This file contains the incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Moore-DeWolfe family recording family, social, and religious life in the parishes of Saint Stephen and Saint David, as well as many details of life outside of Charlotte County in this period.
Several of the letters in the 1820s and 1830s between Edward DeWolfe and the N.B. Government concern land in Charlotte County. in the 1840s there are three very interesting letters from Sarah Wade who was a pioneer in the Aroostook area to her sister in St. Davids; and two letters from the Honorable James Brown to Tristram Moore and Samuel Dunham. The bulk of the letters cover the 1870s and 1880s when the family, it seems, reached its peak in society, in financial success, and in family cohesiveness. The many letters of Mrs. John Warren (Mary Louisa DeWolfe) Moore for this period contain much detail on social life, business endeavours, family concerns, and religious activities. Complementing the out-going letters of Mrs. Moore are the many incoming letters from the many family members who ranged far-and-wide around the globe in business or pleasure. There are letters (and poetry) from Leonard Scott, editor of the Blackwood’s magazine in New York. There are letters from Dr. Edward DeWolfe who spent a considerable amount of time in a practice in Saint John. To round out the correspondence, there are letters from family members in St. Stephen, Saint John, Fredericton, New York, Boston, California, Minneapolis, Eastport, Norfolk, Paris, Liverpool, and Brussels.

The documents contained in this file provide insight into the general economy, trade and commerce, technology, and daily life in Charlotte County in the transition from the late nineteenth into the twentieth century.

This file consists of bills, invoices, receipts, account statements, bank drafts, and correspondence regarding the purchase and sale of general goods including: boots, shoes, and rubber; cotton; linen; paper; lumber; groceries such as biscuits and ship’s bread, dairy products, chocolates and sweets, tea, spices, `eggs, flour, sugar, and produce; wholesale grocers; wool; oil; silks, rugs, and mattings; drugs and chemicals, boots, shoes, and rubbers; grass, flower, and vegetable seed; fertilizer; stationary; grain and feed; hay, straw, kitchen appliances and furnishings; furnaces; home furnishings; farrier services; and hardware; gaslight; dues for the Methodist Church, and taxes for the Town of St Stephen, Parish of St David, and the Parish of Dufferin. 1896-1909.

