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Rental agreement for orchard and meadow, 1 May 1780

Document laying out conditions under which Mr Walker will rent Mr Morrison's orchard and meadow for a year. The land was to be rent for 40 pounds per year and Morrison was to be compensated for work already conducted on the property with a portion of the land's produce.

Receipt for delivery of bell, 13 February 1786

Note requesting delivery of bell belonging to the government to Capt. Barnes Depty Qaur. Mas. General, left in the care of James Morrison by Jane Richardson. Receipt of bell signed on verso by Barnes.

Power of attorney, 12 September 1771

Power of attorney endowing James Morrison with the right to collect debts owed to Thomas Woder (also spelled Wooder in this document) and John Blake, as well as to Holmes & Morrison. Woder and Blake sign the document as trustees of the estate of Holmes & Morrison.

Blake, John

Political and military documents, 1775-1865

This file contains documents related to military and political issues dating from between roughly 1775 and 1850. Includes an account of a battle in Montreal during the American Revolution, an affidavit about a political rumour, a certificate of service for a former soldier, and a memo about an inspection of a ship by the British Navy.

Permission to pass, 17 July 1769

Document created by Beamsly Gleazier, Commandant of Michilimackinac, granting safe passage to James Morrison and his crew of five men who were travelling by canoe from Michilimackinac to Montreal with a cargo of "peltry." Crew members listed are Jacques St. Andre, Louis Mayenar, Grand Masson, Jean Veine and a guide named LaClerc.

Notes about estate

Notes about the division of the estates of James Morrison and Mrs James Morrison.

Note about estate of Charles Leonard Lepallieur

A note with information about the division of Ch Leonard Lepailleur [Lepallieur]'s estate among his siblings Marguerite, Archange, George, and Michel Maurice, nieces Charlotte Hall and Harriet Ann Hall, and great niece Harriet Ann Vennor.

Note about burials

A note with lot numbers of burial plots, with the names and burial dates of members of the Hall, Morrison, and Symes families. Includes marginal note in pencil identifying Charlotte Hall and John Hall as the writer's great-grandparents.

Morrison genealogy

A document recording the date of James Morrison and Susan Lepallieur's marriage, with dates of birth, baptism, and in some cases death for each of their children. Includes Susan, Nance, Charles James, Samuel, Charlotte, Polly, Catherine, and Harriet.

Memo about the ship Zebra, 17 August 1865

Memo about the approval of the Lords Commissioners of the [British] Admiralty following a positive report on an inspection of the H.M.S. sloop Zebra, under the command of Charles Gowan Lindsay, that was conducted in Sierra Leone on 10 April 1865. Memo includes a short note of congratulations from A.P. Eardley Wilmot, Commodore Commanding. Written from aboard the Rattlesnake at Ascension, an Island garrison of the British Admiralty in the Atlantic Ocean.

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