He emigrated to New Brunswick in 1808 and eventually settled at Tower Hill, Charlotte County, where he purchased land and engaged in farming. He was first elected to the House of Assembly of New Brunswick at the general election of June 1830, as one of the members from Charlotte County. Electoral defeat in 1861 and 1864 led to his retirement from public life. James Brown died in 1870 at Tower Hill, Charlotte County. See also Stuart Scrapbook, no. 9, MG H25, for extensive biography of James Brown.
Arrangement is chronological.
Title is based on name of creator. Material received from William Cameron in 1968. Additional correspondence to and from James Brown is found in the Lilian Maxwell Collection, MG H9. This material was borrowed from the Brown family by Mrs. Maxwell for her book, How New Brunswick Grew , Sackville, N.B., The Tribune Press, 1943. MacFarlane, Ruth Petition to Sir William Colebrook re pensions for widows of the Revolutionary soldiers n.d.