Abbreviations used
Date December 29 1888
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Sun
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
Among the most prominent business men in the Province are John L. HARRIS and Christopher P. HARRIS of Moncton (West. Co.) The Messrs. Harris came from an old Annapolis, N.S. family. Their father, the late Michael S. HARRIS was born at Annapolis in 1804, married in 1826 and raised a family of seven children. Shortly after his marriage, the late Mr. Harris removed from Annapolis to St. John and in 1836 he removed to Moncton then known as 'The Bend' and noted to some extent for shipbuilding, but principally as the stopping place for the stage lines which at that time carried the mail and passengers between St. John and Halifax. He engaged in lumbering and shipbuilding, doing as extensive business especially from 1840 to 1862, during which time he sent many cargoes to Europe, frequently going to England with his vessels. He was elected mayor in 1859 and died of paralysis at his home in Moncton in 1866. (see original)