MG
H82
Title: James Brown fonds. -- 1840 - 1866. -- 25.4 cm of textual materialSee also Stuart Scrapbook, no. 9, MG H25, for extensive biography of James Brown.
Scope and Content: This fonds consists of correspondence to James
Brown, mostly concerning his constituency, 1840-1866; petitions to
Sir William Colebrook, the Lieutenant Governor, mainly from
residents of Charlotte County, 1842-1866, and a few miscellaneous
printed items.
Arrangement is chronological.
Notes:
Title: Title is based on name of creator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Material received from William Cameron in 1968.
Access: Unrestricted.
Related Material: Additional correspondence to and from James Brown is found in the
Lilian Maxwell Collection, MG H9. This material was borrowed from
the Brown family by Mrs. Maxwell for her book, How New Brunswick
Grew, Sackville, N.B., The Tribune Press, 1943. (Archives
FC2474.M38 1943).
Item listings follow:
Correspondence
n.d. Allen, Mr. & Mrs. To: James Brown Invitation
n.d. Brooke, Mr. & Mrs. To: James Brown Invitation
n.d. Hatch To: James Brown
n.d. Hatch To: James Brown
n.d. Speaker of the House To: James Brown Invitation
1840 Feb. 9 Brown, Margaret To: James Brown
1841 Jly. 31 Hill, G.S. To: Colonel?
1841 Dec. 14 Knight, J. To: James Brown
1842 Jan. 15 Nisbitt, John To: James Brown
1842 Jan. 16 Jack, D.W. To: James Brown
1842 Jan. 16 McCurdy, Sam To: James Brown
1842 Jan. 17 Garrett, James To: James Brown
1842 Jan. 20 Albee, James To: James Brown
1842 Jan. 20 Brown, James To: Sam Dunham
1842 Jan. 24 Clinch, Patrick To: James Brown
1842 Jan. 25 Smith, A.W. To: James Brown
1842 Feb. 6 Wilson, J.B. To: James Brown
1842 Feb. 8 Wilson, T.B. To: James Brown
1842 Feb. 10 Campbell, G.F. To: James Brown
1842 Feb. 14 Reed, Jacob To: James Brown Lumber
1842 Mar. 7 Ross, James To: James Brown Trespassing
1842 Mar. 8 Wedderburn, A. To: James Brown
1842 Mar. 14 Thomson, G. To: James Brown
1842 Mar. 17 Porter, G.M. To: James Brown
1842 Mar. 15 MacKay, G. To: James Brown
1842 Jly. 15 Allanshaw. I. To: James Brown
1843 Jan. 24 Buzbee, Ebenezer To: James Brown
1843 Feb. 16 Wilson, J. To: James Brown Magistrates Court
1843 Feb. 15 Knight, Joshua To: James Brown Postage
1843 Feb. 27 Hay, A. To: James Brown
1843 Mar. 14 Brown, James Jr. To: James Brown
1843 Mar. 31 Brown, James To: Tristran Moore
1843 Je. 21 Wyer, To: James Brown
1843 Nov. 20 Rainsford, L. To: James Brown Smith petition
1844 Jan. 26 McKenzie, John To: James Brown Petition to Flora
1844 Jan. 29 Jack, D.W. To: James Brown
1844 Feb. 4 Watts, Samuel To: James Brown
1844 Feb. 11 Wilson, John To: James Brown
