelburne  

625. Henry Guest to Gideon White at Halifax. ''I have heard that you have been complain'd of to and Censured by His Excellency in neglecting to take out your Patent as Sheriff of this County and that His Majesty's Service hath been neglected in Consequence. I feel myself personally injured by this insinuation for you know that my Attention to the duties of my Office hath at no time been neglected, but on the contrary the strictest punctuality & Attention has been paid. As I am the only Person who had cause to Complain having performd the duties of that office so many months over the usual time and notwithstanding I forwarded my resignation to His Excellency in due time and was earnestly desirous that some other person should fill the Office of the Sheriff at the expiration. Yet I never did complain to His Excellency on that subject and this you are at liberty to communicate.'' Holograph.

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1798  12 Nov  Minorca  

626. [Copy of] letter from Nathaniel Whitworth to Rufus Chandler, making additions to his will, and giving final instructions as to the disposition of his property in the event of his meeting with an accident.  He refers to his duties as Deputy Commisary, Paymaster Gen'l, Quarter Master Gen'l etc. [Copy in Gideon White's handwriting].
Overleaf: copy of Whitworth's will, 21 Oct. 1793, above.[Whitworth died before the troops had disembarked at Minorca, it is believed by his own hand, because of some alleged error in his accounts which involved the loss of a large sum to the British Govt. - note by M. E.] 

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29 Dec  Shelburne  

627. Receipted bill for goods sold by George & Robert Ross to Gideon White.  

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1799  23 Feb  London  

629. Sam. Sewell to Gideon White, announcing the death of Nathaniel Whitworth and the disposition of his property to his two sisters, Mrs. White and Mrs. Foxcroft.  Holograph.

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1799  10 Mar  Halifax  

630. Wm. Cottnam Tonge to Gideon White, in receipt of letter and reports. ''...it is grevious to see how much the trade of Shelburne has declined in consequence of this destructive war…'' He is selling part of his country estate and has undertaken the government contracts for supplying the troops with fuel and straw, and expects to live in Halifax until the end of the war. ''In making this arrangement however I do not by any means give up the Plaister of paris Business in which I was engaged last Summer I have a large Stock of the article of a most excellent Quality got out on the Banks of my Creek & have my Wharves & all the Conveniences in readiness for doing the Business with despatch....'' Prices of his various kinds of plaster. Greeting to his Shelburne friends. Holograph.

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