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MC295: JAMES BROWN PAPERS

Dates of creation: 1813-1870

Physical description: 45 cm of textual records and 3 reels of microfilm

Biographical Sketch / Administrative History

James Brown, the son of James Brown and Janet Douglas, was born on 6 September 1790, at Glamis near Dundee, Scotland. He arrived in New Brunswick in 1810 as a sailor on the brig Hector of Dundee. He abandoned the ship in St. Andrews and worked as a labourer on farms and in the woods for several years until he was able to buy land at Tower Hill, St. David Parish, Charlotte County. His "rocky farm" remained his home and a major interest for the rest of his life. He also taught school for a number of years.

In 1817 he married Sarah Sherman. They had ten children, of whom four sons and three daughters survived. Sarah died in 1839 and three years later Brown married Catherine (Cameron) Gillespie, a young widow with an infant son. They had eight children, of whom four sons and three daughters survived.

James Brown was a practical man with strong beliefs in the dignity of the common man, and the virtues of honesty, hard work and self improvement. He had received a basic education in the common schools of Scotland and in his words "a tolerable training in the habits of industry." He was brought up as a Presbyterian but as an adult joined the Universalist Church in St. Stephen. He was also a strong supporter of the temperance movement. However, in spite of his dislike of "trappings" and his long hours of work, he very much enjoyed his family, his political encounters, gatherings of friends, good food, music and poetry - especially that of Robert Burns. His contemporaries commented on Brown's qualities of tolerance and wit and these are evident in his writing.

Brown's public career covered more than thirty years. Issues of particular interest to Brown included roads, railways, the development of the educational system, easier acquisition of land by immigrants and the poor, and increased participation in government.

He first contested a Charlotte County seat in the general election of 1827. He was unsuccessful, but ran again in the election of 1830 and won the seat. He was re-elected in 1834, 1837, 1842, and 1846. During this period he was appointed Supervisor of the Great Road from St. Andrews to Fredericton (1838-1842) and government member of a commission to survey and report on New Brunswick agricultural practices (1849). All of these assignments required travel throughout the province.

In 1850 Brown was defeated in the general election but was appointed to the Legislative Council. In 1854 he resigned from the Council to contest his old seat. This time he won and was appointed Surveyor General and later to the Board of Works. In 1856 he resigned with the Fisher Cabinet and did not contest the ensuing election, probably because of health and financial difficulties. However in 1857 he was again elected and returned to his posts of Surveyor General and member of the Board of Works. As Surveyor General, he was able to implement the system of purchasing land grants by labour on the roads. He saw this as a help to poorer settlers as well as an incentive to immigrants. During the 1850s he was also involved in the restructuring of the University of New Brunswick, and drafted the Parish School Act of 1859. A scandal in the Crown Land Office erupted in the spring of 1861. A Legislative committee enquiring into the matter, found dubious practices on the part of some employees and some members of the Legislature, but Brown's honesty was not seriously questioned.

Brown was defeated in the election of 1861 and was almost immediately appointed as a special Immigration Agent to lecture in Great Britain on opportunities for immigrants in New Brunswick. He was also one of the commissioners of the New Brunswick Exhibition in the 1862 International Exhibition in London, England.

Following this trip Brown retired to his farm at Tower Hill. At the request of his neighbours he contested the elections of July 1864 and February 1865 as an opponent of confederation but was unsuccessful in both attempts.

He died on 18 April 1870.

Sources: Michael Swift; "James Brown," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. IX, page 86

Lillian M.B. Maxwell; "James Brown," Maritime Advocate in Busy East, November 1950, page 9-13

Scope and Content

The two major components of this collection are diaries, 1813-1816, 1838-1842, 1855-1870, and correspondence, 1838-1869. There are also speeches, essays and poetry written by James Brown, and a number of documents relating to his political career.

The diaries were kept primarily as a record of work. The first diary shows an established pattern. Brown described the weather, work done, with whom and for whom, money received or spent, trips and provides some personal comments. If he made a major change in his work, he was likely to begin a new diary. He went to work in Maine for a few months in 1816 and mentions keeping a diary there, but reverted to his old diary on his return to Charlotte County.

The diaries of 1838, 1844 and 1855, cover periods of time spent on work assigned by the New Brunswick government - as supervisor of roads and bridges and as a commissioner to examine the schools - and are detailed enough to form a basis for official reports. However, Brown had no particular aversion to including personal matters or general observations and all of these diaries contain much that would not appear in his final reports.

In 1856 he resolved to keep a diary on a more regular and unified basis. At the same time he explained his method of making brief notes as he went about his daily tasks and then writing them in his diary as he found leisure to do so. From this time his activities as a politician, family man and farmer were recorded in the same diary.

References to farming can be found throughout the diaries and letters. The diary of 1863-1870 describes daily work on land that Brown cleared fifty years earlier. Some of his theories on agriculture can be found in a speech to the Charlotte County Agricultural Society (MS7/2); and in sections of A Report on Agriculture in New Brunswick by Johnson.

Correspondence, 1838-1869, includes letters to and from Brown, his family, friends, constituents and members of the government. Many contain both personal and political or official matters. For this reason, and because it is useful to use the letters in conjunction with the relevant diary entry, they have been arranged in a straight chronological order.

The number of family letters is relatively small but they do provide a vivid picture of Brown and his family. Most of these letters are from the period of his second marriage to Catherine Cameron.

The correspondence of January - March 1861 contains a number of letters to Brown as Surveyor General and his replies, and provide a glimpse of the variety of issues encountered in that office.

The correspondence of August 1861 - June 1862 covers his trip to Great Britain. Many friends in New Brunswick gave him letters of introduction and asked him to call on relatives in the old country, therefore this section contains a good deal of information which is of genealogical interest.

INVENTORY

MS1 Appointments of James Brown

1 Surveyor General of New Brunswick, 4 December 1854

2 Surveyor General, 14 March 1855

3 Executive Council, 14 March 1855

MS2 Diaries

1 19 January 1813 - 6 January 1816: Describes work on farms in Charlotte County and on his farm at Tower Hill, weather, trips, expenses, January 1813 - April 1815; summary of activities, April 1815 - January 1816

2 23 April 1838 - May 1842: Record of work as supervisor of the Great Road from Fredericton to St. Andrews, including inspections, finances, and general comments on construction of the road.

3 8 July 1844 - 26 December 1844, 1845, 1846: Inspection of schools in Kings and Westmorland Counties and a few in Saint John. Occasional records of school inspections in Charlotte County, 1845, 1846.

4 25 May 1855 - 30 July 1855: Inspection of roads and bridges for the Department of Public Works.

5 3 May 1856 - 6 June 1856 (7 loose sheets): Roads and bridges, Charlotte County.

6 2 November 1856 - 31 December 1857: Trip to New York, re-election to the Legislature, Surveyor Generals' Office, farm, family activities, health.

7 1 January 1858 - 1 January 1859: Trip to New York, re-election to the Legislature, Surveyor General's Office, farm, family activities, health.

8 1 January 1859 - 31 December 1859: Trip to New York, re-election to the Legislature, Surveyor General's Office, farm, family activities, health.

9 1 January 1860 - 1 January 1861: Trip to New York, re-election to the Legislature, Surveyor General's Office, farm, family activities, health.

