Abbreviations used
Date November 11 1879
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Daily News
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.
A letter bearing date 4th inst. has been received by a friend here from a former resident of St. John, James G. FORBES, Esq., who is now located in Des Moines, Iowa where he is carrying on a combined business of law, loan and insurance as the successor of Corkery & Forbes