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CA MUA MG1007-04 · Folder · 16 October 1794
Part of James McGill Collection

Deed of sale from James McGill, Esquire, and others to Nicholas Montour, Esquire, of two lots or tracts of ground in the City of Montreal, lately employed as a distillery

McGill, James, 1744-1813
James McGill Collection
CA MUA MG1007 · Collection · 1797-1814

McGill's papers are of both a personal and a business nature. Personal materials consist of almanacs, 1801, 1802, 1812, containing short, dry diary notes; a power of attorney from McGill to Duncan Cameron, 1809; photocopies of two letters to his business associates John Askin and Isaac Todd, 1812; and copies of his will, 1813. His business interests are represented by the journal of the firm of James and Andrew McGill, 1797-1814. Four documents concerning McGill's property and its boundaries, 1798, 1803 are contained in McGill University Administrative Records, Record Group 4, c.437-c.438.

McGill, James, 1744-1813
Notarial documents
CA MUA MG1007-05 · Folder · 17 December 1782-16 August 1799
Part of James McGill Collection

Notarial documents, depositions, etc. concerning the firms of James and Andrew McGill, and Todd, McGill and Company

CA MUA MG1007-06 · Folder · 11 May 1809
Part of James McGill Collection

Handwritten power of attorney given by James McGill to Duncan Cameron. Signed by James McGill and witnessed by Thomas Blackwood and John Grant, Junior.

McGill, James, 1744-1813