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1914 - 1920 A - W
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1914 - 1920 (Creation)
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The documents contained in this file provide insight into the general economy, trade and commerce, and daily life of the period in Charlotte County, as well as a contract with Massey-Harris; fluctuating prices, import and export restrictions, speculation in Brazil, supply problems, government regulations, trade embargoes, and the wider effects of the First World War and the Spanish Influenza. They also provide insight into the technological changes of the early 20th century.
This file consists of bills, invoices, receipts, account statements, bank drafts, customs duty tickets, and correspondence regarding the purchase and sale of general goods including: boots, shoes, and rubber; cotton; linen; paper; lumber; groceries such as biscuits and ship’s bread, dairy products, chocolates and sweets, tea, spices, eggs, flour, sugar, and produce; wholesale grocers; wool; oil; silks, rugs, and mattings; drugs and chemicals, boots, shoes, and rubbers; grass, flower, and vegetable seed; fertilizer; stationary; grain and feed; hay, straw, kitchen appliances and furnishings; furnaces; home furnishings; farrier services; carriages; and hardware.
Other Charlotte County companies or corporations that appear in these documents include: Bug Death Chemical Co. (St Stephen); Dominion Fertilizer Co. (St Stephen); St Stephen Woolen Mills; and St Croix Soap Manufacturing Co. (St Stephen).
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1917, A; 1917-1919, A; 1915-1916, B [Bradley Fertilizer Accounts]; 1916, B [Briggs and Little Woolen Mills Invoices]; 1917, B (two folders); 1918, B [Briggs & Little]; 1918-1919, B; 1918-1919, B [Barbour Co.]; 1916, C; 1917, C; 1917-1919, C; 1918-1919, C [Canada Food Board]; 1919, C; 1919, C [Central Agency Ltd]; 1919, C [Chase & Sanborn] ; 1916, D; 1917, D; 1918-1919, D; 1918, E, F; 1917, G; 1918, G [Gibson Bros]; 1918-1919, G; 1917, H, I, J, K; 1918-1919, H; 1918-1919, J [Jones & Schofield]; 1918, K; 1914-1918, L; 1916, M; 1916, M [Massey Harris accounts]; 1918-1919, M [Massey Harris accounts]; 1919, M [Massey Harris accounts]; 1919-1920, M [MR & A ltd]; 1919, M, P; 1916-1917, N; 1917, N, O, P; 1918, P; 1919, P; 1918, Q, R; 1916, R; 1916, S; 1917, S; 1918, S; 1919-1920, S; 1919-1920, S [Smith Brokerage Co]; 1919, T; 1918, W