Archival Collections Catalogue

CA RBD MSG 405
Collection
1816-1888

The collection consists of falls into two series: Papers and Diaries. The Papers primarily reflect Brown's political concerns and activities in Montreal between 1832 and 1838. They include excerpts from the Vindicator newspaper, notes, resolutions, memoranda and speeches, as well as letters to Brown concerning Florida politics and the United States' negotiations with Native peoples, 1841-1843. There are also business documents and letters; essays by Brown on the 1837-1838 Lower Canada Rebellion and the annexation of Canada; and a journal kept during an ocean voyage in 1838.

The Diaries consist of seven notebooks written in pencil, or perhaps more properly dictated, by Brown in 1887-1888. They were transcribed by F. J. Nobbs in 1987.

Brown, Thomas Storrow, 1803-1888

Resolutions

CA RBD MSG 405-1-03
File
1834

Part of Thomas Storrow Brown Collection

Ninety-two Resolutions carried 15th February 1834 protesting attachment to the British Government.

Papineau address at Anti-Coercion meeting

CA RBD MSG 405-1-05
File
15 May 1837

Part of Thomas Storrow Brown Collection

Includes the address of lawyer and Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada Louis Joseph Papineau at an anti-coercion meeting held at St. Laurent, 15 May 1837.

Papers

CA RBD MSG 405-1
Series
1816-1888

Part of Thomas Storrow Brown Collection

The series consists of business and legal documents, correspondence, addresses and memoranda, and newspapers. Many of the legal and business documents are concerned with insolvency cases in Montreal, 1841-1875. While most of the material relates to Brown's political activities and business in Canada, some letters relate to the United States, particularly Florida, and its expulsion of Native peoples. The series includes an index of the Vindicator, 4 Nov. 1836 to 7 Nov. 1837, as well as a journal Brown kept aboard the Mary Frances during a sea voyage in 1838.

Newspapers

CA RBD MSG 405-1-11
File
1841-1888

Part of Thomas Storrow Brown Collection

File consists of 6 newspapers and clippings, including: a cutting from La Patrie, 30 December 1888 (In Memoriam, a biographical sketch of T. S. Brown, by L. J. A. Papineau); The News, St. Augustine, 11 May 1844; The News, St. Augustine, 26 February 1841; Canada First, vol. 1, no. 7, Montreal, 28 January 1882; Canada First, vol. 1, no. 5, Montreal, 14 January 1881; and the Montreal Daily Star, 27 December 1888.

Miscellaneous documents

CA RBD MSG 405-1-12
File
1875, 1886-1887

Part of Thomas Storrow Brown Collection

File consists of four copies of T. S. Brown's coat of arms, three blank cheques on Banque du Peuple, a programme of entertainments in Victoria Rink for the 1886-1887 season, a sale catalogue of T. S. Brown's household furniture, 20 April 1875 (with original and duplicate), and a genealogy of Hughes of Gwerclas.