Item is a photograph of a house on the corner of Salem and Union Street in Sackville, NB, owned at one time by Mathilda and Mary Wry. This view shows the house facing Salem Street, with Clarence and Blanche Wry standing with their two sons in front of it. Mabel and John Alward can be seen to the left on the lounge in front of the house.
Item is a photograph of a house on the corner of Salem and Union Street in Sackville, NB, owned at one time by Mathilda and Mary Wry. This view shows the side entrance from Union Street. On the roof sits Clarence Wry and his wife Blanche with their two sons.
This fonds contains material related to the history of Ministers Island. It includes a transcription of an interview with Wade Veinotte, who used to work on the island, as well as reports, feasibility studies, and development plans related to proposals to turn Ministers Island into a Provincial Park or other cultural resource, essays on the history of the island or the Van Horne family, photocopies of historic publications on the Van Horne family property and Sir William Van Horne, a booklet for an exhibition of paintings by Cathy Ross of artifacts belonging to the Van Horne family on Ministers Island, and transcriptions of original legal documents and correspondence related to the first European occupants of Ministers Island, John Hanson and his family.
Material related to court cases overseen by Charlotte County Justice of the Peace Peter M. Abbot. The different types of material include applications for insurance with some related financial documents attached, letters detailing complaints which have been brought before the Justice of the Peace, court proceedings with attached court summons and correspondence related to the cases attached, and a petition to the Legislature. Most of the material is related to debt cases in the Small Claims Court and includes affidavits, executions of debt, summons, and proceedings. Bills, account statements, receipts, and notes related to the debt cases are also often attached.