Fonds MG 12.70 - Leaver family fonds

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Leaver family fonds

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  • Textual record

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CA BI MG 12.70

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  • 1804-1842 (Creation)
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    Leaver family

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1 folder of textual records

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(1773-1881)

Biographical history

Peter F. Leaver was born in 1773. On 19 January 1806 he married Esther Jones. The couple resided in the Main-a-Dieu, N.S. area and had (at least) three children: Maria, Caroline Frances (1808-1896) and Elizabeth Sarah (1810-1903). Leaver served as a Justice of the Peace and a school teacher in Main-a-Dieu. He died in 1811.

Custodial history

Donated by Mrs. Roger Littlefield from Hingham, Massachusetts in 1978.

Scope and content

Fonds consists of correspondence to Elizabeth Leaver, Caroline Leaver and Peter Leaver from family (1804-1881). Also included is a letter to John Leaver from a lawyer in Halifax regarding the will of Jonathon Jones (1832).

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  • English

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    Originals are in the possession of Mrs. Roger Littlefield, Hingham, Massachusetts.

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    A file list is available: MG 12.70 [http://beaton.cbu.ca/ATOM/MGS/12/MG12.70.pdf” target=]

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    Related material can be found in the Beaton Institute's B&G files.

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