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St. John Pilot's Club, Minute book

  • CA MNBM ID109
  • Fonds
  • 1895 - 1897

This fonds contains the minute book of the St. John Pilot's Club for 1895-1897. There is also a scrapbook of press clippings about an inquiry into pilotage dues in the port of Saint John in 1895. The inquiry was held before Captain Smith and Captain Douglas.

St. John Pilot's Club minute book, Author

John Venner Thurger

  • CA MNBM ID110
  • Fonds
  • 1824 - 1831

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.

Thurgar, John Venner, 1797-1880

Charles Duncan Everett

  • CA MNBM ID112
  • Fonds
  • 1826 - 1844

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

Everett, Charles Duncan, 1802-1889

Plumbago Mines

  • CA MNBM ID113
  • Fonds
  • 1884 - 1904

This fonds consists of correspondence between Samuel Mayes and George Botsford and their customers, 1884-1904.

Plumbago Mines (Saint John, N.B.)

Palmer, O'Connell, Leger (law firm)

  • CA MNBM ID1135
  • Fonds
  • ca. 1880 - ca. 1970; predominant 1920-1929

This fonds consists of the firm's precedents and briefs with emphasis on the decade following 1920. Much of the collection reflects the work of Charles S. Sanford, M. Gerald Teed, and John P. Palmer. The fonds has a broad geographical span. The cases are civil, not criminal, with a focus on corporate and trust company law.

The fonds needs more detailed arrangement and description.

Palmer, O'Connell, Leger (law firm)

Courtenay House

  • CA MNBM ID118
  • Fonds
  • 1949 - 1979

This fonds consists of the minutes, annual reports, matrons' reports and financial statements of the Home. There is also some correspondence, 1971-1978, and a record of Christmas presents, 1952-1976.

Courtenay House (Saint John, N.B.)

F. Neil Brodie

  • CA MNBM ID119
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1918 - 1922]

This fonds consists of specifications and contract for St. David's Church and Memorial Hall, St. Andrew's Church and Sunday school and a Sunday school building for Main Street Baptist Church.

Brodie, Frederick Neil, 1871-1926

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, 1870-1957

Saint John suspension bridge / William Murdoch

  • CA MNBM ID1235
  • Fonds
  • [19--]

This fonds consists of a typed history of the Saint John suspension bridge with a copy of a photograph of the bridge. This history was previously published in the New Brunswick Historical Society Collections (No. 10, p. 104). There is information on early attempts to build a bridge across the harbour connecting the east and west sides of Saint John, including dates and names of the individuals involved in building the suspension bridge. There are technical details of the construction of this bridge as well as general discussion of suspension bridges including one in Wales and the first Brooklyn Bridge in New York. The report of the inspecting engineer, Alexander L. Light of St. Andrews, is included in this history. Names of stockholders of the Saint John Suspension Bride Company are provided as wel as a few details about bridge finances. Also included is an account of a violent storm that badly damaged the bridge in May 1858 and nearly caused a tragedy.

Murdoch, William, Jr., 1848-1917

International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America Local 36

  • CA MNBM ID126
  • Fonds
  • 1903 - 1974

This fonds consists of the administrative records and correspondence of the Union. It includes minutes, financial records, membership and dues records. There is strike benefits documentation from 1908 and a guide book for local union secretary-treasurer, 1969.

International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America Local 36 (Saint John, N.B.)

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