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This fonds consists of financial records, ships logs and Crown land patents created by and/or belonging to Captain John Spence and his sons, reflecting some of their personal and business dealings.

Cargo book of Schooner Wanderer (initially belonging to the Port of Toronto, James Jackman Master; James Henry Jackman, owner), 1873 – [1882?] including Log Book commencing in 1883 with change of ownership to Captain John Spence of Southampton, Ontario. The ship's log, commencing in or around 1883 until 1887, records information about the weather and the ship's travels This includes records of travel on Lake Huron in the County of Bruce with references to Pike Bay, Point Clark, Port Elgin, Kincardine, and Saugeen. References to other ships include the Schooner Nemesis. Examples of goods shipped included wheat, peas, stone, barley, coal, lumber, bark, and salt.

This book includes a stock book that lists the Tobermory General Store's inventory of dry goods, drugs, groceries, hardware and book accounts in January 1895. It also includes a daybook listing the customers and their purchases by day from April 1897 to July 1897. The back half of the book consists of the daybook for the Pike Bay and Dyer's Bay General Stores from July 1898 to January 1902.