Title and statement of responsibility area: King, Simpson & Co. Ltd. fonds

Date(s) of creation: 1903-1904

Physical description area: 4 cm of textual records

Administrative history: King, Simpson & Co. Ltd. was incorporated on 27 January 1904 at Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, with the purpose to build a steam tugboat. The members of the company were G.J King, Alfred King, Charles Simpson, Jas. W. Simpson, and Edmond J. Embree and were considered equal partners. The steam tugboat was constructed by C.W Redmond and was named Victoria

Custodial history: Donated in 1985 by G Speight

Scope and content: Fonds consists of a memo of agreement to form the company King, Simpson & Co. Ltd. as well as a construction agreement, receipts, cheques, minutes, correspondence, and telegraphs regarding the building of the tugboat Victoria

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

Retrieval Code: 85-10-5, 85-10-3

Part II Access Points: RG2 King Simpson

Provenance: King, Simpson & Co. Ltd. (Cumberland County, N.S.)

Subject Headings:

Topical: Amherst (Cumberland County, N.S.), Shipbuilding, Tugboats