Abbreviations used
Date April 23 1864
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Morning Freeman
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.
At a meeting at Daniel BRIDGO's house in the City of Saint John on 20th April - It was moved and unanimously carried that We, as Boarding House Masters of the City of Saint John, shall not ship any men on board of any ship or vessel leaving the port, or any bye port in this Province, until we receive the amount of their advance in our hands ... (see original) (signed) John COLSTON, Walter CODY, Richard THOMAS Michael MAY, William McFADDEN, James DEVINE, Philip MOORE, John BURGOYNE, Daniel BRIDGO, Patrick FOLEY, John BARTLETT, John GEORGE, Patrick FALVEY, Peter BURNS, Francis WILLIAMS, Peter TALTY, Charles STEVENS, James KEMP, John MURRAY, Richard DOLLIVER, John McCAFFERY, Thomas CARROL, Henry KIEVENER, William FREEMAN, John McPARTLAND, John COLLINS, William FURLONG, Thomas BROPHY, Wm LAMBERT, James COSTIGAN, B. CUNNINGHAM - Patrick FALVEY, Chairman; M. COVENY, Secretary, St. John, 21st April 1864.