Fonds 86-028 - John Bee fonds

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John Bee fonds

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    86-028

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    • 1848-1853 (Creation)
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      Bee, John

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    12.5 cm of textual materials
    ca. 50 photographs

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    John Bee owned Lot 16, Concession 1 in Cavan Township in the 1850's. His family owned and operated a grist and saw mill on the Ganaraska River near Port Hope from the 1850's onwards. John was also a cobbler from 1847 onwards. Hiram Bee had a store and at some point the Bees married into the Austin family.

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    This fonds consists of day books, account books, miscellaneous invoices, and photographs relating to the John Bee family who operated a saw mill near Port Hope in the 1850's.

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    This fonds was donated by an unknown source.

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        Box 1

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        1: Cobbler's Day Book -April 15th, 1848 to January, 1953. -John Bee -Entry after Dec 17th, 1848: "John Bee BELEBURREN (Bailieboro?) P.O. Caveng (Cavan?) CONTY OF DERRHAM (County of Durham?) CANADA WAST (Canada West?)"

        2: Miller's Day Book -May 3rd, 1861 to 1864 -John Bee -lumber, flour and other items

        3: Cobbler's Account Book -1848 to 1856 - John Bee

        4: Butcher's Account Book -1914 to 1924 (approximate) -Harry Austin -Port Hope

        5: Butcher's Account Book -1912 to 1913 - Harry Austin

        6: Butcher's Account Book -1918 to 1919 - Harry Austin

        7: Merchant, etc. Day Book -Jan 1861 to 1866 -Hiram and John Bee -written in at least two places "Command you may your mind from play every moment in the day."

        8: Miscellaneous invoices -1847 to 1866 - regarding John Bee

        9: Merchant's Day Book -1858 and 1870 - Hiram Bee

        10: Miscellaneous invoices to Matthew Winter 1905 to 1908

        11: Farm Lease to John Bee 1873

        12: Photographs -medium sized -unidentified -29

        13: Photographs -small sized -unidentified - 24 + 4 tintypes

        14: Photographs -some annotations on back - 10

        15: Miscellaneous -addresses

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