James Jones Journal
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- Main Entry
- Jones, James, 1787-1879.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 7 p.
- Dates
- 1841-1863. -- Transcribed 1923
- Fonds Number
- 104
- Fonds
- James Jones fonds
- Material Type
- Multiple media
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 7 p.
- Dates
- 1841-1863. -- Transcribed 1923
- Administrative / Biographical History
- Born in London, England, James Jones (1787-1879) came to Canada in 1841 as an S.P.G. missionary. He was ordained deacon in 1842 and served at St. James Church, Bedford, Que., 1842-1863 and was involved in the building of the Parsonages at Bedford, West Farnham and East Stanbridge.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a carbon copy of a typescript of excerpts taken from Rev. Jones' journal. In his journal, he discusses his daily life and activities, efforts in raising money, church building at Bedford, West Farnham and East Stanbridge, and his travels.
- Associated Material
- See also entry under this heading in the classified catalogue.
- Main Entry
- Jones, James, 1787-1879.
- Accession Number
- M52-1
- Custodial History
- In 1923, James Edmund Jones typed excerpts of which a carbon copy was donated by F.L. Whitley, 1952.
- Originals and Reproductions
- This excerpt was published in Montreal Churchman, Sept. 1927, vol. XV, no. 11, p. 10-11.