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Zion Church (Portland)

  • CA MNBM S 123 - 7
  • Fonds
  • 1859-1865

The fonds consists of a record book for Zion Church, dated 1859 to 1865. The record book contains the minutes of monthly church meetings that include some names of those present. It documents the structure of the meetings and type of business conducted. An historical sketch of Zion Church, its endowments, rules of order and a confession of faith, are included in the book. There is also a membership list for August 1864 with names and street addresses.

Zion Church (Portland)

Jack family

  • CA MNBM ID2604
  • Fonds
  • 1795-1911

This fonds consists of correspondence, legal papers, appointments, financial documents, ephemera, and Jack family notes and writings.

The correspondence, 1833-1899, is primarily family (mostly between Emma and William) and 2 other letters including a letter of reference for William Kenah and a letter to T. Jack with a Notman photo from Lord Frederick Poulet.

Legal papers include deeds and land contracts, court cases (Richard Sands v. James Keaton, Edward L. Thorne, and Lovitt v. Clark, Supreme Court, 1795) and a contract for a yearly allowance to John and Hannah Allan, 1806. There are also resolutions on the death of William Jack in 1886 and draft minutes of an investigation concerning Joseph Hea.

Family writings include a typescript, "Ireland" - E.C.J. about the reminiscences of Emma Carleton Jack of life in Ireland before coming to Canada and provides information about her family members, probably written for her children and grandchildren. Works by William Jack include an account of his life as a lawyer, a personal account of the Saint John fire of 1877, and a short articles about New Brunswick history. There is also some and poetry written by William Jack, aged 20.

There are certicates of appointments for John Curry, as Justice of the Peace, Sunbury Co.; Isaac Allan Jack as Recorder for Saint John, 1885; Joseph Kenah as Captain of 104th Regiment, 1816; and William Jack, Queen's Counsel, 1880. There is also a notebook prepared by D.W. Jack containing instructions for a gauger.

There are a few receipts for general items and a stock certificate for the Caledonia Mining and Manufacturing Company belonging to William Jack.

Ephemera consists of Coronation service booklets (1911), ribbons, menu, dried flowers, a collection of bookplates and envelopes, and a certificate of the Cooper Union Women's School of Art given to Emma Jack.

Jack family

Sussex Indian Academy

  • CA MNBM ID272
  • Fonds
  • 1796-1833

This fonds consists of correspondence and other material of the Indian Academy, 1786-1832. There are returns of scholars 1808-1809, 1813, 1825, and receipts re: payments and supplies, 1808-1826.

Indian Academy (Sussex, N.B.)

J.A. Barry account book

  • CA MNBM ID288
  • Fonds
  • 1916-1923

J.A. Barry's legal account book consists of alphabetically indexed records of payments for professional services rendered to clients. Services included letter writing, writs, court appearances, title searches, deeds, summons, consultation and preparation of legal documents. The information includes dates and names of clients, both individuals and businesses. There is a number 13 written on the spine of this leather bound account book indicating that there may have been other volumes: their whereabouts is unknown.

Barry, Joseph Alphonsus

Barr family fonds

  • CA MNBM ID297
  • Fonds
  • 1709-1932

This fonds includes correspondence of the Barr family, 1873-1898 and family certificates, insurance policies and other records, 1709-1902. There is also a diary of F. H. Barr about trips through the Maritime provinces, 1881-1882, a diary of Ida Jane Harding, 1877-1880, and a muster roll of company no. 2, Saint John County Light Infantry, 1866.

Barr family (Saint John)

Webb family

  • CA MNBM S 30 - 15
  • Fonds
  • 1850-1893

This fonds consists mainly of the correspondence between Reuben and Isiah Webb. It deals chieflly with family news and farming matters.

Webb family (Queens County)

Canadian Cancer Society, New Brunswick division

  • CA MNBM ID2999
  • Fonds
  • 1947-1983

This fonds includes minutes of the annual general meetings 1947-1973; the Board of Directors, 1960-1973-1979; Executive and Provincial Council, 1945-1955; the ublic ducation committee, 1958-1979; and the service to patients committee, 1959-1979. There is also a journal of receipts, 1979-1983.

Canadian Cancer Society (New Brunswick division)

J.S. Parker and Sons

  • CA MNBM ID301
  • Fonds
  • 1823-1886

This fonds consists of the accounting ledgers of J. S. Parker and Sons. The company appears to be operating as a general store as well as a shipbuilding concern. The accounts record sales to customers, supplies (including lumber) purchased for building ships, and payments to workmen. The company appears to have provided board and lodging for some of its workers, as detailed in the accounts.

J.S. Parker and Sons (firm)

Moran, Galloway & Co.

  • CA MNBM ID31
  • Fonds
  • 1867-1879

The fonds is an account book of the Moran, Galloway & Co. It is a financial account of the voyages of the ships owned by the company.

Moran, Galloway & Co.

Robert A. Gregory lumber company

  • CA MNBM ID331
  • Fonds
  • 1847-1932

This fonds consists of the financial records of the lumber business including journals, ledgers, letter books, daybooks and a workmen's time book, 1856.

Also included are the receiving and delivering books (Carleton Pond), 1863-1865; surveying books, hewing books, and a record book containing specifications of cargo shipped, 1872. There are also scow journals, 1859-1863 and scow day books, 1901, 1904-1905.

R.A. Gregory lumber company

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