Fonds Acc4526 - John S. Hinton fonds

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John S. Hinton fonds

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CA PCA Acc4526

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  • 1867-1912 (Creation)
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    Hinton, John Strong

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.02 m of textual records
2 photographs

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Hinton, John Strong

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John Strong Hinton was born on 12 September 1866, the son of George Hinton, tanner, of Summerside and Elizabeth A. Dawson. As a young man he was connected with the Tryon Woolen Co. but returned to Summerside as an accountant with R.T. Holman. He remained with this firm until 1915 becoming a member and director of the firm whose duties incuded managing the Park Farm Company Limited, a fox farming enterprise owned by the Holman firm. Following his retirement from Holman's, he opened a bond brokerage in Summerside and remained on the Board of directors of several financial institutions including the Summerside Bank, the Merchants Bank of PEI, and the Eastern Trust Company. Mr. Hinton was married to Ella M. Lea with whom he had two sons, Harry and Richard, and a daughter, Kathleen. He died on 16 March 1920.

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This fonds consists of agreements and correspondence (1912) with Sir. Charles Dalton re. the sale of the latter's live foxes by John S. Hinton as well as glass plates and prints therefrom recording the 1910 sales of Dalton fox pelts by Lampson of London, and part of an article by Frank Tuplin re. sale of two pairs of foxes to Holman's and a visit to the ranch of Charles Dalton. There are also contracts by the Park Farm Co. (1912) with J. Hadley Secord and Robert Waugh for the boarding and breeding of foxes in return for one/third the increase in foxes. In addition, there are two deeds to the property of John Hunter Duvar in 1867 and 1882

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PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER

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