10 1 January 1861 - 25 December 1862: Trip to New York, re-election to the Legislature, Surveyor General’s Office, farm, family activities, health; Crown Land Office investigation, visit of Prince of Wales, lecture tour of the British Isles as special Immigration Agent, visits to Brown and Cameron relatives in Scotland, and to families of a number of New Brunswick settlers; the International Exhibition in London.

11 27 December 1862 - 25 December 1869: Retirement, family, farm, comments on Confederation and other political topics.

MS3 Correspondence

1 26 April 1839, A.W. Rainsford to James Brown. Financial matters; Public Works.

2 9 February 1940, Margaret Thompson (daughter), St. Stephen, to James Brown. Family news.

3 31 July 1841, George S. Hill, St. Stephen, to Col. Thomas Wyer, St. Andrews. Accuses Brown of spending money meant for the Woodstock road on other roads.

4 3 August 1841, James Falconer, Glamis, Scotland, to James Brown. News of Falconer family and other friends in Scotland.

5 27 September 1841, Josephus Moore, Saint David, to James Brown. Concerning schoolmaster, J. Haverty.

6 14 December 1841, Joshua Knight, Pennfield, to James Brown. Describes his problems with timber leases; political comments.

7 15 January 1842, John Nisbett, St. David, to James Brown. Politics.

8 16 January 1842, D.W. Jack, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Requests support for bill to increase compensation of County Treasurers.

9 16 January 1842, Samuel McCurdy, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Asks help in obtaining government allowance for teaching Madras school.

10 17 January 1842, James Garrett, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Concerning payment for coat.

11 20 January 1842, James Albee, St. Stephen, to James Brown. Asks for support for a petition for a mill privilege on the St. Croix.

12 20 January 1842, James Brown to Samuel Dunham. Concerning a land grant to Dunham; provincial finances.

13 24 January 1842, Patrick Clinch to James Brown. Plans for a newspaper at St. Andrews.

14 25 January 1842, A.W. Smith, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Promises his support in upcoming election; comments on The Standard, St. Andrews.

15 6 February 1842, T.B. Wilson, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Road to St. Stephen.

16 8 February 1842, T.B. Wilson to James Brown. Politics.

17 10 February 1842, G.F. Campbell, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Mail to Robinston, Maine.

18 14 February 1842, Jacob Reed, St. David, to James Brown. Has not received timber licence. 1915 February 1842, James Allanshaw, St. Andrews, to James Brown. State of the Digdequash bridge.

19 15 February 1842, James Allanshaw, St. Andrews, to James Brown. State of the Digdequash bridge

20 7 March 1842, James Ross, St. David, to James Brown. Complains of trespassers on his timber lands; personal.

21 8 March 1842, A. Wedderburn, Saint John, to James Brown. Immigration policy and expenses; personal.

22 14 March 1842, C. Thomson, St. Stephen, to James Brown. With enclosure for George _____(missing).

23 15 March 1842, George MacKay, St. Patrick, to James Brown. Opposed to an English loan and to Lt. Gov. Colebrooke's policies; election issues.

24 17 March 1842, G.M. Porter, St. Stephen, to James Brown. Objection to new regulations for granting timber permits.

25 19 March 1842, Joseph Walton, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Need for economy in government; opposition to Colebrooke's plans.

26 11 January 1843, L.A. Wilmot, Fredericton, to James Brown. Asking support in Legislature; proposed Parish School Law.

27 24 January 1843, Ebenezer Bugbee, Milltown, to James Brown. Would like commission as Justice of the Peace.

28 February 12, 1843, James Brown, Fredericton, to Catherine Brown. Family and personal events.

29 15 February 1843, Joshua Knight, Pennfield, to James Brown. Comments on bills before the Legislature.

30 16 February 1843, J. Wilson, Chamcook, to James Brown. Advocates a bill restricting imprisonment for debt.

31 22 February 1843, James Brown, Fredericton to Catherine Brown. Family and personal events.

32 27 February 1843, Andrew Hay, Tryon, Charlotte County, to James Brown. Asks payment for road work; comments on system of road inspection.

33 13 March 1843, Andrew Hay, Jr., Seymore Township, Upper Canada, to James Brown. Wants help in collecting a note due to him; little work to be had in his area.

34 14 March 1843, James Brown Jr., St. David, to James Brown. Family and neighbourhood news.

35 31 March 1843, James Brown to Tristram Moore. Report on Legislative session.

36 21 June 1843, Thomas Wyer, St. Andrews, to James Brown. General.

37 20 November 1843, L. Rainsford to James Brown. Concerning Smith's petition (bridge repairs).

38 6 January 1844, James McKenzie, St. James, to James Brown. Concerning petition of Flora McKenzie for teaching allowance.

39 29 January 1844, D.W. Jack, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Enclosing petition for increased salary as Country Treasurer.

40 4 February 1844, Samuel Watts, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Asking for copies of the Legislative debates; general.

41 11 February 1844, John Wilson, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Fish bounties.

42 15 February 1844, J. Kay to John Wilson. Returns petition (for bounties on fish) with Deer Island signatures.

43 15 February 1844, C.R. Hathaway, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Comments on current legislation, fish bounties, expense of preventing spread of disease.

44 17 February 1844, Ruth McFarlane, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Enclosing petition for a Pension.

45 21 February 1844, Edward Kelly (or Kelby), St. Stephen, to James Brown. Would like appointment as a Magistrate.

46 22 February 1844, Reverend Skeffington Thomson to James Brown. Recommends appointment of John Grimmer as Justice of the Peace.

47 22 February 1844, James Hill to James Brown; concerning a land petition.

48 22 February 1844, Daniel Sullivan, St. Stephen, to James Brown. Strongly opposes Edward Kelly, tavern keeper, for magistrate; county politics.

49 23 February 1844, Josephus Moore, St. David, to James Brown. Reports on state of the bye roads in the parish.

50 24 February 1844, John Carlyle, Pennfield, to James Brown. Enclosing petition of daughter for teaching allowance.

51 24 February 1844, Josephus Moore, St. David, to James Brown. More on state of the bye roads in the parish; political dangers to his position as Justice of the Peace.

52 26 February 1844, J. Woodward, Saint John, to James Brown. Need to regulate currency.

53 26 February 1844, D.W. Jack, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Comments on legislature session.

54 29 February 1844, G.M. Porter, St. Stephen, to James Brown. Comments on legislative assembly; timber leases.

55 29 February 1844, Amos Hitchings, St. Andrews, to James Brown. On petitions for repair of the Waweig Bridge; preaching in Maine.

56 29 February 1844, James Brown to A. Buntin (copy). Comments on the imprisonment of reporters Hill and Doak by the Legislature, the Bankrupt Act, and a bill for the election of parish officers.

57 1 March 1844, Margaret Brown Thompson to James Brown. Family and neighbourhood news.

58 5 March 1844, William Todd, St. Stephen, to James Brown. Asks information on new legislation affecting mill reserves.

59 7 March 1844, Samuel Watts, Waweig, to James Brown. On repair of Waweig bridge.

60 8 March 1844, James Hill, St. David, to James Brown. Wants an Order of Survey - but not until spring.

