Dates: 1761 to 1922
Collection: Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, Archival Catalogue
Description: Finding aid for the Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton fonds.
Type: finding aid
Collection: Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton
Description: Trader John Avery of Windsor, Halifax County received from Charles Dickson of Horton "A Mortgage Deed of Divers Tracts and Parcells of Land lying and being in the Township of Horton." In the exchange, Avery "received fifty Acres of upland included in the aforesaid mortgage Deed being one half of the one hundred acre Lot known by Second Farm Lot Number fourteen in letter C on the… more Accession Number: 1900.011-EAT/5
Type: textual record
Collection: Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton
Description: An inventory of material goods being the appraisement of the estate of the late Otto (?) Hamilton of Horton June 16th 1831.
Accession Number: 1900.011-EAT/97
Type: textual record
Collection: Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton
Description: A bill of sale for the last slave sold in Nova Scotia, Percilla (eight years and four months old). Sold by Jane Dickson, William Prince, and Isaac Bennett to William Robertson. Signatures/Inscriptions: Jane Dickson, William Prince, Isaac Bennett, C. Cornwall, and Lawrence Snider- includes the name William Robertson
Accession Number: 1900.011-EAT/105
Type: textual record
Collection: Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton
Description: An agreement between William A. Chipman, James D. Harris, and George Chipman, in which they had commissioned Benjamin Gould to sink a well near the court house, for the fee of seventeen pounds ten shillings. Signatures / Inscriptions: William A. Chipman, James D. Harris, George Chipman, Benjamin Gould, Ebert F. Harding, and Stephen Moore
Accession Number: 1900.011-EAT/98
Type: textual record
Collection: Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton
Description: A legal declaration in which Charles Dickson files a complaint against Elisha Lothrop for debts unpaid. The document includes a list of these debts and originally included appendices with the credit statements signed by Lothrop for the receipt of goods and merchandise from Dickson. The declaration was filed in the "Inferior Court of Common Pleas the first Tuesday of October 1764" and… more Accession Number: 1900.011-EAT/96
Type: textual record
Collection: Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton
Description: A copy of the ledger for the accounts and properties of the late Cyrus Peck. Document includes withdrawals made for fees owed and for advertising costs for the public auction of properties. Accounts were eventually transfered to Lydia Peck. Signatures / Inscriptions: William C. Moore (Auctioneer), William Campbell (Probate Court official), Lydia Peck (Executrix), and William C. Campbell (… more Accession Number: 1900.011-EAT/99
Type: textual record
Collection: Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton
Description: A land transaction between Abraham Harding and Charles Dickson, in which, for the sum of sixty pounds, Dickson purchased a tract of land from Harding. The transaction was witnessed by Lavine (?) Dickson and Joseph Herman (?); and was registered with Nathan DeWolf on February 19, 1774. Signatures / Inscriptions: Abraham Harding, Lavine Dickson, Joseph Herman, and Nathan DeWolf- includes Charles… more Accession Number: 1900.011-EAT/31
Type: textual record
Collection: Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton
Description: A land transaction between Arter Scovell and Charles Dickson, in which, for the sum of fifteen pounds, Dickson purchased a tract of land from Scovel. The transaction was witnessed by Nathan DeWolf and Eunice Dickson; and registered with Nathan DeWolf on March 17, 1772. Signatures / Inscriptions: Arter Scovell, Nathan DeWolf, and Eunice Dickson - includes the name of Charles Dickson
Accession Number: 1900.011-EAT/34
Type: textual record
Collection: Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton
Description: A land transaction between Brotherton Martin and Charles Dickson, in which, for an unknown sum, Dickson purchased a tract of dykeland from Martin. The transaction was witnessed by Olivia Dickson and Sherman Dennison; and was registered with Jonathan Bishop. Signatures / Inscriptions: Brotherton Martin, Sherman Dennison, Olivia Dickson, and Jonathan Bishop
Accession Number: 1900.011-EAT/78
Type: textual record
Collection: Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton
Description: Land transaction by which Charles and Abiel Brown, for the sum of thirty pounds, "Sell unto the said Jonathan Crane one certain tract of land lying and being in said Township of Horton, viz Eleven Acres of Land to lye at the South End or side of the Grant pasture formerly belonging to the late Jacob Brown Deceased, being a part of the same land said Jacob Brown conveyed to as our Brothers… more Accession Number: 1900.011-EAT/9
Type: textual record
Collection: Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton
Description: A land exchange agreement between Charles Dickson and John Whitney, in which the two exchange properties of equal value. The document was registered with Nathan DeWolf (Dept. Reg.) that same day. Signatures / Inscriptions : Nathan DeWolf is the only visible signature
Accession Number: 1900.011-EAT/59
Type: textual record
Collection: Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton
Description: A land transaction between Charles Dickson and George Deschamps, in which, for the sum of twenty-eight pounds, Deschamps purchased a tract of land from Dickson. The transaction was witnessed by Nathan DeWolf and Margarit Randall; and registered with John Bishop on August 6, 1783. Signatures / Inscriptions Charles Dickson, Nathan DeWolf, Margarit Randall, and John Bishop- includes George Deschamps… more Accession Number: 1900.011-EAT/29
Type: textual record
Collection: Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton
Description: A land exchange between James Anderson, Yeoman, and Charles Dickson, Esquire, both from Horton, in which Anderson conveyed to Dickson a Certain Tract or Parcel of Land and Situate being and lying in the Township of Horton aforesaid being one half of the Lot Commonly Called a Second Division farm Lot Discribed by Number eighteen in Letter B which half of Said Lot Contains by Estimation fifty Acres… more Accession Number: 1900.011-EAT/3
Type: textual record
Collection: Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton
Description: A land transaction ("Deed of Exchange") between Charles Dickson and Jonathan Woodbury, in which, Dickson and Woodbury agree to an exchange of land ownership. Woodbury's property, formerly owned by Joshua Welch, was exchanged for the property owned by Dickson. The exchange was witnessed by D. Sherman Denison and one other; and was registered with Nathan DeWolf on February 25, 1768.… more Accession Number: 1900.011-EAT/40
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