 The Archives of Joseph Simpson Arnison: A GuideCollection Number: MS-2-137Collection Level DescriptionTitle:
Joseph Simpson Arnison fonds Dates:
1858-1879 Extent:
32 pp. of textual records Biographical SketchJoseph Simpson Arnison was the son of Nancy and John T. Arnison who arrived from England with their family in Pictou, Nova
Scotia between 1818 and 1820. Joseph Arnison returned to Newcastle, England, where he married Isabella Coulson Natusin in
1855. He operated a brewery and an export business to a store he owned in Pictou. Arnison sought to sell the store in 1865.
He died in Newcastle in July 1892.
Custodial HistoryDonated by Mrs. Clark Long in 1971. Return to the Table of ContentsScope and ContentFonds consists of promissary notes, an order from David M. Lead to Charles Irving, and cheques. These materials range between
the years 1858 and 1879. This fonds also contains agreements between the years 1863 and 1876 as well as business correspondence.
Return to the Table of Contents Access RestrictionsAll records are open. Return to the Table of ContentsPreferred Citation[Identification of item], Joseph Simpson Arnison fonds, MS-2-137, Box [box number], Folder [folder number], Dalhousie University
Archives and Special Collections, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Return to the Table of ContentsFile Level Descriptions Dates:
1858-1879 Folder -
1.1
Promisary notes and cheques
1858-1879
Majorly handwritten items. – Includes promisary notes pertaining to Arnison, an order from David M. Lead to Charles Irving
as agent in 1859, in addition to two cheques dated 1879.
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Agreements
1863-1876
Handwritten items. – Contains seven pieces of materials majorly agreements or leases. One of them is a memorandum of agreement
between Arnison and Malcolm Campbell for Wharf, Crechton Street, 1873. Another agreement is about sale of lands.
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1.3
Business correspondence
1874-1877
Handwritten items. – One letter dated 1874 consists of an acknowledgment of use of land beyond a certain distance from James
M. Lean to Arnison.
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