1. Francis-J. Audet, Governors Lieutenant-Governors and Administrators of Nova Scotia 1604-1932, (no pages, no date)
2. Nicolas Denys, The Description and Natural History of the Coasts of North America (Acadia), (Toronto, Champlain Society edition, 1908) pp. 157-163; Harriet Cunningham Hart, History of the County of Guysborough, Nova Scotia (published by permission of Kings College, Windsor, N.S. c.1895) pp. 183-4
3. Denys, pp. 157-159
4. Hart, p. 183
5. Denys, p. 161; Beamish Murdoch, History of Nova Scotia vol. I. p. 142-144; A. C. Jost, Guysborough Sketches and Essays (Guysborough, N.S. 1950, n. p.,) pp. 33-34.
6. Denys, p. 161-2
7. Denys, p. 158
8. Ian F. MacKinnon, Settlements and Churches in Nova Scotia 1749-1776 (Halifax, N.S. 1930) chapter V.
9. Crown Land Papers Book 6 page 442
10. Mrs. Hart, p. 184
11. Lots of John Dennis, Thomas Brown, Arthur Vance and Alexander McNutt - Nos. 1-2-5-7-10 & 12 were escheated 24 March 1784 No. 69D; shares of Alexander McNutt & Lots 2 & 7 escheated 2 Nov. 1810 No. 174; share of Benjamin Green No. 9 20,000 acres escheated 28 Nov. 1811 No. 179 see Crown Land Index Sheet No. 101.
12. Geological Maps 28 & 29
13. John McGregor, British America (In two volumes, Edinburgh, 1832) Vol. II p. 140-1
14. At the Public Archives of Nova Scotia
15. In his petition in 1815 he says that he is 65, and came to Nova Scotia in 1761.
16. PANS Land Papers: Un-granted Land Petitions 1815.
17. McKinnon, Settlements and Churches in Nova Scotia, Chapter 4.
18. Nova Scotian (Halifax, N.S.) July 13, 1825 p. 226
19. PANS Land Grants: Fisher, William & other 1829 has petition of Manson.
20. St. Mary's Township Book
21. James in 1780, John in 1789, David in 1790 and Hugh in 1792. See St. Mary's Settlement Township Book p. 70.
22. PANS Land Papers: Un-granted petitions James Fisher, 1809.
23. PANS Land Papers: Un-granted petitions David Fisher 1812, He was recommended for 250 acres, paid 11/6.
24. Canso Breeze January 22, 1965 p. 6; Mrs. Hart, History of Guysborough County, p. 184
25. "Index to Deed Books A & B at St. Mary's Court House, Sherbrooke, Guysborough County, N. S." in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Boston) Vol. CXVII January 1964 pp. 41-64.
26. St. Mary's Township Settlement Book, p. 73
27. Mrs. Hart, p. 184
28. St. Mary's River Township Book, p. 137-8
29. (London, 1818) p. 37
30. St. Mary's Township Settlement Book, p. 133
31. C. B. Fergusson, "The Boundaries of Nova Scotia and Its Counties", p. 1 (Bulletin No. 22 of Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S.)
32. PANS Governor's Petitions 1819, Miscellaneous A-
33. Fergusson, Op. Cit., p. 18; Acadian Recorder (Halifax, N.S.)
34. St. Mary's Township Book, p. 141,144
35. Idem., p. 157
36. T. C. Haliburton, Historical and Statistical Account of Nova Scotia (Halifax, 1829) Vol. II p. 95
37. T. C. Haliburton, Vol. II p. 97-8
38. Nova Scotian (Halifax, N.S.) July 28, 1831 p. 238
39. Haliburton, Vol. II p. 97
40. B. E. Fernow, Forest Conditions of Nova Scotia (Ottawa, 1912) pp. 45,64; Canso Breeze Feb. 26, 1965 p. 1. David Archibald the third died at Sherbrooke on June 10, 1822 in the 64th year of his age according to St. Mary's Township Book, p. 102
41. PANS Assembly Petitions: Trade & Commerce 1819
42. St. Mary's Township Book pp. 146-8
43. PANS Assembly Petitions: Communications 1826; Journal of Assembly of N.S. 1826 p. 627
44. Nova Scotian July 28, 1831 p. 238
45. Idem.
46. Vol. II p. 140
47. Canso Breeze Feb. 26, 1965; advertisement on p. 627 of Hutchinson's Nova Scotia Directory for 1864-65 lists A & D McDonald as shipbuilder and lumber merchants and dealers in dry goods and groceries.
