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John Hemphill fonds
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CA PCA Acc3393
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[ca. 1962] (Creation)
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- Hemphill, John
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1 volume of textual records
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Hemphill, John
Biographical history
John Hemphill was born in 1871, in Nova Scotia, to Captain Daniel Hemphill and Isabella Robertson. He was raised in Georgetown, Prince Edward Island. At age 17, John left the Island and sailed the Atlantic coast from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Boston, Massachusetts, for several years. John later worked in shipbuilding for Daniel Gordon, ran a grocery store in Cardigan, and constructed wooden sleighs and carts in Georgetown. On 2 May 1907, John married his first wife, Mary Ann Stevens of Georgetown, and together they had six children. John moved to Covehead in 1939 after Mary Ann's death and began to carve wooden replicas of the vessels he had sailed. Nothing is known about his second wife. With his third marriage in 1943, John moved to St. Peter's. He died in December 1967.
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This fonds consists of a notebook in which John Hemphill documented some of his memories of the sea voyages he made in the 1890's and early 1900's. He also comments on some of his father's voyages. Also, pages 40 - 48 contain notes on different passages from the Bible and pages 49-50 contain brief notations on various ships.
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NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
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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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NO FURTHER FINDING AID AVAILABLE
Associated materials
See: Hemphill, John. "Some of My Experiences at Sea, Part One," edited by Jim Hornby in "Island Magazine", 11 (Spring/Summer 1982): 29-33; and Hemphill, John. "Some of My Experiences at Sea, Part Two". Edited by Jim Hornby in "Island Magazine", 12 (Fall/Winter 1982): 3-6
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- Hemphill, John (Creator)
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- English