MG
                                                            H82
Title: James Brown fonds. -- 1840 - 1866. -- 25.4 cm of textual material

Biographical Sketch: James Brown was born in 1790 at Forfarshire, Scotland. He emigrated to New Brunswick in 1808 and eventually settled at Tower Hill, Charlotte County, where he purchased land and engaged in farming. He was first elected to the House of Assembly of New Brunswick at the general election of June 1830, as one of the members from Charlotte County. For the next thirty-four years, Brown was politically active as a member of the New Brunswick legislature where he served seven years (1854-1861) as Surveyor -General and four years (1850-1854) as a member of the Legislative Council. Electoral defeat in 1861 and 1864 led to his retirement from public life. James Brown died in 1870 at Tower Hill, Charlotte County.

See 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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