1844 Feb. 15 Kay, G. To: John Wilson Fisheries
1844 Feb. 15 Hatheway, C.R. To: James Brown Small pox, fish
bounty
1844 Feb. 17 McFarlan, Ruth To: James Brown Pension of 10
pounds
1844 Feb. 21 Kelby To: James Brown
1844 Feb. 22 Thomson, Rev. S. To: James Brown Mr. Grimmer & Mr.
Hill
1844 Feb. 22 Sullivan, D. To: James Brown
1844 Feb. 23 Moore, I. To: James Brown Roads
1844 Feb. 24 Carlyle, John To: James Brown
1844 Feb. 24 Moore, I. To: James Brown
1844 Feb. 26 Woodward, I. To: James Brown
1844 Feb. 28 Jack, D.W. To: James Brown
1844 Feb. 29 Porter, G.M. To: James Brown
1844 Feb. 29 Hitchings, A. To: James Brown Waweig bridge
1844 Mar. 1 Brown, Margaret To: James Brown
1844 Mar. 5 Todd, W. To: James Brown Export bill
1844 Mar. 7 Watts, Sam To: James Brown Petition for bridge
1844 Mar. 8 Hill, James To: James Brown Land
1844 Mar. 9 Thomson, D. To: James Brown Bridge
1844 Mar. 10 Brown, James Jr. To: James Brown
1844 Mar. 12 Thomson, To: James Brown
1844 Mar. 17 Wilson, John To: James Brown Timber
1844 Mar. 18 Scott, J. To: James Brown
1844 Mar. 19 Brown, Janet To: James Brown
1844 Mar. 23 Andrews, R.M. To: James Brown
1844 Mar. 27 Morrison, D.D. To: James Brown Export Bill
1844 Mar. 30 Foster, A.G. To: James Brown
1845 Jan. 1 Chandler, A.G. To: James Brown
1845 Jan. 19 Wyer To: James Brown
1845 Jan. 31 Magill, John To: James Brown Manufacture of
woolen cloth
1845 Feb. 1 Brown, James To: John McIntosh A. Dunchan - McFee?
1845 Feb. 4 Moore, J. To: James Brown
1845 Feb. 8 Brown, James To: James McKenzie Pay for teacher
1845 Feb. 10 Reade, A. To: James Brown African school
1845 Feb. 22 MacKay To: James Brown Blue noses, objection
to Mr. Reade's
appointment as
provincial secretary
1845 Feb. 28 Moore, J. To: James Brown Land at Mushquash
1845 Mar. 15 Walton, I. To: James Brown
1845 Mar. 27 Reade, A. To: James Brown
1845 Je. 9 Boyd, James To: James Brown
1845 Aug. 26
1845 Sept. 26 To: James Brown Election
1849 Feb. 20 Speaker of the To: James Brown Invitation
House
1854 Dec. 20 To: James Brown King's College
Comm. (damaged)
1855 Mar. 5 Steeves, D.R. To: James Brown
1855 Jly. Gillmor, A. To: James Brown
1855 Aug. 8 Hatheway, G.L. To: James Brown Agricultural
society
1855 Aug. 8 Clinch, Pat To: James Brown
1855 Aug. 9 Clinch, Pat To: James Brown
1855 Aug. 16 Durant, William To: James Brown
1855 Sept. 3 Shaw, Rufus To: James Brown
1855 Oct. 9 Cookson, James To: James Brown Land
1856 Jan. 22 Brown, James To: Mezerale Complaints against
Mr. Mezerale
1856 Feb. 13 Watt & Others To: James Brown State of bridge on
Digdeguash
1856 Feb. 16 MacPherson, Mr. & To: James Brown Invitation
Mrs. C.
