McGill Library
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Correspondence, 1790-1795
File
1 cm of textual records
This file contains business and personal correspondence between James Morrison and other merchants and family members in Quebec and Ontario, for the period of 1790-1793. Letters primarily concern the trading and price of goods, including sugar, rum, and wheat. They also information related to the construction of a house, as well as political and legal news, and news from Morrison's brother-in-law, Charles LePallieur, who was trying to establish himself as a fur trader. The file also includes a letter that describes a formerly enslaved woman who arrived in Quebec and was working for herself. Letters are arranged in chronological order.
English translations of letters in French are stored together in an envelope at the end of the file.