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1842-1946 (Creation)
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- Hart, John Smith
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30 cm of textual records
2 photographs
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John Smith Hart was born in 1874 at Port Hood, Nova Scotia. He married and had three sons: Lew, Lee and Lorne. For many years he operated a general store, which was founded by his father, at Port Hood. He left Port Hood for several years to seek gold in the Klondike. When he returned to Port Hood, Hart began raising silver foxes and patented a number of inventions. Some of his inventions included a device for preserving fishermen's bait, diving suits, automatic railroad crossing signals, a windmill for sawing wood, and a plane that would eject the passenger if it was hit by a bomb. Hart died in 1964.
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Records were presented by his son, Lee Hart in 1977.
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Fonds consists of materials regarding Hart's business ventures, personal and business correspondence, social and religious events, and financial records.
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File list is available: MG 12.45 [http://beaton.cbu.ca/AtoM/MGs/12/MG12.45.pdf]
Associated materials
Related material, including photographs and artifacts, can be found in Cape Breton's Magazine (Issue 15) and at the Chestico Museum in Port Hood, Nova Scotia.
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Further accruals are not expected.