Bishop John Strachan consecrated St. John's church in 1843. Finances were a problem throughout the building of the church, as pew revenues fell short of expectations and members of the congregation did not offer regular support. As a result, several efforts were made to seek financial assistance from England, Ireland and various Christian societies.
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Fonds consists of a photocopy of a circular letter issued by Charles T. Wade, rector and missionary, to raise funds in England to pay off the debt incurred in the building of the first stone church in the mission of Peterborough.
Fonds consist of letters written to Phillpotts from Bishops John Inglis, G.J. Mountain and John Strachan and one from Phillpotts to Mountain concerning the clergy reserves.
The Rev. John Stuart (1740-1811) was born in Paxton Township, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He received his BA from the College of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania) in 1763, his MA in 1770, and was ordained deacon and priest in 1770. He was appointed minister of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel at Fort Hunter, New York the same year. Stuart spent four years in Montreal as chaplain in the 2nd battalion of the King's Royal Regiment of New York during the American Revolution, travelling as far as Niagara on the Lake, Ontario to minister to loyalist settlers. He ministered to the Bay of Quinte Indians and the Six Nations settlement on the Grand River in 1785 and was appointed chaplain of the Legislative Council by Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe in 1792.
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Fonds consists of correspondence and a copy of John Stuart's will.
File consists of hand-written extracts from the diary kept by Mr. & Mrs. Thompson who looked after Eliza Julia and Caroline Smith from 1839 to 1861, after their father died. The girls' mother lived in Montreal with two other children.
File consists of a Mountain family correspondence. Includes Jehoshaphat Mountain, Salter Jehoshaphat Mountain, Jacob Mountain, Mary Mountain, George Jehoshaphat Mountain, Harriett Mountain, Jacob Jehoshaphat Salter Mountain, Anne Gipen, Mary Anne Mountain, Armine Wale Mountain, Edward Gilpin, etc.