Collection : 1066-1930 ; (predominant 1753-1831).

The Collection includes the following sources: 

Reverend Ranna Cossit (1744-1815), an Anglican clergyman who came to Cape Breton from New Hampshire, personal papers, 1785-1810; Captain Cox, farmer and retired military man, memo re conveyance of real estate, n.d.; Richard Gibbons (1734-1794), first Chief Justice of Cape Breton, letter to Dr. Alex Stewart concerning the medical profession, 1785; Richard Gibbons' appointment as 2nd Lieutenant, Nova Scotia Regiment of Militia, 1753, and death certificate, 1794; Jonathan Jones (1741-1806), Baddeck's first settler, last will and testament, 1808; William McKinnon, member of the Executive Council and Registrar of Deeds, land grant, 1793; Allan MacLellan and David Taitt, indenture and mortgage, 1827, 1830; John Meloney of Sydney to James Muggah, deed, 1831; John Meloney (1738-1807), appointment as attorney for John Bond and others, 1799; John Muggah, appointment as Lieutenant in the First or Northern Regiment of Militia of the Island, 1813; John Muggah, crown lease, 1812; Richard Gibbons, Jr. from N. Nepean, character reference, 1813; N. Nepean to Richard Gibbons, Jr, letter, 1814; John O'Brien to Lieutenant-Governor J.F.W. DesBarres, memorial concerning a land and water lot at Sydney, 1787; Peters, family history, 1066-1930; Lt-Colonel John Peters (1740-1793), Queen's Loyal Rangers, a narrative, 1786; John Storey, land grant on the Sydney River, 1797; David Taitt, Survey Engineer, land grant at Miree (Mira), 1802.