Abbreviations used
Date January 4 1866
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.
On New Year's Day, the young men belonging to the Cathedral Choir presented Prof. COLEMAN a handsome walking cane. (signed) Geo. McSORLEY, John C. FERGUSON, P. McARDLE, Nicholas MURPHY, James GUTHRIE, Jno. O'CONNOR, James W. McSORLEY, Timothy McCARTHY, Jr., James BARRY, Thomas KELLY. (Henry S. COLEMAN, Esq. was Director of Cathedral Choir)