DATES OF CREATION:
1861-1893, 1951
PHYSICAL EXTENT:
3 cm of textual records. 2 photograph: col. ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
James Dunbar Dixon (1819-1900) was the son of Edward and Mary
(Smith) Dixon, Edward being the son of Charles and Susannah
(Coates) Dixon, Yorkshire settlers who emigrated to Sackville,
New Brunswick in 1772. James D. Dixon married Eunice Black,
daughter of George Black of Dorchester, and lived in the house
he built in 1847 (now 59 Charles St., residence of Dr. John
Murray) on part of the homestead farm of his father and grandfather.
He was appointed Collector of Customs in 1855 and held the
office until 1882. He was treasurer for the Sackville and Westmorland
Agriculture Society and also connected with the Provincial
Board of Agriculture. He took an active interest in agricultural
affairs, and was on several occasions a delegate to select
stock for importation, on one occasion buying in Ontario several
short horn Durhams for the government, and also two for his
own farm. In 1871 he and others were responsible for the agriculture
exhibition held in Sackville, and as a result the exhibition
property was purchased. In 1877 he retired from the farm, leaving
it in the hands of his sons, and erected a smaller house nearer
the town on a portion of his father's property.
Frederic Agtha Dixon (1860-1942) was the youngest
son of James D. Dixon. He attended Mount Allison University,
graduating in 1881 with a B.A. degree. During his years at Mount
Allison he held various offices in the Eurhetorian Society and
was business editor for the Argosy student newspaper. After graduation
he took up farming on the ancestral farm in Sackville, and that
same year married Maggie J. Patterson (Ladies' College 1880-1881),
also of Sackville. By 1887 he was teaching school in Point de
Bute, and later taught at Upper Sackville. In 1895 he accepted
the position of Principal of the Dalhousie Grammar School, Dalhousie,
NB. In 1899 he became the first Principal of the new Sackville
High School.
CUSTODIAL HISTORY:
Fonds had been in the possession of Byron Duffy of Dorchester, New Brunswick
SCOPE AND CONTENTS:
Fonds consists of a ledger containing a record of import duties
collected at the Port of Sackville, Westmorland County, NB,
by James D. Dixon, Collector of Customs, Nov. 4, 1861-Jan.
6, 1868. The ledger also contains F.A. Dixon’s Day Book
and Cash Book, 1887-1892; egg account; fertilizer account;
account of potatoes planted; payments received for insurance,
invoices, cancelled cheques, and letter, 1886-1892; and 2
photographs, 1951.
SOURCE OF TITLE:
Title based on content of the fonds
ACCRUALS:
Not expected
ASSOCIATED MATERIALS:
None known
FINDING AIDS:
Inventory available at repository
IMMEDIATE SOURCE OF ACQUISITION:
Fonds donated by Byron Duffy, Dorchester, NB, and delivered to the Archives by Robert Cunningham, Nov. 5, 1974.
LANGUAGE:
English
LOCATION OF ORIGINALS:
Mount Allison University Archives
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Not available
RELATED RECORDS:
Dixon family records also located in Accessions 6101, 7818, 8743, 8848, and 9909. Register for warehouse storage and delivery acc. 8743/3 contains further information related to the merchandise imported and recorded in 7428
ALL OTHER NOTES:
Microfilm (positive, 1 reel) copy available. Researchers are asked to use copy rather than original
RETRIEVAL NO.:
7428
REPOSITORY:
Mount Allison University Archives
RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS, USE AND REPRODUCTION:
Open for research purposes. Copying and/or publication permitted only with written permission of the Mount Allison University Archives |
