PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF CANADA ARCHIVES PUBLIQUES DU CANADA MANUSCRIPT DIVISION DIVISION DES MANUSCRITS TILLEY, Sir Samuel Leonard MG 27, I D 15 Finding aid no. 366 / Instrument de recherche no 366 Prepared by Marcel Thérien Préparé par Marcel Thérien et and John Kelly of the Public John Kelly de la section des Affairs Section in 1975. archives des affaires publiques en 1975. 11 TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages General Description of Papers .......................iii-v Letterbooks Shelf List ...............................vi Conversion List ...................................... 1 Author Index ......................................... 2- 319 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF PAPERS TILLEY, SIR SAMUEL LEONARD, C.B., K.C.M.G., 1818-1896. Born at Gagetown, Queen's County New Brunswick on 8 May 1818, Tilley was the son of Thomas N. Tilley and the great grandson of Samuel Tilley, an early life resident of Brooklyn New York, and a United Empire Loyalist who settled in New Brunswick at the close of the Revolutionary War. He lived at Gagetown for his first twelve years, and was educated at the county grammar school. In 1830, he went to St. John's and became an apothecary's apprentice. Before going into business on his own account, he entered the employ of Mr. William 0. Smith, a druggist. At age 17, he joined the Young Men's Debating Society, and soon became its most prominent member. He espoused the temperance movement at this time, and was later rewarded when the Sons of Temperance of America elected him Most Worthy Patriarch (their highest position) in 1854, a position he held until 1856. In 1838, he entered into a partnership with Thomas W. Peters under the name "Peters and Tilley, Druggists". It lasted for 17 years until Tilley retired to devote full time to politics. In 1849, he became the foremost member of the New Brunswick Railway League, an organization which was formed for the purpose of building a railway line from St. John to Shediac. The resultant publicity obtained him a seat in the Assembly in June 1850 as representative of the city of St. John. He retired in 1851 due to a split in the Liberal ranks, but was re-elected in 1854 as a member of the Reform Party, and given the Provincial Secretary portfolio in the Fisher administration. In June 1856, he was beaten at the polls on the Prohibitory Liquor Law question, a bill that he had introduced as a private member. The following years saw his return as Provincial Secretary and Leader of the Government, a position he held from June 1857 to March 1865. He attended the Quebec Conference in 1864 as one of the New Brunswick delegates, but this support of Confederation led to his defeat in March 1865. Upon the resignation of the iv succeeding ad oinistration, Tilley was again asked to form a government and subsequently won the 1866 election . Tilley joined the Macdonald Cabinet as Minister of Customs in 1867 . From November 1868 to April 1869, he was Acting Minister of Public Works, and on 22 February 1873 was made Minister of Finance, a position he held until the Government's resignation on 5 November 1873 . He then returned to New Brunswick as Lieutenant-Governor of the province until 11 July 1878 . In 1878 he returned to federal politics, and was elected a s Member of Parliament from St . John . In October 1878, he accepted the position as Minister of Finance, and continued in this position until his retirement in 1885 due to ill-health . He again took the reins as Lieutenant Governor of the province until September 1893 . He was awarded a C .B . (civil) for distinguished colonial services in 1867, and made Knight of the Order of St . Michael and St . George in 1879 . 1 The papers were acquired in 1968 and in 19761 from S . Leonard Tilley of Toronto . Two telegrams and one letter from Sir John A. Macdonald to Tilley were lent to the Public Archives for copying in 1964 by the Bonar Law-Bennett Library of the University of New Brunswick . Photographs, maps and pamphlets were transferred to the appropriate divisions . A Bank of North America five dollar bill (dated 1862) was transferred to the currency collection at the Bank of Canada . Correspondence, 1802-1895 . 7 feet (Vols . 1-21) . Correspondence dealing with New Brunswick politics and Tilley's personal affairs prior to Confederation . Subjects include patronage, New Brunswick economic and political development, the European and North American Railway and the Intercolonial Railway, trade, Confederation, family and business affairs . Only about 6 inches of material concerns the period after Confederation . There is also one file of correspondence with J . Wilkinson concerning the map of New Brunswick (1855-1864) in Volume 21 . The correspondence is arranged chronologically . Letterbooks, 1868-1885. 