James Scott Mullan Fonds-Series 3

Series 3: Personal papers [textual records]. -- 1847-1888; predominant 1857-1868. -- 2 cm. two photographs

Scope and content: Series contains personal papers related to the life and career of Rev. J.S. Mullan, including letters of recommendation, licences, and certificates from his student days at Queen's College and from the period of his teaching career in Ontario. There are two reports from Mullan to the Queen's Students' Missionary Association. Series also contains some miscellaneous letters to J.S. Mullan, one letter likely written by him, a few draft sermons, and random notes on his Osnabruck congregation. In addition, there is a file of receipts from the Provincial Grand Orange Lodge of Central Canada for personal dues and lodge dues for private lodges. J.S. Mullan was a Lodge county master for West Durham Co., Ontario in the years 1865 to 1868. The series also includes two (2) photographs of James S. Mullan.

Arrangement is chronological within files.

Notes:

Title based on the content of the series.

Accompanying material: A photocopy of D. Murray Young's draft biography of J.S. Mullan is located at the end of Series 3. Two booklets about the Orange Lodge were removed to Rare Books, Archives & Special Collections, UNB Libraries. BOX 7

File 1 Certificates, licences, letters of recommendation (12 items)

• Letter attesting to Mullan's character, from minister of St. Andrew's church Kingston, when he is "desirous of taking charge of a school"- 1855
• Letters of recommendation from H. J. Borthwick, Principal, Frontenac Academy, Kingston - 1857 and undated
• Certificate of qualification, Grey Co., Ont. Board of Public Instruction - 1857
• Letter Durham Bentick, Grey Co., Ont. re Mullan's leaving teaching - 1858
• Letter certifying Mullan as a student in Divinity Hall, Queen's College - 1859
• Attendance and matriculation certificates from University of Queen's College - 1850s and 1860s
• Reports by catechist Mullan to the Students' Missionary Association at Queen's - 1860 and 1861
• Letter from records of Presbytery of Kingston re Mullan - 1861

File 2 Photocopies of material in file 1

File 3 Miscellaneous correspondence (17 items)

• Minutes taken by J.S. Mullan, in Clarke Twp., Ontario, at Congregational meeting of St. Andrew's Church, Coburgh [sic] - 14 Dec. 1864
• Letter to J.S. Mullan from Hugh H. Sharp, of Fenelon (former precentor, ClarkeTwp., Ontario. ( See also Series 2, File 7) - 2 Mar 1868
• Letter to J.S. Mullan from Samuel Thompson, Maxwell PO, Osprey, Ont. - June 1868
• Letter to J.S. Mullan from John Croil, Aultsville, Ont. - 6 Nov 1868
• Letter from a Smiths Falls, Ont. congregation offering Mullan a charge - 15 Feb 1878
• Letter from Lancaster, Ont. inviting Mullan to conduct services -11 Aug 1879
• List of members of a congregation who promise to pay a yearly fee to Mullan - 1888
• Letter, likely written by Mullan, addressed to Editor, Courier newspaper re. Dundas [Ontario] Board of Examiners teaching certificates; signed " Laktistes" - undated
• Handwritten sermon on temperance, dated Stanley 13 May 1886 [but not in JSM's handwriting and not in his sermon log book.]
• Miscellaneous draft sermons, hymns - undated

File 4 Orange Lodge receipts for lodge dues, 1865-1868 (6 items)

File 5 Photographs (2 items)

• photographs of James Scott Mullan

Photocopy of a draft biographical sketch of J.S. Mullan by D. Murray Young