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From: Joe Makowiec <>
Subject: Re: [Antigonish] Partner of a "Firm"
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:27:08 -0500
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At 11:42 AM 3-12-2003 -0600, schradea wrote:
>Hello. I'm researching the MacDonald (MacVarish), Mingary
>family from Rankin's History of the County of Antigonish.
>It mentions "Hugh Howard, senior partner of the firm of
>MacDonald & Schwartz, Boston, Mass.". I had done some
>searching on law firms without success, but it has come to
>my attention that a "firm" could be a different type of
>business. Does anyone know how "firm" was used in the early
>1900's? Thanks.

Accountancy? Construction?

You might try the Boston Public Library

http://www.bpl.org/

or their 24/7 online reference desk:

http://www.247ref.org/portal/access3.cfm?lib=bostonpublic

and ask them to look up the firm in city directories for that era. Just a
warning: take what you read in Rankin with a grain of salt.

>Ray MacDonald
>researching Hugh and Hugh Howard MacDonald
>http://www.execpc.com/~rmacdon

Nice picture of the Bras d'Or on your web page! Was it taken from the
Highland Village at Iona?

Joe
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