Other companies that appear in these documents include: F.E. Came, proprietor of Chamcook Farm Creamery; C.M. Wilson; Dr. William J. Parks (Saint John); Ganong Brothers Ltd. (St Stephen); Amherst Boot and Shoe Co. Ltd.; George D. Ross & Co. (Montreal, Quebec); J.M. Humphrey & Co., wholesale boots, shoes, and rubber (Saint John); W.R. Brock Company Ltd. – late James Johnston & Co. (Montreal); W. B. Hamilton Shoe Co., Wholesale Boot and Shoe Manufacturers (Toronto, Ontario); The Central Agency Ltd, Agents for the Canadian Spool Cotton Company (Montreal, QUE); Nisbet & Auld (Toronto, ON); Shepard & Morse Lumber Co., (Boston, Massachusetts); W.H. Thorne & Co. Ltd., (Saint John); J.J. McGaffigan Ltd., direct importer and jobber in teas (Saint John); Auld Bros, dealers in and exporters of eggs and produce, wholesale grocers (Charlottetown, P.E.I.); Oxford Manufacturing Co. Ltd., wool manufacturers (Oxford, Nova Scotia); Bailey & Noyes (Portland, Maine); The Imperial Oil Co. Ltd. (Saint John); J. Frank Riepert, importer of silks, rugs and mattings (Montreal, QUE); Kendall & Whitney, (Portland, ME); Kerr & Robertson, wholesale hardware merchants (Saint John); The Galt Knitting Co. Ltd., (Galt, ON); Greenshields Son & Co., (Montreal, QUE); T. Rankine & Sons, manufacturers of plain and fancy biscuits, pilot and ships’ bread, (Saint John); J.N. Richardson Sons & Owden Ltd (Belfast, Ireland) per Robert Darling & Co., agents (Toronto, ON); Doherty & McHugh, boots, shoes, and rubbers, (Saint John); C.D. Trueman, wholesale grocer and commission merchant, (Saint John); Chase & Sanborn, (Montreal, QUE); Merritt Bros. & Co., agents, (Saint John); Henry Reid & Son, abbey gardens works(Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland); John Gordon & Son, manufacturers agents for Henry Campbell & Co. Ltd., linen threads (Montreal); S.L. Dickson, produce commission merchant, (Saint John); Schofield Bros., foreign importers and wholesale paper dealers (Saint John); James Corstine & Co. Ltd. (Montreal); McIntyre, Son & Co., (Montreal); Robert Darling & Co. (Toronto); John Gordon & Son, manufacturer’s agents (Montreal); The Sharples Separator Co.; The St Croix Gas Light Co., (St Stephen); Methodist Church (St Stephen) pew rent; and the New Brunswick Telephone Co. Ltd.; the Bank of British North America, (Saint John); The Canadian Bank of Commerce (Toronto); Bank of Nova Scotia; J.N. Richardson, Sons & Owden Ltd. (Belfast, Ireland); York Woolen Mills; St Stephen Bank; Albion H. Eaton; the Calais Times Publication Co.; National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada; A.J. Maxwell; Joseph Breck & Sons, farm, garden, and lawn, (Boston); John N. Wall, wholesale and retail stationer, school supplies, blank boots, etc.; Burton, Spence, & Co.; the Traders Bank of Canada; the Tillson Company Ltd; David Stott, miller of winter and spring wheat flour, (Detroit, Michigan); T.R. Speedy, grain and feed grinder; Grimmer Brothers, hay, straw, grain, and produce; Manchester Roberston Allison Ltd.; A.I. Teed Co., wholesale grocers; Kilgour Brothers; R.W. Milling Co.; Quebec Bank, (Montreal); Bowman & Cole, Union Bank of Halifax; William Liddell & Co; F.E. Rose, provisions, groceries, and hardware; Wilson & McPike, jobbing tinsmiths, dealers in stoves, ranges, furnaces, and kitchen furnishings; Haskell, Adams & Co., grocers (Dover, New Hampshire); Vroom Brothers, ltd., furniture, carpets, oil cloths, linoleums, pianos, organs, window shades, and lace curtains; and John B. Robinson, provisions, groceries, hats, and caps.

This file contains a handwritten account of an unknown female cadet’s experience as part of a corps, outlining both the positive and negative things that stood out to them during this time. The document describes how the author first learned about the Sea Cadet movement and why she wanted to join, her experiences during summer camp, how certain accomplishments made her feel, and how she feels being the only senior female cadet in her corps.

This file contains correspondences written by Joe Gibson addressed to his parents in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, concerning his experiences overseas as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force. These letters include details on his time living in the United Kingdom, operations to watch for German U-Boats, and his friends in the R. C. A. F.

This file contains deeds and indentures of the Moore family relating to the lease and purchase of land in the parishes of Saint David, Saint Stephen, mainly relating to the establishment and operation of the mill at Moores Mills, and the J.W. Moore & Son general store in St. Stephen.

The documents contained in this file provide insight into the general economy, trade and commerce, and daily life of the period in Charlotte County, as well as the fluctuating prices, import and export restrictions, supply problems, trade embargoes, and the wider effects of the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Second World War. They also provide insight into the technological changes of the early 20th century.

This file consists of bills, invoices, receipts, account statements, bank drafts, customs duty tickets, and correspondence regarding the purchase and sale of general goods including: boots, shoes, and rubber; cotton; linen; paper; lumber; groceries such as biscuits and ship’s bread, dairy products, chocolates and sweets, tea, spices, eggs, flour, sugar, and produce; wholesale grocers; wool; oil; silks, rugs, and mattings; drugs and chemicals, boots, shoes, and rubbers; grass, flower, and vegetable seed; clover and grass seed production; importation of goods, Customs Canada; fertilizer; stationary; grain and feed; hay, straw, pottery, kitchen appliances and furnishings; furnaces; home furnishings; farrier services; carriages; and hardware.

Other Charlotte County companies or corporations that appear in these documents include: Customs Canada, St Stephen; Maritime Electric Company, St Stephen; and Ganong Brothers, chocolates and confectionaries.