1856 Feb. 24 Brown, Anne To: James Brown
1856 Mar. 1 Paul, Alex T. To: James Brown
1856 Mar. 28 Buck, W. To: James Brown Plan of Grand Manan
1856 Apr. 4 Brown, James To: J.R. Partelow
1856 Apr. 16 Miller, S.R. To: James Brown
1856 Apr. 28 McBride, James To: James Brown
1857 Je. 27 Tracy, Mark To: James Brown
1863 Feb. 26 Gillmor, A.H. To: James Brown
1863 Mar. 14 Barker, Mr. & Mrs.S. To: James Brown Invitation
1863 Aug. 1 Taylor, John To: James Brown
1864 Feb. 23 Gillmor, A.H. To: James Brown
1864 Dec. 17 Grimmer, G.S. To: James Brown
1866 Jan. 3 Gillmor, A.H. To: James Brown Confederation &
Tilley
PETITIONS
n.d. Wilson, John & 84 others Petition to Sir William MacBean George
Colebrook re grant of money to build
bridge at Waweig
n.d. Phillips, James P.A. Petition to Sir William Colebrook re
establishing a monthly agricultural
periodical
n.d. MacFarlane, Ruth Petition to Sir William Colebrook re
pensions for widows of the Revolutionary
soldiers
n.d. Porter, John Petition to Sir William Colebrook re land
in York County
1842 Jan. 22 Clarke, Dugald Petition to Sir William Colebrook re
pension for revolutionary solders
1842 Feb. 3 Wilson, John Petition to Sir William Colebrook re land
1843 Feb. 3 Porter, John Petition to Sir William Colebrook re
setting forth that they had been
subjected to the payment of a sum of
money as a penalty under an act to
provide for a regular supply of seamen
for new ships built or fitted out within
the province, which act had been
disallowed by Her Majesty, and praying
that the said sum may be refunded
1843 Nov. 30 Foster, Mary C. Petition to Sir William Colebrook re
salary for teaching 6 months
1844 Jan. 20 Smith, William Petition to Sir William Colebrook re
balance overpaid on 30,000 feet of lumber
1844 Jan. 27 Coulter, Isabella Petition to Sir William Colebrook re
renumeration for teaching school 5 months
1844 Jan. 29 Gillis, James Petition.... that a sum forfeited under
an Act relating to the importation of
seamen for new vessels which Act was
disallowed by Her Majesty, may be
refunded
1844 Feb. 2 Campbell, Alexander Petition.... re praying relief on
consideration of the forfeiture of the
amount paid by him as a first instalment
on the purchase of Crown Lands in the
year 1835
1844 Feb. 2 Foster, Albert Petition... re relief under decision of
Commissioner for the estates of
bankruptcy
1844 Feb. 2 Marks, John Petition.... re relief in consideration
of the forfeiture of the amount paid by
him as a first instalment on the purchase
of Crown Lands in the year 1835
1844 Feb. 6 Reed, Joseph & 26 others Petition.... bye roads, St. David
1844 Feb. 10 Nichol, Mercy W. Petition.... re continuance of pension as
widow of Revolutionary war vetran
1844 Feb. 17 McFarlan, Ruth Petition.... re pension for widow
1844 Feb. 22 Moore, Tristram & 140 others Petition.... praying for grant of money
to finish the bridge over the Waweig
river
1844 Feb. 22 Hill James
1845 Jan. 29 Moore, Josephus
1847 Jan. 25 McFarlane, Richard Petition.... re praying for renumeration
for the loss of a mill reserve and for
certain public services therein set forth
1850 Feb. 7 Bowser, Thomas Petition to Sir Edmund Head re pay for
teaching at St. Stephen
1856 Feb. 29 Wheaton, John Petition James Boyde, John McAdams,
& 14 others Arthur Hill Gilmore, and James Brown -
seeking assistance of 15 pounds with
which to build a bridge
1866 Jan. 8 Garcelon, Isaac Petition to Hon. Arthur H. Gordon re land
Miscellaneous
The Loyalist, and Conservative Advocate.
V.4, no.6, July 3, 1845 Hon. Charles Simonds.
V.4, no.8, July 17, 1845 John Partelow.
V.4, no.11, Aug 7, 1845 George Stillman Hill.
Circular to the friends of temperance in the Province of New Brunswick.
St. Andrews and Quebec - The half-yearly meeting of the Class A shareholders.
Charlotte County Agricultural Society Proceedings, 34th annual meeting,
St. Andrews, Jan 10, 1854.
House of Assembly, Thursday, 21st March, 1844.
Teacher's Return form, 1844.
House of Commons, Votes and Proceedings, 12th May, 1868.
Bill No. 130, 1868.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Senate of the Dominion of Canada, May 18, 1868.
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