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James and Abner Smith
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Fonds is in fair to poor condition. The ledger and photograph are in fair condition, but the daybook and order book are in poor condition.
1 photograph: sepia; 15 x 20.5 cm on mount 25.5 x 30.5 cm.
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Biographical history
James Smith was born in MacDuff, Scotland on 18 March 1793 and died in Sackville, New Brunswick on 16 August, 1865. He married Isobell Bruce in 1815 and had eight children with her, one of them being Abner Smith (1835-1904), born in Shemogue, New Brunswick. Isobell died in 1842 in Shemogue, New Brunswick. James later married Abigail Peirse in Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1845. During the first half of the 19th century, James Smith manufactured harnesses, boots, and shoes, and by the 1850s his was one of at least seven tanneries located in Middle Sackville. Abner carried on his father’s large-scale boot and shoe operation and in 1865 he established Abner Smith’s Manufacturer of Boots and Shoes in Middle Sackville, New Brunswick. The company remained active for thirty-seven years until it was purchased by the Standard Manufacturing Company organized by A. E. Wry in 1903 (renamed A. E. Wry Standard, Ltd in 1914).
Custodial history
The first donation was made by Walter Newcombe and Colin Mackinnon to the Tantramar Heritage Trust in 2007; an accrual was donated by Paul Bogaard in 2007; a second accrual was donated by Paul Bogaard, Colin Mackinnon, and Al Smith in 2008; and a third accrual was donated by Bliss Kay in 2014. It is possible Bliss Kay had these textual records due to her distant relationship with Abner Smith.
Scope and content
Fonds relates to the commercial activities of James and Abner Smith in Middle Sackville, New Brunswick. Fonds consists of James Smith’s ledger from Saddler; Harness & Trunk Manufacturer; a photograph of Abner Smith’s Manufacturer of Boots & Shoes Factory; and the daybook and order book for Abner Smith’s Manufacturer of Boots & Shoes.
Physical condition
Fonds is in fair to poor condition. The ledger and photograph are in fair condition, but the daybook and order book are in poor condition.
Immediate source of acquisition
Newcombe, Walter and Mackinnon, Colin (2007); Bogaard, Paul (2007); Bogaard, Paul, Mackinnon, Colin and Al Smith, Al (2008); and Kay, Bliss (2014).
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Fonds was arranged and described by JC Bennett in 2021.
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- English
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Final
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2021/08/25, 2022/06/29
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- English
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Ancestry.ca
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