Background
In 1884, following the death of his father, Jack took over the family insurance business and also inherited his father"s position as Spanish vice-consul.
In 1884, following the death of his father, Jack took over the family insurance business and also inherited his father"s position as Spanish vice-consul.
Jack attended the Saint John Grammar School, graduating in 1881.
Jack"s family were loyalists who settled in New Brunswick. In 1883 he published his Centennial prize essay on the history of the city and county of Saint, which was greatly acclaimed. In the decade which followed he served his city on the Common Council as well as the Board of School Trustees.
From 1901 until 1908 Jack published Acadiensis, a quarterly journal of the history of the Maritime provinces.
Jack also contributed to the Montreal Daily Star, the University Magazine (Montreal) and the Queen"s Quarterly (Kingston). Jack accumulated an excellent collection of historical documents related to the Maritimes.
Many of these were donated to the city library. Jack died in 1913 at a sanatorium in New York where he was being treated for heart disease.