Gideon White Family Papers: Loyalists of Shelburne
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The virtual exhibit presented here re-creates, through archival photographs, documentary art and early maps, the town of Shelburne that Gideon White and his family knew and helped to build. A little historical background may help in exploring this visual reminder of Loyalist Shelburne... read more
"Plan of 35 Acres of Land laid out on Point Carleton for John King & Isaac Wilkins" Date: 20 April 1786 Reference no.: NSARM RG 20, Series C, Vol. 93, No. 43
Plan of Port Roseway Harbour Date: 12 July 1798 Reference no.: A New Chart of the Coast of Nova Scotia...by Captain Holland NSARM Map Collection: 239-1798
Governor John Parr (1725-1791) Photographer: Ernest Cooke, Plymouth [England] Reference no.: NSARM Photo Collection: People: Parr, General, Governor of Nova Scotia
''Old Firth House built 1785 it was in this house that Gov. Parr named Shelburne, N.S.'' Reference no.: NSARM Walter Deinger Collection, 1995-4, no. 57
''A Black Wood Cutter at Shelburne, Nova Scotia'' Date: 1788 Artist: W. Booth Reference no.: Library and Archives of Canada, W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana: C-040162.
''Old hand fire-engine presented by King George III to the town of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, in 1787'' Reference no.: NSARM Photo Collection: Places: Shelburne: Fire Engine, no. 1