M

Miquelon or 1000

M/Ads society*

Society of Merchant Adventurers, London and Bristol, England macbraire essay An aspect of Newfoundland history; James MacBraire, merchant and pioneer, 1795-1840. John W. McGrath (St. John's, 1970)

Mack Lee BK

John Munn Co. Collection. Harbour Grace Customs Records, 1776-1917

mad

Madeira, Portugal

made (for) free

foreign ships which had been made free due to being stranded or wrecked on the coasts of Britain, repaired or rebuilt and bought by British subjects, were often allowed to enter the British plantation trade. The vessel became free if it was proven that the costs of repairs were great enough to be more British than foreign

Major 235

Major, author (page 235, book unknown)

mal

Marlborough, Devon, England

mal

Malcolm

malaga

Malaga, Spain

malborugh

Marlborough, Devon, England

manswood

Manswood, Dorset, England

mar

March

marg

Margaret

marlboro

Marlborough, Wiltshire, England

marldon

Marldon, Devon, England

marldon

Marldon, Devon Parish Records, England

malta

Malta (Maltese Islands)

Marseilles

Marseille, France

martin

Martin, England (many towns with that name)

Marwood

Marwood, Devon, England

Marychurch

Marychurch, Devon, England

Marychurch

Marychurch, Devon Parish Records, England

matanzas

Matanzas, Cuba

mat

Matthew

Mathews*

"Poole and Newfoundland," Poole and Parkstone Standard. F.W. Mathews (April, 1936)

may

May

mcht

merchant

md/med

Mediterranean

mechanics soc

St. John's Mechanics Society, established in 1827, a fraternal order, which provided assistance to the families of injured or dead members

Melbury abbas

Melbury Abbas, Dorset, England

Melbury abbas

Melbury Abbas, Dorset Parish Records, England

Merc Journ

Mercury Journal (c. 1827)

merc gaz*

Shipping and Mercantile Gazette and Lloyd's List (newspaper, London, England)

merc list

Mercantile Navy List (Annual Register of British Registered Ships)

messina

Messina, Sicily, Italy

mich

Michael

Miles reg*

Political Register. William A. Miles (London, 1779)

milfd/milford

Milford, Devon, England

milfd/milford

Milford, Devon Parish Records, England

Millbanke

Newfoundland. Governor. Milbanke, Mark, 1789-1791

mirimichi

Miramichi, New Brunswick

mirim merc

Miramichi Mercury (newspaper, Miramichi, New Brunswick)

mirror*

The Mirror (newspaper, London, England)

misc

miscellaneous

mkt

market

Modbury

Modbury, Devon, England

montevideo

Montevideo, Uruguay

moody

John Moody (c. 1677-1736), Newfoundland Military Commander. In charge of the St. John's garrison from 1704-1713, when he was appointed deputy-governor of Placentia, where he remained until 1717 when he returned to England

morlaix

Morlaix, France

morn chron*

Morning Chronicle (newspaper, St. John's, Newfoundland)

mosdell*

"When was That. A Chronological Dictionary of Important Events in Newfoundland Down to and including the year 1922." H.M. Mosdell, M.B. (1923)

Mosquito

Mosquito (present day Bristol's Hope), Conception Bay, Newfoundland

motherbank

Mother Bank, Isle of Wight, England

mounts bay

Mounts Bay, Cornwall, England

mp

Member of Parliament

MRSS

Messiers

Munn

Punton and Munn, merchants, came to Harbour Grace, Conception Bay, Newfoundland in 1833, purchasing the premises of Danson and Company

Munn Bk

John Munn Letter Book, Merchant, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland

Muster Rolls (see Adm 36)*

Great Britain. Admiralty. Adm 36, Vol. #. Ships Musters, Series I, 1688-1808 (Muster Rolls of British Warships)