This fonds consists of a letter book of John Venner Thurgar, 1827-1831 and a receipt book of business transactions for Robinson & Thurgar, 1824-1829.

This account book includes entries on half-pay; business transactions in grain, lumber, foodstuffs, shoes and boots, rum, tobacco, and other goods; and exchanges of labour. It also includes receipts of payments made on accounts and brief entries relating to voyages of the trading vessel the "Mary Salter," specifically, the dates she left and returned to Nova Scotia and her ports of call. Entries are written in several hands other than Robert Salter's, one possibly being William W. Salter's.

This fonds consists of an account book, 1832-1843, and business material including bankruptcy documents and promissory notes.

This fonds consists of a ledger for the Barlow, Thomas & Co. from 1843-1849.

This fonds consists of one volume, record of shipments, 1857-1858. It is the record of goods being shipped on coastal and inland vessels from Saint John, New Brunswick.

These three volumes of warehouse accounts record goods remaining with the warehouse and goods housed. They list the date, name of importer, name and port of vessel, value of cargo, number of packages, type of goods, and quantity of goods.

This printed list includes the name of the vessel, its rig, its registered tonnage, where it was built, when it was built, name and address of registered owner or managing or principal owner, and a column for remarks

There are handwritten notations of new ships, vessels lost, and records of crossings, from 1867-1887.

This fonds consists of a single item -- a time book kept by John Collins of Indiantown, New Brunswick beginning on 2 May 1867. It records the names of employees, the number of days worked, the amount paid per day, the amount paid as wages, and the date of payment.

This fonds consists of documents and certificates relating to Thomas Hall. They include records of his membership in the Saint John Mechanics Institute, 1862-1866; his freeman's certificate, 1863; a letter giving him right of passage as a British subject through the United States in 1865; and a deed for a cemetery plot, issued in Thomas Hall's name in 1867 with a register of internments on the reverse. There is an original title of ownership to a pew in Brussels Street Baptist Church, purchased in 1848 by Zebedee Ring and transferred Thomas H. Hall.

This fonds consists of a ledger which records all of Millidge's accounts payable and receivable for his business and personal affairs. It includes detailed accounts of the building and maintenance of named ships.