Journal, 1846-1855 of a merchant in or near the Brick Meetinghouse in Cecil County, Maryland. The front page reads "Journal, G and N, Brick Meeting House." The Brick Meeting House in Cecil County was a Quaker church building and the connection to the entries in this volume has not been established.

It seems like over time the journal was used for different purposes. The larger part is an account book for a trading and shipping business. Accounts are for sundries, wine, food items, the Pennsylvania life insurance, shipments to other cities, like New Orleans, Boston and New York, often for considerable amounts of money. Some of the entries were made by William Caldwell, and John M. Griffith. Some of the family names mentioned are Kirk, Dawson, White, Pierson, Williams, Griffith, and Askew.

The later part contains accounts of a smaller business and records payments made to day laborers.

Also included is a poem by John M. Griffith "The Beggar's Petition"; several pages of handwriting practice consisting of one line phrases or sayings that are repeated several times over; and the Democratic Ticket to an undated election.