3 feet (Vols. 22A-34). Seveniof the fifteen letterbooks are indexed. Most of the letters concern routine Departments of Customs and Finance correspondence and patronage. Legal Documents, 1802-1902. 0.5 inch (Vol. 35). Memoranda and petitions, 1854-1890. 2.5 inches (Vol. 35). Financial records, receipts and accounts, 1852-1888. 4 inches (Vol. 36). Printed material, 1858-1892. 4 inches (Vol. 37). The finding aid consist of a nominal index of the correspondence, giving subject and date, a conversion list from the dates of the letters to the volume number and a shelf list for the letterbooks. Researchers using the nominal index of the correspondence must convert the dates of the letters to the volume number before ordering material. .. W I . ^. i"9 *V,"460T I^so-,, - 10 o0wow ; - 14 QtOTtét 1W, 14 Oct0hor IM4 - ° „ 14 f%tobor CONVERSION LIS T Dates Volumes Undated-November 1857 . 1 . 2 December 1857-MaTch 1858 . April 1858-August 1858 . * ' * 3 . 4 September 1858-January 1859 . February 1859-April 1859 . 5 . 6 May 1859-August 1859 . September 1859-FebTuary 1860 . 7 . 8 March 1860-July 1860 . 9 August 1860-ApTil 1861 . 10 May 1861-15 January 1862 . 1 1 January 1862-MaTch 1862 . 16 I . 12 April 1862-July 1862 . 13 August 1862-Janua-ry 1863 . 14 February 1863-June 1863 . is July 1863-December 1863 . 16 January 1864-May 1864 . 17 June 1864-February 1865 . 18 March 1865-15 June 1866 . 19 16 June 1866-May 1867 . 20 June 1867-1880 . 21 1881-1895 . File of Correspondence with John Wilkinson , . 21 . 1855-1864 . 2 AUTHOR INDEX Author Date Subject Anonymous n.d. Vote on Confederation; Support to Mr. Stevens for Tilley as Attorney General Anonymous n.d. Annoyànce at American proceedings; Railway (fragment only) Anonymous n. d. American Civil War (to Beverley Robinson) Anonymous 12/3/1802 Politics; Job request Anonymons 21/10/1815 Job request to Major-General Smyth Anonymous 23/10/1826 Job request to Sir Howard pouglas Anonymous 7/1/1858 Admission fee to Kings College ' Anonymous 27/7/1859 Appointment to Chief Commissioner's position Anonymous 3/8/1859 Retention of Mr.Jardine (Fragment only) Anonymous 12/10/1859 Issuance of copper coins Anonymous 1/3/1860 Timber removal Anonymous 12/3/1860 Job request Anonymous 22/3/1860 Statistical inquiry to John Boyd Anonymous 26/9/1860 Payment for training of Carleton county militia Anonymous 23/1/1862 Subscription to Temperance newspaper 3 Author I Date Subject Anonymous 24/2/1862 Patronage Anonymous 2/6/1862 Sureties for the sheriff of Kent Anonymous 8/7/1862 New Brunswick and Canada Railway and Land Co. (Fragment only) Anonymous (to Mr. Sicotte) 12/9/1862 Railway passes Anonymous 13/11/1862 Dinner invitation Anonymous 19/11/1862 Family news Anonymous 10/2/1863 Opposition to tax on owners of pigs and cows Anonymous Request appointment of warden to D. Wilson 20/6/1863 to protect salmon (extract) 1 Anonymous 14/1/1865 Recommendation of R.W. Crookshank as Auditor General Anonymous 21/1/1865 Recommendation of Wm. Balcom as Magistrate for St. John County Anonymous 8/5/1865 Railways, U.S. - Canadian relations and Confederation (fragment only) Anonymous 18/6/1866 News update (fragment only) Anonymous 8/9/1866 Oscar Wetmore Anonymous April 1867 Recommendation of Claudias Hamilton Abercromby, R.W. [n.d. Invitation for a speech on c. 1864-67] "Confederation of the Provinces" Adams, Josiah & 12/3/1859 High expenses of Carleton Water Nowlands, F.J. Works; GI.H.)Gray Adams, W.H. 20/10/1857 Canadian tariff on gun powder Adams, W.H. 21/5/1858 Dismissal of George McCreedy; St. John election Adams, W.H. 12/3/1859 Tariff increase 7worr z. tar 77rIcarnslenearnollearmamar- - 4. man 1 Des Miegt ktiallte4. Wit 10/11/1215e, *arrant fee the Sink 4 Disabled demen •s Pend Rep% Sea Mate teme reds Mane J.k. 9/81/867 MS bee earns Maas, tft, 1/1/1460 tonkfieldi• request rif ,gs)art. action on Ms aseannts, edgee Wal, ehitse DaeleS odepeds te soya epee Adawse a 27/•1181 Castes daisies en ettesee teepeese; ase ef sward ha Capt“ SS Peters Masse LB. le1/1462 klexamier, _ Wright's a ten agent _ Seed of lexte. -4 4 man * eat llellea Tatiet rates Adees, I" It, 4/811a63 A, 'eighties POD draft Adams. te*eL 14/1/1864 ideallaeldatad ter le; sate Aeetises ifteL sii/14,64 ›te* doe», Lett« Adatese L.t. II/2/11;64 Interealealsi vs Purepean and North Meehan aL1WSTleespnall 'Mee tomato Ad wpi w,tt • 16/eftee4 TzITcT -uuneesem 'es the era eintensten et railways; ear les sou khans, IleS , /was e Su seen: exteunta ofreniffee tree image bedeS se its San Ada -el Ital— 2feilde4 4ditemaking ueseine patent w+s- 100/1#6, Adaxe, glue: Tinges gent In St., Stephens - Ages). t- 24/3/141e tilleYla lecture an "SW Dranfinde et the tureleannee Tuattu.tu ears, Shard U./QS estaS et' teacher's seen S Author Date Subject I Ahearn, Richard 2/10/1863 Petition for teacher's salary Ahearn, Richard 6/1/1864 Letter of thanks Aiton, James 10/12/1857 Request for action Aiton, James 11/12/1857 Sale procedures of land Aiton, James 17/5/1858 Land grant Aiton, James 31/5/1858 Land grant Aiton, James 10/6/1867 Dismissal of F.D.