48. Journal of Assembly of Nova Scotia app. 86 pp. 280-379
49. Journal of Assembly of Nova Scotia for 1861 app. 1 Trade Returns pp. 14-76
50. Idem., 1867 Trade Returns for 1866 App. 2 pp. 13-430
51. Morning Chronicle (Halifax, N.S.) July 19, 1867 p. 2 col. 5
52. Geological Map No. 29 by E. F. Farihault 1886
53. PANS Agricultural Societies, Vol. 20 Guysborough County, Report of St. Mary's Agricultural Society for 1848.
54. PANS Assembly Petitions Agriculture & Industry 1834.
55. PANS Agricultural Societies Vol. 20 letter from William Sinclair, St. Mary's 25th March 1846.
56. Idem., Glenelg St. Mary's Oct. 26, 1847 Neil Gunn
57. Idem.; Report of Agricultural Society of the District of St. Mary's for 1847.
58. Report for 1855.
59. Report for 1858.
60. They were granted 100 pounds on 14 December 1809. Pans Assembly Papers Vo. XVI
61. PANS Assembly Papers Vol. XXII, Wentworth Taylor and other received by the House of Assembly 16 Feb. 1815.
62. PANS land Papers: Un-granted land petitions 1814; Elisha Pride wanted an additional 100 acres as he had 2 more children, and a grant of the Island near the mouth of St. Mary's called Wedge or Hust Island. C. Morris, the Surveyor-General of Nova Scotia, recommended pride for 100 acres, but refused the Island, and called him "an active, industrious settler".
63. PANS Land Papers: Un-granted land petitions 1814; Dickson, Robert
64. Not British sterling
65. (London, 1830) p. 341
66. Canso Breeze Feb. 26, 1965; A. F. Church's Map of Guysborough Co.
67. Canso Breeze Feb. 26, 1965; Chronicle Herald, Oct. 7, 1965.
68. Chronicle Herald (Halifax, N.S.) Oct. 7, 1965.
69. Journal of Assembly of Nova Scotia 1856 app. 86 p. 389.
70. Statutes of Nova Scotia 1840, cap. 29.
71. Sessions of St. Mary's 1841-1864, p. 1
72. St. Mary's Township Book, p. 38
73. Idem., pp. 76-7, 80-1
74. St. Mary's Township Book, p. 103
75. C. Bruce Fergusson, A Directory of the members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1958 (Halifax, 1958) p. 203-4
76. Mrs. Hart, Guysborough County, p. 185
77. Mrs. Hart, p. 185-6
78. Statutes of Nova Scotia 1858 , cap. 55
79. Sessions of St. Mary's 1841-1864, p. 151-152
80. Idem pp. 159-160
81. Sessions of St. Mary's 1841-1864 p. 172
82. Idem., p. 215
83. Idem., p. 310 Statutes of N. S. 1896 cap. 58 and 1935 p. 99 re: Jail at Sherbrooke
84. Municipal Council for the District of St. Mary's 1878-1902 for 1880.
85. Directory of M. L. A.'s of Nova Scotia p. 50.
86. Halifax Chronicle Herald Oct. 7, 1965
87. PANS School Papers: Guysborough County 1817
88. Idem.
89. Canso Breeze Feb. 5, 1965. It seems as if the Presbyterian church took over the building in 1838 and evicted the school; then in 1855 a new church was constructed and the school came back to old building from 1855 to 1953. It was still standing in 1965. Consult Mr. Lester V. McDonald of Sherbrooke.
90. Nova Scotia Education Report 1850 p. 78
91. Idem., 1867 p. 30
92. Nova Scotia Education Report 1953, p. 85, 1934 p. 51 Report of Inspector R. L. Coldwell.
93. Canso Breeze, January 22, 1965; Presbyterian Witness, November 26, 1914; Chronicle Herald, July 4, 1953.
94. Hart, History of Guysborough County, p. 186
95. PANS Land Papers: In Grant to William Fisher & Others in 1829; Alex. Lewis was given 300 acres on the road from St. Mary's to Guysborough and Country Harbour. His petition is dated September 27, 1822, when he had a wife and 3 children.
