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Palmeter family

Description
David Palmeter was a farmer in Medford, Kings County. He purchased a farm in 1835 and cleared the land for orchards. After his death, his family continued to farm the land in Medford and the surrounding area.

These are records of land transactions chiefly for David Palmeter, financial transactions, and probate records. Related records were likely kept by his son, James Henry Palmeter.
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Palmeter family

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Dates: 1819 to 1895
Collection: Palmeter family, Archival Catalogue
Description: Finding aid for the Palmeter family fonds.
Type: finding aid

Daily accounts of David Palmeter

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Dates: April 1858 to July 1875
Collection: Palmeter family
Description: David Palmeter's daily account of farm business and events in Kings County, Nova Scotia from April 1858 to July 1875.
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/013
Type: textual record

Deed

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Dates: 1866
Collection: Palmeter family
Description: Indenture from 1866 involving William and Elisa Rogers, Robert Newcomb, James Palmeter, William Hicks of Cornwallis County.
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/011
Type: textual record

Deed

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Dates: 1865
Collection: Palmeter family
Description: A 1865 deed in which David Palmeter of sold property to David Jess of Cornwallis County, Kings County, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/010
Type: textual record

Inventory of estate

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Dates: 1877
Collection: Palmeter family
Description: Inventory of the real estate, goods, chattels, and credits of David Palmeter of Medford, Nova Scotia from 1877. Inventory also includes the worth of the real estate and goods listed.
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/016
Type: textual record

Ledger page

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Dates: 1880
Collection: Palmeter family
Description: A farm balance sheet belonging to James Palmeter of Kingsport, Nova Scotia, listing farm products and their values for the year 1880.
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/019
Type: textual record

Ledger page

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Dates: 1876
Collection: Palmeter family
Description: A farm balance sheet belonging to David Palmeter, listing farm products and their values for the year 1876.
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/014
Type: textual record

Memorandum of agreement

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Dates: 1884
Collection: Palmeter family
Description: An agreement over the construction of a School House in Medford, Nova Scotia between Elisha Ells, Joseph B. Jackson, James Palmeter and Philip Weaver.
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/022
Type: textual record

Memorandum of agreement

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Dates: 1849
Collection: Palmeter family
Description: A property agreement between David Palmeter and George William Witt.
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/007
Type: textual record

Mortgage of personal property

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Dates: 1895
Collection: Palmeter family
Description: Chattel mortgage papers of personal property belonging to James H. Palmeter.
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/023
Type: textual record

Petition to Court of Probate to settle the estate of James H. Palmeter

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Dates: 1878
Collection: Palmeter family
Description: A document from the Court of Probate regarding the estate of the deceased farmer James Palmeter of Medford, Nova Scotia from 1878.
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/017
Type: textual record

Property survey

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Dates: 1827
Collection: Palmeter family
Description: A 1827 land survey in the Township of Cornwallis, along the Minas Basin.
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/002
Type: textual record

Property tax bills

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Dates: 1884
Collection: Palmeter family
Description: Two receipts belonging to James H. Palmeter from the Medford School Section No. 53 in Medford, Nova Scotia in 1884.
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/021
Type: textual record

Will and testament of David Palmeter

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Dates: 1877
Collection: Palmeter family
Description: A copy of the last will and testament of farmer David Palmeter of Medford, Kings County, N.S. from 1877.
Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/015
Type: textual record