Economic Development - ETRC

Classification System P069
P069/001 Miller Brothers Ledger (1858-1859)
P069/002 James Miller & co. Publicity
P069/003 Wilfrid Laurier Correspondence (1902,1908)
P069/004 Financial Statement (1892)
James Miller
P069
James Miller fonds. - 1858-1908. - 0.03 m of textual records.
Biographical sketch:
James Miller was born in Richmond on 24 May 1834. He married Mary Selina Reid in Melbourne on 21 September 1860. They had
two children. He spent almost all his life in Ulverton in the Township of Durham. From the end of the 1850s to the 1890s, James Miller
was a storekeeper, probably associated with his two brothers, Robert (1832) and William Scott (1835). In 1910, he was postmaster in
Ulverton.
Scope and content:
The fonds contains source material on the commercial activities of James Miller at the beginning and at the end of his career. Moreover,
it gives insight into his friendship with Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The fonds consists of the
following series: Miller Brothers Ledger (1858-1859), James Miller & Co. Publicity (1899), Wilfrid Laurier Correspondence (1902,
1908), and Financial Statement (1892).
Notes:
Title based on contents of fonds.
A document affected by mould was kept within the fonds until processing (1994). That document, not related to James Miller, was
transferred to the ET Collection. The documents which remain in the fonds have not been treated.
The fonds was donated in 1978 by W.H. Cripps of North Hatley.
The documents are in English.
P069/001
Miller Brothers Ledger. - 1858-1859. - 0.04 m of textual records.
Scope and content:
The series contains source material on the business of the Miller Brothers and James Miller in Ulverton from 1858 to 1859. It
contains information on customer information, finances, and products It contains a ledger from the Miller Brothers.
Notes:
Title is based on contents of file.
The documents are in English.
P069/002
James Miller & Co. Publicity. - 1899. - 1 textual record.
Scope and content:
The series contains source material on James Miller & Co. in Ulverton from 1899. It contains an advertisement for the store
notifying of a dissolution of partnership and the resulting sales in the store.
Notes:
Title is based on contents of series.
The document is in English.
P069/003
Wilfrid Laurier Correspondence. - 1902, 1908. - 2 textual records.
Scope and content:
The series contains correspondence addressed to James Miller from Wilfrid Laurier from 1902 and 1908. The correspondence
concerns Laurier’s response to Miller’s request that Laurier help him out with his brother if he is able and the other letter notes
Laurier’s receipt of another letter from Miller and his well wishes for Miller.
Advertisement for store closing sales, James Miller fonds P069/002
Notes:
Title is based on contents of series.
The documents are in English.
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