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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: [Bos-St] Re: Boston to NS ship info
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:25:43 -0500
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AFAIK you will not find any information on ships sailing from the USA to
NS or other Canadian ports in the mid 19th century. There were no
requirements for notification of leaving and NS had no arrival notice
requirements.

bob gillis

Mary Pat wrote:
>
> I am very interested in knowing where Scott Connoll found out about those
> coastal schooners and their passengers. I have been trying to find some
> information on Eugene HANNIFAN, who sailed from Boston MA to Port George in
> Nova Scotia, and arrived there in 1862. I had been told that there are no
> records of these ships or their passengers .
>

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