education in Horton. The son of a merchant shipper and mha for Kings County, he prepared himself at an early age for a medical career by becoming an apprentice to Dr

. Brainerd subsequently worked in the iron business and then in the manufacture of blasting powder. In 1867 he joined the Laflin Powder Company, whose president was his father-in-law, Joseph Milton Boies; from

made a member of Blair’s Executive Council. Joseph Edmund Collins*, writing in 1884 in Canada under . . . Lord

BLACK, JOSEPH LAURENCE, businessman and politician; b. 12 Jan. 1829 in

his canoe, Gabe was hailed by the prince, who asked for a ride. Against the remonstrances of equerries and household, Gabe paddled the future king across the river and into the mouth of the Nashwaak