61 9 March 1844, Reverend Skeffington Thomson, St. George, to James Brown. Comments on the death of James Allanshaw; appointments to the Council; state of Waweig bridge.

62 10 March 1844, James Brown Jr. to James Brown. Family and farm.

63 12 March 1844, S.V. Thomson, St. Stephen, to James Brown. Political comments.

64 17 March 1844, John Wilson Chamcook, to James Brown. On shipping; duty on Maine timber.

65 18 March 1844, J. Scott, St. James, to James Brown. News of Brown's family, the Foster family and Leonard Scott's visit to "our friends in Ohio”.

66 19 March 1844, Janet Brown, St. David, to James Brown. Family and School.

67 23 March 1844, R.M. Andrews, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Concerning a petition; duty on cordage.

68 27 March 1844, D.D. Morrison, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Political comments; people discouraged by extra import duties.

69 30 March 1844, Albert Foster, St. David, to James Brown. On moving to Aroostook.

70 30 December 1844, Albert Foster, Aroostook, Maine, to James Brown. Description of Aroostook and St. David people living there; finances.

71 1 January 1845, Anson Chandler, Calais, to James Brown. Asks Brown to obtain a grant of land for him.

72 29 January 1845, Josephus Moore, St. David, to James Brown. Concerning a timber licence for Josiah Moore.

73 31 January 1845, John Magill, St. Patrick, to James Brown. Asks government support for building a fulling mill.

74 1 February 1845, James Brown to John McIntosh. Concerning a school teacher, Alex Dunn, in Charlotte County who was really a notorious scoundrel named McFee.

75 4 February 1845, Josephus Moore to James Brown. Politics; return of bonds.

76 8 February 1845, James Brown to James McKenzie. On payment due to Flora McKenzie for teaching.

77 10 February 1845, A. Reade, Fredericton, to James Brown. Note regarding papers on The African School, Saint John.

78 22 February 1845, George MacKay, St. Patrick, to James Brown. Comments on appointment of A. Reade as Provincial Secretary; condition of the Stillwater Bridge; excessive charges by magistrates and other officials.

79 24 February 1845, W.F.W. Owen, Campobello, to James Brown. Supports Mr. Fisher's Petition.

80 28 February 1845, Josephus Moore, St. David, to James Brown. An account of his involvement with the Musquash Mill.

81 10 March 1845, Joseph Walton and R. Walton, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Comments on the Reade affair; politics.

82 27 March 1845, A. Reade to James Brown. Arranging meeting in St. Stephen.

83 9 June 1845, James Boyd, St. Andrews, to James and Mrs. Brown. Invitation to daughter's wedding.

84 26 August 1845, Thomas Wyer, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Politics.

85 19 September 1845, Thomas Wyer to James Brown. Election talk

86 9 July 1846, William End, Bathurst, to James Brown. Politics.

87 24 July 1846, School trustees, St. David, to the Lieutenant-Governor. Recommend back pay for Thomas Haverty, former schoolmaster.

88 26 September 1846, J. Garcelon, Oak Bay, to James Brown. Speculation on the election.

89 4 April 1847, James Brown to Catherine Brown. Family and personal.

90 4 February 1849, The speaker of the Legislature to James Brown. Invitation to dinner.

91 9 December 1849, James Brown to Catherine Brown. Describes work with Professor Johnson on his report on agriculture in New Brunswick.

92 14 December 1849, James Brown to Andrew Brown, a brother in Scotland. Family news.

93 20 March 1850, James Brown to Robert Brown (son). On legislation before the house; personal.

94 20 January 1852, James Brown to Catherine Brown. On arrival in Fredericton.

95 20 November 1854, John Campbell to _______. On Brown's re-election as Surveyor General.

96 20 December 1854, ______ to James Brown (?). Concerning the King's College Commission (incomplete).

97 16 May 1855, James Brown to Catherine Brown. Fredericton activities; personal.

98 27 June 1855, Mark Tracy, Wicklow, Carleton County, to James Brown. Concerning work on roads.

99 9 July 1855, A.H. Gilmor to James Brown. Recommends [D.W.] Jack of Charlotte County for an appointment.

100 8 August 1855, C.L. Hatheway, Maugerville, to James Brown. Report on the Agricultural Society.

101 8 August 1855, P. Clinch, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Offers to print an essay by Brown on opportunities for immigrants in New Brunswick.

102 9 August 1855, P. Clinch to James Brown. Offers to print an essay by Brown on opportunities for immigrants in New Brunswick.

103 16 August 1855, William Durant, Saint John, to James Brown. On Crown Lands advertising.

104 3 September 1855, Rufus Shaw, Wakefield, to James Brown. Agricultural Society report on farms for sale and need for farm labourers.

105 9 October 1855, James Cookson, Kingston, to James Brown. Agricultural Society report on farms for sale and need for farm labourers.

106 22 January 1856, James Brown to Deputy P. Mazerall. Investigation of complaints against Mazerall.

107 13 February 1856, J. Watt and 5 others to James Brown. On state of the bridge over the northeast branch of the Digdequash River.

108 16 February 1856, Mr. and Mrs. Macpherson to James Brown. Invitation.

109 24 February 1856, Anne Brown, St. David, to James Brown. Family and school news.

110 1 March 1856, Alex T. Paul, Secretary of the Charlotte County Agricultural Society to James Brown. Concerning a petition to the Legislature.

111 5 March 1856, O.B. Stevens, Saint John, to James Brown. Concerning a petition to the Legislature.

112 28 March 1856, Walter M. Buck, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Has prepared a large scale map of Grand Manan.

113 4 April 1856, James Brown to the Hon. J.R. Partelow. Enclosing account for expenditures in Parish of St. David.

114 16 April 1856, I.R. Miller to James Brown. Bill.

115 28 April 1856, James McBride, St. Stephen, to James Brown. Wants appointment as Magistrate.

116 20 May 1856, Walter M. Buck, St. Andrews, James Brown to Lieutenant-Governor Manners Sutton (copy). Declines invitation.

117 May 1856, James Brown to Lieutenant-Governor Manners Sutton. Resignation of the Office of Surveyor General.

118 6 November 1856, A.H. Gillmor to James Brown. Personal and political.

119 31 October 1858, James Brown to James Brown Jr. On dangers of intemperance.

120 25 March 1859, James Brown to James Brown Jr. On dangers of intemperance.

121 15 September 1859, James Brown to Catherine Brown. On Scottish gathering in Saint John; personal.

122 18 January 1860, James Brown to Catherine Brown. Describes trip to Fredericton; gives direction to work on farm.

123 4 February 1860, James L. Farley, Glassville, to James Brown. Concerning a petition for additional mill lands.

124 26 August 1860, James Brown to James Brown Jr., family activities; questions about family and farm.

125 9 September 1860, James Brown to William Gillespie, Stepson. On end of Session; Prince of Wales' encounter with Orangemen, in Kingston (Ontario).

126 17 October 1860, L. Donaldson, St. Andrews, to James Brown. On provision for immigrant families.

127 21 November 1860, James Brown to Catherine Brown. Family and finances.

128 24 November 1860, James Brown to Thomas Hastay. Needs further information on his land.

129 24 December 1860, Joseph Wetmore, Richibucto, to James Brown. Asks support for a county appointment.