96. Hart, p. 186
97. Rev. George Patterson, Sketch of the Life and Labours of the Rev. John Campbell of St. Mary's, New Glasgow, 1880.
98. Rev. George Patterson, Sketch of Life of Rev. John Campbell, pp. 7-8
99. Canso Breeze Feb. 5, 1965
100. Rev. George Patterson, Campbell, p. 26
101. Presbyterian Witness Nov 26, 1914
102. Hart, Guysborough County, p. 187; The Chronicle Herald July 4, 1953, p. 5
103. Report of Halifax Association in aid of the Colonial Church Society 1850-52, p. 27-8.
104. Report of Halifax Association in aid of the Colonial Church Society 1952, p. 23
105. Chronicle Herald Sept. 2, 1967 "Churches by the Sea" by M. Allen Gibson; Hart p. 146; Chronicle Herald, Oct. 7, 1967.
106. Census of Nova Scotia for 1861 p.224ff, 278
107. Census of Canada 1871 vol I p. 330
108. Idem., Vol I. P. 242
109. This was the first Nova Scotian directory to be printed.
110. At this period it was customary for Roman Catholics to spell their names with Mac, and Protestants to use Mc.
111. Andrew L. Spedon: Rambles Among the Blue Noses or Reminiscences of a Tour through New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (Montreal, 1863) p. 164; A. C. Jost, Guysborough Sketches and Essays Privately printed, 1950) pp. 216-7; Harriet Cunningham Hart, History of the County of Guysborough, Nova Scotia, pp. 202-204.
112. Halifax Evening Express June 20, 1862, p. 4 col. 3
113. Express May 21, 1862 p. 2 col. 3 Wed.
114. Express July 14, 1862 p. 2 col. 2
115. Express July 14, 1862, p. 2
116. St. Mary's Sessions 1841-1864 p. 225
117. Idem., p. 229
118. Idem., p. 229
119. Rev. George Patterson, Campbell, p. 26
120. Mrs. Hart, p. 187
121. Mrs. Hart, p. 188
122. Mrs. Hart, p. 202-4; Malcom, gold fields of Nova Scotia pp.226-234; and Chronicle Herald May 25, 1955 p. 23
123. Morning Chronicle (Halifax, N.S.) July 19, 1867, p. 2 col. 5
124. British Colonist July 23, 1867 p. 1 col. 6 and p. 2 col. 1
125. PANS Assembly Papers, Vol. XVI
126. Statues of Nova Scotia 1839, cap. 85
127. PANS, vol 254 xoc. 70
128. Statutes of Nova Scotia 1854, cap. 57; 1856 cap. 67
129. Canso Breeze, March 26, 1965 p. 4
130. Belcher's Farmer's Almanack 1867, pp. 84-5
131. Belcher's Almanack, pp. 84-5
132. Annual Report of the Colonial and Continental church Society for 1868, p. 70
133. Annual Report of the Colonial and Continental Church Society for 1868, p. 70-71
134. Eastern Chronicle August 18, 1870, p. 2 col. 5
135. Belcher's Almanack 1880, p. 121
136. Belcher's Almanack 1880, p. 125
137. Belcher's Almanack 1890, p. 182
138. Trade directory of Nova Scotia 1929 p. 163
139. p. 553
140. Chronicle Herald Oct. 7, 1965
141. Nova Scotian January 19, 1837 p. 17
142. Presbyterian Witness, Nov. 26, 1914; Census of 1941 vol. II p. 59; Patterson's Campbell p. 25
143. Statutes of N.S.
144. Information from Lester v. MacDonald in Canso Breeze Feb. 26, 1965
145. Chronicle-Herald Oct. 7, 1965
146. Canadian Parliamentary guide for 1936 p. 486; a Directory of MLAs of Nova Scotia p. 12-13
147. Nova Scotian July 28, 1831 p. 238
148. Chronicle Herald Sept. 19, 1959 p. 19
149. Statutes of Nova Scotia 1946, cap. 84