1798, December 4, The Royal Gazette and The Nova-Scotia Advertiser, To Be Sold, THAT large and Substantial Store and Wharf, opposite to Mr. HATTONS ... HALIFAX .... -----(Samuel Sparrow)

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1798

DECEMBER 4

To Be Sold, THAT large and Substantial Store and Wharf, opposite to Mr. HATTONS about Fifty one feet long, and Thirty three feet wide, which at a small expence may be converted into a DWELLING HOUSE, AND TWO CAPACIOUS STORES, it being in its present undivided state capable of Housing a large Ships cargo. --- It must be obvious that it is situated in the Increasing part of the Town, and safe from the effects of those Hurricanes which have been so lately experienced, consequently it is a property that must increase in Value.

The purchaser may be ACCOMMODATED with respect to the mode of Payment. ---- Apply to Mr. SPARROW.

HALIFAX, 22 Oct. '98.

The Royal Gazette and The Nova-Scotia Advertiser, December 4, 1798

NOTE:

A William Hatton owned a house, large yard, garden, coach house, stables and outhouses, which premises led to the Navy Yard - The Royal Gazette and The Nova-Scotia Advertiser, February 27, 1798
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=YFjsv_pBGBYC&dat=17980227&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
The street upon which William Hatton lived was Water Street - The Royal Gazette and The Nova-Scotia Advertiser, July 17, 1798
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=YFjsv_pBGBYC&dat=17980717&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
Sparrow was referring to the hurricane that "came ashore near Halifax Harbor on September 25, 1798
- David Longshore, Encyclopedia of Hurricanes (New York, 2008), p. 74
- For a description, see The Quebec Gazette, November 1, 1798. "NOVA SCOTIA - Halifax, October 2 ... On Tuesday last, in the forenoon ... One continued scene of devastation and ruin, the whole length of the town, from the King's lumber wharf, to the Navy Yard ..."
  - https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=F_tUKv7nyWgC&dat=17981101&printsec=frontpage&hl=en