130 1 January 1861, Charles Walker, Dumbarton, to James Brown. Concerning title of land acquired from an alien.

131 4 January 1861, Walter W. Buck, St. Andrews, to James Brown. On dismissal by London Office from position as engineer and surveyor on the St. Andrews and Quebec Railway; Asks for government work as surveyor.

132 4 January 1861, Thomas Sime, Moncton, to James Brown. Protests survey ordered of lots on the Indian Reserve, including the school lot.

133 5 January 1861, George Boardman, Milltown, to James Brown. On obtaining information and specimens of New Brunswick birds for the Smithsonian Institute.

134 7 January 1861, H.M. Garden, St. Andrews, to James Brown. On his sudden dismissal from the St. Andrews and Quebec Railway.

135 8 January 1861, Hugh Anderson, Sheffield, to James Brown. Concerning trespassers on his timber lands.

136 14 January 1861, John Taylor to James Brown. Comments on local and personal matters.

137 19 January 1861, Edgar Whidden, Calais, to James Brown. Postage bill.

138 21 January 1861, Benjamin Williams, St. George, to James Brown. Asks payment for building bridge and also a return of duties on mill machinery.

139 21 January 1861, Alvin Brockway, Manner Sutton, to James Brown. Asks payment for work on bridge.

140 24 January 1861, Walter W. Buck, St. Andrews, to James Brown. Referring to letter of 4 January 1861.

141 25 January 1861, A.H. Gilmor, St. George, to James Brown. Digdequash bridge and related problems.

142 25 January 1861, John Hagerty, New Canaan, to James Brown. Asking for survey of land; comments on advantages of the railroad.

143 26 January 1861, James Brown to Catherine Brown. Travel to Fredericton; finances.

144 28 January 1861, Z. Chipman, St. Stephen, to James Brown. On A.H. Gillmor's lumbering operations and need for additional lands.

145 28 January 1861, John Livingston, Saint John, to James Brown. Asks that the quantity of Crown Lands advertising given to the Colonial Presbyterian be increased.

146 29 January 1861, James Brown to Messrs. Prescott and Lawrence, Charlotte County. Grants mailed.

147 29 January 1861, G.F Thompson to James Brown. Asking date of council meeting (telegram).

148 30 January 1861, John S. Hay, St. Stephen, to James Brown. Personal; bill enclosed.

149 2 February 1861, James Brown to John and Alexander Morton. Problems with the land survey.

150 2 February 1861, James Brown to Thomas Hastey on cost of land grant in cash or labour.

151 2 February 1861, James Brown to George Ewart. Amount owning on land and various ways of paying.

152 2 February 1861, James Brown to Mr. Peel, St. Stephen. Transfer of grant from John to Alicia Peel.

153 2 February 1861, James Brown to William Wilson. Grant will be ready in about six months.

154 2 February 1861, James Brown to John Fleming. Amount due on grant.

155 2 February 1861, J.E. Moore, Moores Mills, to James Brown. James Love has received his land.

156 2 February 1861, James Brown to Thomas Sime. Reply to letter of 4 January 1861; Survey doesn’t not include school lot.

157 4 February 1861, Thomas E. Smith, and Son, Shediac, to James Brown. On grant to Lauchlin McKinnon.

158 5 February 1861, William Murdock, Saint John, to James Brown. Approves Brown's "Essay on New Brunswick as a Home for Emigrants".

159 5 February 1861, Chipman and Bolton, St. Stephen, to James Brown. Business.

160 5 February 1861, John Stockford, Brighton, to James Brown. Receipt for money paid Stockford and Stephen Craig for building bridge.

161 6 February 1861, James Brown to Benjamin Williams reply to letter of January 21, concerning payment for bridges.

162 6 February 1861, James Robertson, Moncton, to James Brown. Requests for payment for Crown Land advertising in The Westmorland Times.

163 6 February 1861, William Smart, Pleasant Ridge, to James Brown. Concerning land grant for son.

164 7 February 1861, James Brown to Thomas E. Smith on grant to Lauchlin McKinnon.

165 9 February 1861, Francis Hibbard, St. George, to James Brown. Land grant for Martin Boyle.

166 9 February 1861, James Brown to George A. Boardman. Has little knowledge of birds.

167 9 February 1861, James Brown to Edgar Whiddon, Calais. Postage.

168 9 February 1861, James Brown to Hugh Andrew. Comparison of a land lease and land grant.

169 9 February 1861, James Brown to James Robertson. Has certified his accounts for Crown Land advertising and sent them to the Audit Office.

170 9 February 1861, J.J. Fraser to James Brown. Notice of meeting of the Fredericton Society of St. Andrew.

171 10 February 1861, John Taylor, Harvey, to James Brown. Personal; news of Brown's family in Scotland.

172 10 February 1861, John C. Brown, St. David, James Brown. Family.

173 11 February 1861, Thomas E. Smith and Son, Shediac, to James Brown. Concerning payments on McKinnon's land.

174 12 February 1861, James Cassidy, Moncton, to James Brown. Asks help in obtaining position as Customs Officer.

175 12 February 1861, Edgar Whidden, Calais, to James Brown. Received payment for postage.

176 13 February 1861, James Brown to William Smart. Reply to letter January 6, explaining procedure for obtaining grant.

177 14 February 1861, William McLean, Dear Island, to James Brown. Asks pension for Sarah Greenlaw, an old soldier's widow.

178 14 February 1861, Thomas Smith, St. David, to James Brown. Concerning a petition to reimburse his father's estate for expenses in building a bridge.

179 15 February 1861, James Brown to James W. Farley, Glassville. Will lay his petition for mill lands before the government.

180 16 February 1861, James Brown to Archibald McCullam. Supports his application for position of census taker.

181 16 February 1861, James Brown to William McLean. Warrant issued for Sarah Greenlaw's pension.

182 16 February 1861, Thomas O'Kelecher, Saint John, to James Brown. Asks cancellation of grant.

183 16 February 1861, James Brown to J.R. Russell. Has received his certificate of occupation and improvements; none received from Harvey Bishop.

184 18 February 1861, John Carlyle, Pennfield to A.H. Gillmor. Concerning a land grant to the late John Boyd.

185 18 February 1861, W.T. Rose, St. Stephen, to James Brown. Note concerning a petition for the extension of the Saint John - St. Stephen railway.

186 18 February 1861, James Smart, Dumbarton, to James Brown. Please send him copies of the debates of the Assembly.

187 18 February 1861, James Brown to T.E. Brewster, Hillsborough. Has petition from Joseph A. Tingley; no labour returns for David Jr. or Isaac Tingley.

188 19 February 1861, E. McNichol, Saint John, to James Brown. Asks pension for widow of Neil McNichol, Revolutionary soldier.

189 19 February 1861, David Smith, St. David, to James Brown. Concerning land grants in his neighbourhood.

190 19 February 1861, James Brown to C. Watters, Solicitor General. Finance.

191 20 February 1861, Thomas Hastay, St. James, to James Brown. Concerning disputed ownership of land; account of transactions.

192 20 February 1861, Simon Hebert, Edmundston, to James Brown. Asks consideration of petition before the House.

193 20 February 1861, Pollycarp Gallant, Shediac, to James Brown. Concerning land grant.

