John as their bishop.
During the first half of the 19th century, San Juan
quickly developed into an important commercial and shipbuilding center,
although it suffered from periodic economic crises. receive May 18, 1783. They
also acquired most of the valuable property of the region. Wallace, Laurentian University
Canada's oldest city is Saint John, New Brunswick, enthusiastic Governor Thomas
on May 18 and Carleton on May 15
Colonial
Office accepted reluctantly. D. The ice-free port provided
,
year-round employment, allowing its merchants to monopolize the trade of the
,
inhabitants of the western part of the province. The financial power of Saint John
reached its peak in the 1850s and 1860s when its builders,
bankers, insurance men, merchants, often the same people,
2 mingled with other people from London, Boston and New York. Despite this lack of official encouragement, to say nothing of official obstacles, in the middle of the 19th century Saint John achieved "a prominent role in the Atlantic communication system, reaching in one direction to Liverpool and London, in the other to Boston
and New York ". John was not chosen as the capital of the province, and they were not left with
,
civil, military, and educational institutions,
,
of which went to little Fredericton.
