Title and statement of responsibility area: Josiah Black fonds

Date(s) of creation: 1816-1860

Physical description area: 3 cm of textual records

Biographical sketch: Josiah Black was born in 1795. He was the son of Thomas Stocks Black, who immigrated to Nova Scotia in 1775, and grandson of William Black. Josiah settled on a portion of his father's land in Amherst, married Hannah Embree and later became involved in the timber trade. Hannah and Josiah had nine children, including Thomas Reuben Black who served in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and later became a senator. Josiah died in 1887.

Scope and content: Fonds consists of one lesson book used by Josiah Black for math and accounting exercises, Black's daybook for the sale of timber and agricultural goods (1830-1860), and a waste book reused by Black to record the receipt of monies due to him.

Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of fonds.

Associated material: Black family information in archives reference collection.

Retrieval Code: RG 1 Black, Josiah 81-2-165

Provenance: Black, Josiah, 1795-1887

Topical: Black, Josiah, Amherst