194 22 February 1861, John P. Ogden, Petersville, to James Brown. Has received grant.

195 22 February 1861, Coburn Burpee, Sheffield, to James Brown. Invitation to a meeting of the Sheffield Division (Temperance Union?).

196 22 February 1861, James Smart, William Smart, Robert Stewart and Joseph Newell, Dumbarton, to James Brown. Asking for a weekly mail service.

197 23 February 1861, Robert Matheson, St. James, to James Brown. Asking for survey of his Land.

198 23 February 1861, James Brown to William Cameron and family, St. George. Personal.

199 26 February 1861, George Maddox, Wicklow, to James Brown. Concerning title of land purchased from Cornelius Gamben.

200 28 February 1861, James Brown to Alvin Brockway. Concerning payment for building bridge. Reply to letter 21 January 1861.

201 1 March 1861, William Smart to James Brown. Concerning the Rollingdam Bridge.

202 2 March 1861, H.M. Garden to James Brown. Asks for position in Crown Land Office.

203 4 March 1861, Dr. Gove, St. Andrews, to James Brown. On railroad finances.

204 4 March 1861, James McBride, Brockway, to James Brown. Asks Brown's help in obtaining a position as emigration agent or other government position.

205 4 March 1861, James Kinderd to James Brown. Wants money for roads and bridges, Queens Ridge.

206 4 March 1861, Magnus Green, Grand Manan, to James Brown. Supporting a petition to remove the post office from Woodward's Cove to Northern Head.

207 4 March 1861, John Taylor, Harvey, to James Brown. Invitation to Brown's to lecture on any subject except universalism.

208 4 March 1861, John Carlyle, Pennfield, to James Brown. Concerning a land petition of James Ellis, 1858.

209 5 March 1861, Cochran Craig, Grand Manan, to James Brown. Opposing petition to remove post office.

210 7 March 1861, J.J. Robinson to James Brown. Notice of Legislative Committee meeting (railroads).

211 8 March 1861, William Elder, St. Stephen, to James Brown. On reported irregularities in the Crown Land Office. Believes in Brown's integrity, but he should make facts public.

212 8 March 1861, Andre Cushing, Saint John, to James Brown. Complains about Crown Land Office procedures.

213 10 March 1861, J.E. Moore, Moore's Mills, to James Brown. Comments on Crown Land Office; his confidence in Brown; outlines new procedures he thinks would solve problems.

214 11 March 1861, James Brown to M.G. McCreedy. Instructs him to open new road to lots of Dennis Buckley and neighbours.

215 11 March 1861, Robert V. Hanson, Maces Bay, to Brown, Gillmor, McAdam, and Chandler. Asking appointment of Robert McLellan as J.P. for Le Preaux; have no parish officers there.

216 12 March 1861, James Robertson, Moncton, to James Brown on Crown Land printing account.

217 16 March 1861, James Brown to James Kindred. Has received letter 4 January 1861.

218 16 March 1861, James Brown to John Carlyle. Status of Kierstead and Stewart grants.

219 16 March 1861, James Brown to S.T. Gove. Reply to letter of 4 March 1861. Railway bill is before the house.

220 16 March 1861, James Brown to James Robertson. Acknowledges receipt of letter.

221 16 March 1861, James Brown to R.V. Hanson. Reply to letter of 11 March 1861. New settlers of Lepreaux not assessed and therefore can't vote in coming election; lower part of parish should elect for them at least a road supervisor and three surveyors.

222 16 March 1861, James Brown to Cochran Craig. Will lay his letter before the house.

223 16 March 16, 1861, James Brown to Magnus Green. Will lay his letter of 4 March 1861, before the house.

224 16 March 1861, James Brown to William Smart. Reply to letter of 1 March 1861, concerning Dumbarton Bridge.

225 18 March 1861, James Brown to Reverend William Elder thanking him for his encouraging letter.

226 19 March 1861, John Walsh, Saint John, to James Brown. Supports appointment of John Bradley as J.P.

227 20 March 1861, Thomas O'Kelecher to James Brown on land transactions of M. O'Kelecher, 1857.

228 20 March 1861, James Brown to John C. Brown, St. David, on investigation of the Crown Land Office.

229 21 March 1861, James Brown to John Earle concerning labour return.

230 25 March 1861, W.H. Steeves to James Brown. Memo of money spent on roads in Charlotte County.

231 25 March 1861, John Y. McConnell, Bailey Settlement, to James Brown. Application for Land.

232 27 March 1861, James A. Hartley to James Brown. Asks payment for work done as Deputy Surveyor.

233 29 March 1861, Alexander Sinclair, Flume Ridge, to James Brown. Sends payment for land.

234 29 March 1861, James Brown to James McBride. No position as immigration agent open. Advises him to keep his job as schoolmaster.

235 30 March 1861, James Brown to Alexander Sinclair. Enquiring as to what land a payment was received for.

236 30 March 1861, James Brown to John Y. McConnell. Land applied for is assigned to Railway.

237 30 March 1861, James Brown to Robert Matheson. Reply to letter of 20 February 1861. Cannot order survey of granted lands. If the parties agree they may hire a deputy surveyor.

238 30 March 1861, James Brown to Thomas Clark, James Cristie, and John E. Ganong, Saint John. Received petition.

239 30 March 1861, James Brown to James A. Hartley. Will lay his letter before the house; detailed statement required.

240 22 August 1861, James Brown, Halifax, Nova Scotia, to James Brown Jr. Description of first stage of his trip to the British Isles as Immigration Agent; Family and farm matters needing attention.

241 30 September 1861, Honorable Samuel L. Tilley to James Brown. Comments on Brown's travel plans and proposed lectures and a copy of said letter by Brown.

242 5 October 1861, James Brown, Forfar, Scotland, to Catherine Brown. On visit to his brothers, Andrew and David at Dundee, Scotland.

243 14 October 1861, James Brown, Glammis, Scotland, to John Taylor, Harvey, New Brunswick. Describes visits to Taylor's family in Draffinn and to his brothers in Dundee.

244 28 October 1861, James Brown, Glasgow, Scotland, to Honorable S.L. Tilley. Report on Lectures.

245 23 November 1861, Honorable Samuel T. Tilley, London, to James Brown. Is pleased with the success of Brown's first lectures; describes his meeting with Gladstone

246 3 December 1861, James Brown, Clommel, Ireland, to Honorable S.L. Tilley, London. Report on lectures in Ireland.

247 16 December 1861, James Brown, Kilkenny, Ireland, to Honorable S.L. Tilley. Please direct mail to Dublin.

248 24 January 1862, James Brown, Edinburgh, Scotland, to Honorable S.L. Tilley. On progress of lecture tour.

249 15 February 1862, Honorable Samuel L. Tilley, Fredericton to James Brown. Directions for lectures. Brown has been appointed to the Committee in charge of the New Brunswick Exhibit in the International Exhibition in London.

250 23 February 1862, James Brown to James Brown Jr. Mail is extremely slow; has not heard from Tilley in three months. Plans for rest of tour.

251 23 February 1862, Arthur H. Gilmor, Fredericton, to James Brown. On the legislature session and friend in Fredericton.

