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Murray & Gregory Ltd.

  • CA MNBM ID450
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1905-1980]

This fonds includes financial statements, account books, quotations, invoices, contracts, leases, tax files, workmen's compensation files, advertisement brochures of firms involved in woodworking, machinery, milling and doors.

Note: the fonds needs arrangement and descriptions

Murray & Gregory Ltd.

Magee family

  • CA MNBM ID26
  • Fonds
  • 1858-1969

This fonds includes financial records of Magee Brothers as well as personal papers assembled by the family. There are Magee Bros. account books for dry goods, wharfage accounts, rents, storage, ships, 1875-1910, and ships' accounts for the ships "Arianna," "Buteshire," "City Camp," "Etta," "Stewart," "Governor Wilmot," "Hypatia," "New City," "St. Andrews," "St. George," "St. Patrick," "Sea Crest," "Z. Ring;" and share certificates owned by Magee Bros. and family. There are also family legal and land records, pedigree certificates and other agricultural material and records on family estates and wills. They include a will and indenture of Maria Julia (Merritt) Magee, 1896; records of the estate of John Buchanan Magee, 1940; and a notebook containing rent records, 1913-1918, 1923.

The family correspondence includes that of William Clarence Magee, 1866-1874; Frederick P. Magee regarding Saint John Hockey League, 1896-1899; Arthur Merrittt Magee during First World War; and certificates, ephemera and correspondence of Edith Marion Magee, 1907-1969. There are also typed copies of correspondence and other material of Norris family. Some accounts, of the St. John Fusiliers, 1901, are also included.

Magee family

James Russell Lumber Co.

  • CA MNBM ID5030
  • Fonds
  • 1841-1968; predominant 1910-1938

Fonds consists of business correspondence and account books generated in the operation of a general store, lumber mills and camps. Additionally, there is a small file of personal correspondence.

James Russell Lumber Co.

Crookshank family

  • CA MNBM ID436
  • Fonds
  • 1786-1967

This fonds consists primarily of family correspondence and legal records. It includes correspondence between Harry Crookshank of Stromness, Orkney and Andrew Crookshank, 1808-1810, correspondence of Robert William Crookshank senior, 1819-1861, and correspondence of Robert W. Crookshank, Jr., 1841-1900. There are also deeds, leases, mortgages and other documents of Crookshank family, 1786-1891, and genealogical information about the Crookshank and Thomson families.

Crookshank family

Alban Schofield Emery

  • CA MNBM ID504
  • Fonds
  • 1920-1965

This fonds consists of financial and accounting records, including the time books of David Catte, cabinet maker who did much of the fine finishing work for Emery and a record book of the plans (900) with names of customers for whom furniture was designed. There are also 800 workbench plans, a scrapbook of designs, negatives, glass slides and drawings. A copy of "Cabinet Makers Assistant" (London: Blackie & Son, 1863) is also included.

Emery, Alban Schofield

Thomson family

  • CA MNBM ID279
  • Fonds
  • 1788-1964; predominant 1800-1850

This fonds consists mainly of the correspondence between John and his brother George while John was in Dumfries, 1826-1832, with George's accounts, 1821-1829. They record both sides of a business importing goods from Scotland and shipping timber to Scotland. There are also family records of the Thomson family, 1788-1908, Scoullar family, 1796-1856, and the Walker family, 1799-1835

Thomson family (Saint John)

Ganong Bros.

  • CA MNBM ID1988
  • Fonds
  • 1874-1963

The fonds has not yet been arranged and described. It includes records of Ganong Brothers Limited, White Candy Company, Corona Company and Home Paper Box Company. There are record books from 1892 to 1946 (and possibly earlier) including minutes, year-end accounts and by-laws. There are bound ledgers and other loose records which include Board of Directors' meetings, payroll information, financial records, annual reports and sales analysis. There are also patents, licences and property deeds. A diary (1874-1878) belonging to Gilbert White Ganong, gives details of the early business. Advertising and publicity material is also included.

Ganong Bros. (firm)

Benedict Arnold

  • CA MNBM ID1103
  • Fonds
  • 1783 - 1963

This fonds includes:

  • Correspondence, 1791-1902, primarily from Benedict Arnold;
  • Correspondence, Jonathan Bliss to Benedict Arnold, 1792-1800;
  • Land Papers, 1786-1796;
  • Legal papers, 1783-1794;
  • Statements, receipts, and other material 1785-1786;
  • Bills of exchange, 1791;
  • Biographical and genealogical material, 1791-1963

Arnold, Benedict, General

Marysville Stores Co. Ltd.

  • CA MNBM ID87
  • Fonds
  • 1918-1949

This fonds consists of a book of minutes of the shareholders' annual meetings, 1918-1949, for the Marysville Store Co. Ltd.

Marysville Stores Co. Ltd.

Alexander P. Paterson

  • CA MNBM ID1201
  • Fonds
  • 1900-1949

This fonds consists of the business and political records of A. P. Paterson. The business records include three letter books dated 1900-1909 recording Baird and Peter's business in Puerto Rico importing goods such as molasses. There are also printed advertisements and price lists.

The political records include typescripts of articles and speeches, published pamphlets relating to Maritime Rights and the British North America (BNA) Act, and reports on Royal Commissions. There is correspondence about Paterson's duties as Minister of Education and Municipal and Federal Affairs, and applications for government jobs primarily from Saint John residents and firms with references to a patronage committee. There are articles, correspondence, speeches and drafts of speeches on Maritime Rights and the British North America Act.

There is also a section of printed ephemera which includes poetry from the "Evening Gazette", Saint John, 1889; regulations of Municipal Employment office in Saint John, 1939; an address by Emile Vaillancourt to the Kiwanis Club of Montreal entitled "When Montreal was 200 years old" and a brief by the Canadian Teachers Federation to the Federal Government in 1949.

Patterson, Alexander Pierce

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