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Title and statement of responsibility area: Bent's Store fonds

Date(s) of creation: 1832-1850

Physical description area: 10.5 cm of textual records

Administrative history: Bent's Store sold general merchandise in Amherst, Nova Scotia ca. 1832-1850

Scope and content: Fonds consists of account ledger and day book which record information such as purchaser, items purchased and cost.

Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of fonds.

Physical condition: Ledgers are in very poor condition.

Associated material: Associated material available on Bent family.

Retrieval Code: Ledgers 80-20-4 & 5

Provenance: Bent's Store (Amherst, Cumberland County, NS)

Topical: Amherst (Cumberland County), General Stores

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