252 3 March 1862, James Brown, Edinburgh, to Honorable S.L. Tilley. Lectures are very successful; please write and send newspapers; funds nearly exhausted.

253 5 March 1862, Richard Wright, Liverpool, to James Brown. Sends last money authorized by Tilley.

254 5 March, 1862, James Duncan, Kirkbuddo, Scotland, to James Brown. Is forwarding mail; Andrew Brown's grandson has died.

255 6 March 1862, Richard Wright, Liverpool, to James Brown. Has received authorization from Mr. Tilley to advance funds as needed.

256 13 March 1862, James Brown, Berwick on Tweed, to John Cudlip, Saint John, New Brunswick, (copy). Thanks him for very useful letters of introduction.

257 19 March 1862, James Brown, Melrose, to James Duncan (copy). Mail arrived; family news.

258 19 March 1862, James Brown, Melrose, to Richard Wright (copy). Received money; will not finish lecture tour in time to be of much help with the exhibition.

259 22 March 1862, James Brown to Editor of the Haddington Courier (copy). Has not received copies of the paper with lecture notices and essay.

260 22 March 1862, James Brown, Galashiels, to Honorable S.L. Tilley (copy - J.C.B.). Apologizes for anxieties of his previous letter. Has received letters and funds; cannot attend opening of Exhibition.

261 22 March 1862, Richard Wright, Liverpool, to James Brown. On International Exhibition in London.

262 23 March 1862, James Brown, Galashiels, to Catherine Brown. On death of her father and grandmother in St. George; travel plans.

263 24 March 1862, Richard Wright, Liverpool, to James Brown. Mr. Thomas Daniel, one of the committee, will organize the New Brunswick Exhibit. How much money was appropriated for the exhibit?

264 24 March 1862, David Croul, Haddington, to James Brown. Newspapers were sent to Edinburgh.

265 26 March 1862, Handysides and Henderson, Glasgow, to James Brown. Ship sailing to Saint John, New Brunswick, in May with emigrants from Fair Isle. Other emigrants can be accommodated.

266 26 March 1862, James Brown to James Duncan. Direct mail to Aberdeen.

267 26 March 1862, James Brown, Edinburgh, to Richard Wright (copy - J.C.B.). Does not know how much was appropriated for the Exhibition, but the New Brunswick exhibit should be respectable.

268 31 March 1862, John MacMillan, Fredericton, to James Brown. News of the New Brunswick legislature. Sends newspapers.

269 2 April 1862, James Brown, Aberdeen, to David Croul. Received papers.

270 4 April 1862, James Brown, Aberdeen, to Handyside and Henderson. Will mention their ship in his lectures.

271 8 April 1862, Handyside and Henderson, Glasgow, to James Brown. Will mention their ship in his lectures.

272 9 April 1862, James Brown, Banff, Scotland, to William Dallas. Has met his brother.

273 13 April 1862, Arthur H. Gilmor, Fredericton, to James Brown. Comments on legislature; falling out of Charlotte County members over molasses tax.

274 14 April 1862, John W. Cudlip, Fredericton, to James Brown. General comments

275 15 April 1862, Captain Charles A. Thompson, Eligin, Scotland, to James Brown. Returns papers left at his home.

276 19 April 1862, James Brown, Montrose, to David Luckie. Thanks for hospitality.

277 19 April 1862, James Hogg, Fredericton, to James Brown. Comments on legislative session, newspapers, and American Civil War.

278 21 April 1862, William Gillespie, St. David, to John C. Brown. Family matters (Also appears in MS4/16).

279 24 April 1862, Honorable Samuel L. Tilley to James Brown. On the death of Mrs. Tilley, the London Exhibition.

280 26 April 1862, Andrew Inches, Fredericton, to James Brown. Comments on Gilmor, Taylor, and Fredericton acquaintances.

281 27 April 1862, James Brown, Dunkeld, to Charles Inches. Returns Bible packed by mistake. Thanks for hospitality.

282 28 April 1862, James Brown, Dunkeld, to John Steven. Lectures in Scotland.

283 29 April 1862, James Duncan, Kirlbuddo, to James Brown. Forwards mail; illness in Andrew Brown's family.

284 2 May 1862, James Brown, Perth, to Richard Wright. Please send £50 to Glasgow.

285 3 May 1862, James Brown, Perth, to John Mann Sr., St. George. On visits to Mann's relatives at Loch Tay and vicinity (McVane, Mann, Dewar, and Cameron).

286 5 May 1862, Fernie Brothers, Liverpool, to James Brown (for Richard Wright). Sending bank order and mail.

287 5 May 1862, James Brown, Glasgow, to James Duncan. Please forward mail to Dumfries.

288 5 May 1862, Alex Taylor, Draffinn, Scotland, to James Brown and John C. Brown. Has received letters from his brothers in New Brunswick; Andrew Brown's grandson is better.

289 5 May 1862, James Brown, Glasgow, to Richard Wright. Has not received money.

290 6 May 1862, James Brown, Glasgow, to Fernie Brothers. Has received bank order and Mail.

291 6 May 1862, James Brown, Glasgow, to postmaster at Perth. Directions for mail.

292 7 May 1862, James Brown, Glasgow, to Robert Shires (copy). List of lectures given, subject covered, evaluation of tour, shipping agents contracted.

293 9 May 1862, Honorable Samuel L. Tilley, Fredericton, to James Brown. Brown should plan to be in London for the Exhibition as soon as possible; thinks lecture tour successful; personal.

294 14 May 1862, Thomas Daniel, London, to James Brown. Must be away in August. Can Brown be in London during that period? Has spent £180 - does not know how much was contemplated.

295 12 May 1862, Thomas Daniel, London, to James Brown. On New Brunswick's display at the International Exhibition. Will Brown write a short account of the province to be printed for distribution?

296 16 May 1862, James Brown, Stranraer, to Thomas Daniel. Will meet Daniel and Richard Wright in Liverpool to discuss Exhibition?

297 16 May 1862, James Brown, Stranraer, to Catherine Brown. Visit to Breadelbane and Loch Tay (Cameron, Mann, and McVane homeplaces); progress on tour.

298 17 May 1862, James Brown to James Duncan. Directions for mail.

299 17 May 1862, James Brown, Stranraer, to Alex Taylor. Comment on a poem by John Taylor of Harvey, New Brunswick. Thanks to the Taylor family for their hospitality.

300 17 May 1862, James Brown, Stranraer, to John McMillan (surveyor general of New Brunswick). Report on tour; description of the Isle of Arran, the McMillan homeplace.

301 17 May 1862, James Brown to Richard Wright. Plans to meet Thomas Daniel and Wright in Liverpool on 24 May 1861.

302 22 May 1862, John Mann, St. George, to James Brown. Hoping he will visit relatives at Breadelbane and Loch Tay especially Miss McVane; family news.

303 26 May 1862, William McClure, Wigtown, to James Brown. Received parcel.

304 27 May 1862, James Brown, Liverpool, to John Bennett, New Brunswick. Thanks him for letter of introduction to friend at Newtconstewart - Very successful lecture and pleasant visit.

305 5 June 1862, James Brown, Grantham, England, to Arthur H. Gillmor (draft copy). Report on tour, evaluation, London visit. Daniel had completed arrangements and Brown was required only to inspect exhibit and go over accounts.

