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James Leaman Dixon Letter Collection

Collection of letters written by Jame Leman Dixon from the Read Stone Quarry in Stonehaven, NB to his brother Walter Irwin Dixon in Sackville, NB on the following dates:
7 May 1899
12 October 1899
23 June 1901
15 July 1901
30 August 1901
15 October 1901
2 April 1902
8 May 1902
19 May 1902
23 May 1902
26 June 1902
23 September 1902
1 December 1902

Grindstone Production

Items are recent photocopies of photographs displaying grindstone production, most of which are dated around 1940.

Stonehaven Grindstones and Quarry

Items are reproductions of photographs originally taken between 1910 and 1925 of the grindstones and quarry at Stonehaven, NB. Includes pictures of schooners to ship the grindstones, the wharf, stacks of finished grindstones, and related images.

Stonehaven Wharf

Item is a photograph of ships at the wharf in Stonehaven, NB waiting to load grindstone to be shipped to the New England market.

Broken Grindstone on Cart

Item is a photograph of two pieces of a grindstone which appears to have split in two, placed on wheeled carts. On one piece is marked “#20 Read”.

Read Stone Quarry

Item is a blank postcard with a photograph of the Stonehaven, NB quarry on the front. Text on the front bottom-right corner reads, “Read Stone Quarry, Stonehaven, NB”

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