Correspondence

• CA RBD MSG 399-1
• File
• 1895; 1899

Part of Samuel Mathewson Baylis Fonds

3 letters; 1 envelop; 1 money order receiptLetters: one sent by a J. Middleton to a Mr. John Doyle Esq. (including the envelop) and two incoming from a Mr. Ignatius Donnelly.The letter from Middleton to Doyle outlines Middleton's move to Mont...

Copies of legal documents regarding McTavish Estate

• CA RBD MSG 399-10
• File
• 1921-1922

Part of Samuel Mathewson Baylis Fonds

Copies of legal documents from the life of Simon McTavish and his family including his Real and Personal Estate (including values) and bequeaths (52 pages), Inventory of his Estates, death certificates of his 4 children (Chiswick, London, England)...

Research notes on Simon McTavish

• CA RBD MSG 399-11
• File
• approximately 1922

Part of Samuel Mathewson Baylis Fonds

A mix of handwritten and typed notes, interview transcripts, and drawings produced by Baylis to accompany his research on McTavish. Includes notes on Simon McTavish funeral and burial, the McTavish monument and tomb, the McTavish house (cost, lege...

Newspaper clippings on McTavish monument and tomb

• CA RBD MSG 399-12
• File
• 1923-1941

Part of Samuel Mathewson Baylis Fonds

13 news clippings prominently from the Montreal Gazette and on the neglect and call for restoration of the McTavish monument and tomb.

Correspondence on Simon McTavish

• CA RBD MSG 399-2
• File
• 1921

Part of Samuel Mathewson Baylis Fonds

Various outgoing and incoming correspondence mostly asking for information for research on Simon McTavish. Included is correspondence with the Public Archives of Canada and copies of 5 documents about the intended purchase of the McTavish grounds ...

Correspondence and notes on the life of Simon McTavish

• CA RBD MSG 399-3
• File
• 1922

Part of Samuel Mathewson Baylis Fonds

Various cards, letter, diagrams, and notes on the life of Simon McTavish and his family as received by Baylis from multiple incoming correspondence. A sizable amount of communication with Chiswick Parish Church Vicar, Rev. E. P. Gough, including a...

Letters and postcards on life of Simon McTavish

• CA RBD MSG 399-4
• File
• 1923

Part of Samuel Mathewson Baylis Fonds

Letters and post cards comprising incoming and outgoing correspondence with Baylis covering such topics as Baylis's lecture at the Montreal St. James Literary Society on the topic of Simon McTavish (20th February 1923) and pleads for and esti...

Correspondence on McTavish tomb

• CA RBD MSG 399-5
• File
• 1924-1927

Part of Samuel Mathewson Baylis Fonds

A sizable amount of incoming and outgoing correspondence between Baylis and a variety of associates and organizations mostly on the subjects of restoring the McTavish monument and tomb and restoring the burial site of Hon. Chief Justice James Reid...

Correspondence on restoration of McTavish tomb

• CA RBD MSG 399-6
• File
• 1928-1931

Part of Samuel Mathewson Baylis Fonds

11 incoming and outgoing correspondence (handwritten or typed) between Baylis and a variety of associates and organizations on the restoration of the McTavish monument and tomb at the head of Peel Street, Montreal. There is also a brief back and f...

Draft of lecture on Simon McTavish

• CA RBD MSG 399-7
• File
• approximately 1923

Part of Samuel Mathewson Baylis Fonds

Handwritten notes and 22 page draft manuscript for Baylis's 1923 lecture "Simon McTavish: Merchant, Fur-Trader, Adventurer-Unafraid."