306 14 June 1862, J.B. Hancock, Newark, to James Brown. Book not found in hotel.

307 16 June 1862, James Brown, Doncaster, to Captain John Mowet (St. Andrews). Visit to relatives of Mrs. Mowet (Guthrie, McDowell) at Stranraer, Scotland.

308 18 June 1862, James Brown, York, to Edward Seeyle, New Brunswick. Would be possible to petition Queen for settlement of a Loyalist claim but it would be useless unless claim was definite, well documented, descent proven and claim valuable.

309 N.d., John Mann Sr., St. George, to James Brown. Death of Catherine Brown's father, William Cameron and her Grandmother [Jane] Dewar. Asks Brown to visit Breadelbane (probably enclosed in Gillmor's letter of February 23, 1862).

310 15 February 1863, W. Henry Thompson (grandson), Liverpool, to James Brown, Tower Hill. Has obtained his Masters Certificate and expects to be given command of the ship Squando owned by Messers. DeWolf and Co.

311 26 February 1863, Arthur H. Gillmor, Fredericton, to James Brown. On Legislative session, railway bill.

312 14 March 1863, Mr. and Mrs. S. Barber to James Brown. Invitation.

313 1 August 1863, John Taylor, Harvey, to James Brown. Death of Mrs. Ritchie’s brother in Battle.

314 23 February 1864, A.H. Gillmor, Fredericton, to James Brown. Kinnear and Gillmor settled again in the old quarters; would like Brown to visit them.

315 17 October 1864, G.S. Grimmer, St. Stephen, to James Brown. Concerning certificates relating to the Battalion [Charlotte County Militia, Third Battalion].

316 17 October 1864, James Brown, St. David, to John Bennett. Nature of brownies in Celtic folklore; inspection of local school; defeat in recent election.

317 28 October 1864, Leonard Scott, New York, to James Brown. Discusses publication of his poems; plans to dedicate them to Brown.

318 1 October 1865, James Brown, St. David, to A.H. Gillmor. Description of house and farm; death of two grand-daughters; comments on confederation and railways, a typescript of above.

319 3 January 1866, A.H. Gillmor to James Brown. Arguments against confederation

320 16 January 1866, A.H. Gillmor, Fredericton, to James Brown. Is sorry that Brown has not been well; suggests visit to Fredericton. Illness of Mrs Gillmor.

321 6 February 1866, James Brown, St. David, to A.H. Gillmor. On abusive article by Mr. Livingston in The Telegraph and his reply; personal and family news.

322 4 July 1866, James Brown, St. David, to A.R. McClelan. Received the notice of his appointment as road supervisor and has inspected the roads.

323 4 November 1869, James Brown, St. David, to Asa Coy. Report to Board of Works on Roads.

324 10 September, n.d., The Lieutenant-Governor and Lady Barbry to James Brown. Invitation to dinner.

325 14 March, n.d., H. Hatch to James Brown. Paid Brown's subscription to Charlotte County Agricultural Society.

326 N.d., H. Hatch, St. Andrews, to James Brown. On the Charlotte County Bank.

327 N.d., A.P. Miller to James Brown. Concerning job application of his son-in-law, Mr. McNally.

MS4 Letters of John Carleton Brown, 1861-1862

1 22 August 1861, John C. Brown, Halifax, to sister Annie. Description of trip from St. David to Halifax. Includes draft of said letter.

2 13 October 1861, Janet D. Carter, St. David, to brother, John C. Brown. Family and neighbourhood news. Enclosure: John Mann, St. George, to James Brown. Directions for reaching the Mann homeplace at Loch Tay, Scotland.

3 22 October 1861, John C. Brown, Dundee, to cousin, David Brown, Montrose, Scotland. Thanks for hospitality, report on lecture tour.

4 30 October 1861, John C. Brown, Glasgow, to John E. Moore, Moores Mills, New Brunswick. Description of trip from St. David, New Brunswick to Glasgow.

5 15 November 1861, John C. Brown, Dublin, to Alexander Taylor, Forfarshire, Scotland. Thanks for hospitality; travel news.

6 19 November 1861, John C. Brown. Notes for letter home; Probably incorporated in letter of 24 November 1861.

7 24 November 1861, John C. Brown, Cork, Ireland, to Janet D. Carter (draft). Description of Dublin; Dublin Zoological Garden; the Blarney Stone; the countryside; travel in Ireland; lectures.

8 28 December 1861, John C. Brown, Dundalk, Ireland, to Janet D. Carter (draft). On Christmas in Ireland; visits to Brown family in Montrose, Scotland.

9 9 January 1862, John C. Brown, Belfast, Ireland, to John Gillespie, New Brunswick. On travel; visit to Robert Burn's home.

10 20 January 1862, John C. Brown, Paddington, Scotland, to a brother (draft - incomplete). Description of Dunfermline, Scotland - ruins, churches, grave of Robert Burns.

11 29 January 1862, John C. Brown, Edinburgh, to sister, Sarah Moore (draft). On adventures in Edinburgh.

12 19 February 1862, John C. Brown, Fifeshire, Scotland, to a sister (draft). Descriptions of travel in Scotland; personal.

13 21 February 1862, John C. Brown, Fifeshire, Scotland, to a sister, Annie Brown (draft). Travel and personal.

14 8 March 1862, John C. Brown, St. Andrews, Scotland, to half-brother, William Gillespie (draft). On Dunfermline Abbey and Robert Bruce.

15 9 March 1862, Sarah and Sandy (John A.) Moore, St. David, to John C. Brown. Family news; description of a Charlotte County ‘ruin’.

16 21 April 1862, William Gillespie, St. David, to John C. Brown. Family matters.

17 13-31 May 1862, John C. Brown to Sandy Moore. Rough draft of a letter began on the Isle of Arran and continued in London. Describes travels in Scotland; St. Paul's Cathedral, The House of Commons, and the International Exhibition in London; 28 pages.

18 N.d., miscellaneous notes.

MS5 Family correspondence, after 1870

1 Ansel Brown to James Brown Jr. (father), n.d. (after 1870)

2 24 November 1884, Gillmor Brown to Kate Brown (sister). On her engagement to John K. McKenzie.

3 2 February 1890, Gillmor Brown to Catherine (Brown) McKenzie. On death of their mother, Catherine Brown.

MS6 Petitions

1 N.d., John Wilson and 84, others to Sir William MacBean Colebrooke. Regarding grant of money to build a bridge at Waweig.

2 N.d., James P.A. Phillips to Sir William Colebrooke. Regarding establishing an agricultural Periodical.

3 N.d., Ruth McFarlane to Sir William Colebrooke. Regarding pension as a widow of an old soldier.

4 N.d., John Porter to Sir William Colebrooke. Regarding land in York County.

5 22 January 1842, Dugald Clarke to Sir William Colebrooke. Regarding pension in revolutionary war.

6 3 February 1842, John Wilson to Sir William Colebrooke. Regarding land on South Oromocto River.

7 3 February 1843 John Porter and George M. Porter to Sir William Colebrooke. Praying for refund of money paid as penalty under an act regarding seaman which was disallowed.

8 30 November 1843, Mary C. Foster to Sir William Colebrooke. Asking for payment for teaching school.

9 20 January 1844, William Smith to Sir William Colebrooke. Regarding balance overpaid on 30,000 feet of lumber.

10 23 January 1844, Isabella Coullter to Sir William Colebrooke. Regarding payment for teaching school.

11 29 January 1844, James Gillis and John Grimmer to the Legislative Council. Praying return of money paid under an act relating to seamen which was disallowed.

12 2 February 1844, Alexander Campbell to the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly. Regarding money paid for lease of Crown Land which was forfeit.

13 2 February 1844, Albert Foster to the House of Assembly, and 2 February 1844, Albert Foster to Sir William Colebrooke, regarding bankruptcy.

14 2 February 1844, Marks, John to the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly. Regarding forfeiture of crown lands.

15 6 February 1844, Joseph Read and 26 others to James Brown, M.P.P. Regarding bye-roads, St. David.

16 10 February 1844, Mercy W. Nichol to Sir William Colebrooke and to the House of Assembly. Asking continuance of pension as widow of a revolutionary soldier.

17 17 February 1844, Ruth McFarlane to the Lt. Gov. Colebrooke, the Legislative Council and the Assembly. Asking for a pension as a widow of a soldier of the Revolution.

18 22 February 1844, Tristram Moore and 140, others to the Assembly. Praying for a grant of money to build a bridge over the Waweig River.

19 25 January 1847, Richard McFarlane to the Legislative Council. Regarding renumeration for the loss of a mill reserve.

20 28 December 1848, Thomas Haverty to Lt. Gov. Head. Asking payment for teaching school in 1841.

21 7 February 1850, Thomas Bowser to Lt. Gov. Head. Asking payment for teaching school in St. Stephen.

22 29 February 1856, John Wheaton and 140, others to M.P.P.'s John McAdam, James Boyd, Arthur Hill Gillmor and James Brown. Asking £15 in which to build a stone bridge.

23 26 December 1860, Alex Morton, James A. Morton to Lt. Gov. Manners Sutton. Asking for a survey of land.

24 9 March 1861, Levi Richardson and 98, others to Brown and McAdam. Asking money to build a road in St. James Parish.

25 8 January 1866, Isaac Garcelon to Lt. Gov. Arthur H. Gordon. Concerning money paid for an island in Charlotte County.

MS7 Speeches and notes for speeches

1 25 January 1859, Speech on Robert Burns (incomplete); Mechanics Institute, Saint John.

2 12 February 1862, Lecture on New Brunswick (Immigration); Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland.

3 N.d. (after 1860), Speech on farming; Charlotte County Agricultural Society.

4 N.d., Draft speeches on Education.

5 N.d., Draft speeches on The Broad Scotch Language.

6 N.d., Draft speeches and papers on political topics.

7 N.d., Speech on the Poets.

8 N.d., Draft essays on the Orange Lodges; contains copied portions of reports IX 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5, from the Edinburgh Review, VOL. LXII, A. and C. Black, 1836, 471-522.

MS8 Poems by James Brown

1 "The Deil's Reply to Bobert Burns," 1859, copy by Catherine Brown McKenzie from the original manuscript.

2 "The Deil's Reply to Robert Burns," with an account of its composition by Maxwell Vessey. The Daily Gleaner Fredericton, 1935.

3 "The Deil's Reply to Robert Burns." A slightly different version printed in a Richibucto newspaper, 1898.

4 "Temperance Song," n.d.

5 "The Loyalist of 1783," by Norval, attributed by family to James Brown.

MS9 Documents relating to schools

1 Report on schools by James Brown, 1852.

2 Report on common schools, 1845.

3 Petition of school trustees of Parish of St. David to Court of General Session, Charlotte County, 1826.

4 Return of Charlotte County Grammar School for the year 1844, by D.I. Morrison.

5 Grammar School Classes and Studies with books read since 1 August 1844, [Saint John].

6 Parish of St. David, finances, 1845.

7 Number of Parish schools, by county, n.d.

8 Grammar school arrangements, n.d.

9 Rocklynn Academy, Saint John, New Brunswick, Prospectus, n.d.

10 Note for a newspaper article on the Parish schools by Brown, n.d.

11 Circular to School Teachers, 1845.

MS10 Miscellaneous documents relating to Public Works

1 Specification of a bridge over the Digdequash River in the Parish of Dumbarton, Charlotte, 9 December 1857.

2 Return of moneys expanded on the Great Road from Fredericton to Miramichi by George L. Hatheway, including receipts, 1860.

3 Account of expenditure, repairing wharves on the Saint John River. Report of repairs required, made by James Kennedy, 25 June 1867, 28 October 1867, 2 documents.

4 Warren C. Bull and George W. Hovey and others of Newburgh Settlement, Northampton in reply to W.T. Baird's petition to Atty. General. Regarding stopping up the public road, 31 May to 10 June 1859, 2 documents.

5 Ferguson Rankin, John Mecham and other merchants on the North Shore regarding the government's intention of employing the steamer "Rothsay Castle" on the North Shore run, 22 May 1869.

6 Thomas Leach to Asa Coy on the subsidy the "Rothesay Castle", 16 July 1869, 6 October1869, 2 documents.

MS11 Memorandum of the Executive Council and correspondence relating to dispute with Lt. Gov. Manners Sutton and the resignation of council, 6 May – 2 June 1856.

MS12 Material relating to the Surveyor General's Office

1 Notes on Crown land cases decided by council, 1855.

2 Notes on Crown Land cases decided by Council, 1857.

3 Document concerning land of Michael McGlinchy, Maugerville, 1850, 1851.

4 Surveyor General's railway pass (photocopy of ivory disk).

MS13 Documents relating to the legislature

1 Notes on the address to the Governor General, ca. 1844.

2 Notes on the Legislative Session, 1847.

3 Journal of the House of Assembly, unbound, James Brown copy, 1847. Enclosures: “Report upon the Accounts of the Provincial Treasurer and the Provincial Deputy Treasurers for the Year 1846,” and “Tables shewing the Principal Articles Exported from the Port of Saint John & its Out-Bays, from 1819 to 1845, both years inclusive, The estimated Value, in Pounds Sterling, of the Imports and Exports of New Brunswick, from 1828 to 1845, both years inclusive; and the Numbers and Tonnage of Ships built in the Province, from 1834 to 1845; both years inclusive, complied by M.H. Perley, Government Emigration Agent, January 1847”.

Note: Due to the fragile nature of the original the microfilmed edition of the Journal of the House of Assembly, 1847 was scanned. The content herein included is the same as that of the original. Enclosures found in the original were also scanned and included following those scans made from microfilm.

4 References to Journal and Debates, 1858.

5 Draft of a highway bill, n.d.

MS14 Miscellaneous accounts and receipts

1 Payments to James Brown for Board of Works, 1855, 1858.

2 Travel expenses, 1861.

3 Personal expenses, Charlotte County.

MS15 St. Andrews and Quebec Railway

1 Recommendation that government finish line, 1855, [N. Smart].

2 Specifications for a bridge, St. Stephen Branch railway, 1866.

MS16 Programs, announcements and miscellaneous documents

1 Appeal to the Voters of Charlotte County, 12 December 1842.

2 Appeal to the Voters of Charlotte County, 24 May 1866.