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Calendar and transcription
Calendar and transcription
CA RBD MSG 435-16 · File · approximately 1975
Part of James McGill Fonds

File contains a typed copy of correspondence from James McGill to Isaac Todd (17 Oct 1805) and handwritten copies of James McGill's business letters 1802-1807.
Cashbook
Cashbook
CA RBD MSG 435-4 · File · 1809-1817
Part of James McGill Fonds

File contains personal ledger (cashbook) of James McGill from 1809-1817.
Estate business papers 1
Estate business papers 1
CA RBD MSG 435-6 · File · 1815-1834
Part of James McGill Fonds

File contains various financial documents (bills, ledgers, bequeathals, investments) dealing with the estate of James McGill from 1815-1834.
Estate business papers 2
Estate business papers 2
CA RBD MSG 435-7 · File · 1815-1834
Part of James McGill Fonds

File contains various financial documents (inventory, property holdings, receipts, debts, ledgers) dealing with the estate of James McGill from 1815-1834. Additionally, the file includes a letter from James McGill to Thomas Dickson (1810) and 2 different lists of properties belonging to Frank Desrivières (McGill's step-son).
Genealogy of Desrivieres family
Genealogy of Desrivieres family
CA RBD MSG 435-13 · File · 1966
Part of James McGill Fonds

File contains 2 copies of the Desrivières family genealogy (family tree) from 1764 to the 20th century, including a list of sources, prepared by the McGill University Archives.

 McGill University Archives
James McGill Fonds
CA RBD MSG 435 · Fonds · 1776-1975

These McGill papers are entirely concerned with his property and estate. They comprise legal documents and copies of letters (some in McGill's hand) concerning his land holdings on St. Paul St., Montréal, in Stanbridge, and in Detroit. McGill's cash book, 1809-1815, and copy by W.D. Lighthall of a deed of conveyance to McGill of some land formerly occupied by the city fortifications, 1805, are also included, as is a blue-print and sketch by W.D. Lighthall of the site of McGill's St. Paul St. house. Estate papers comprise a probate of McGill's will, copied by Alice Lighthall, and his executor's cash book.

 McGill, James, 1744-1813
Jesuit estates
Jesuit estates
CA RBD MSG 435-1 · File · 1788-1789
Part of James McGill Fonds

File contains 2 items which are copies of legal documents. One is an extract of the creation of the Seigneurie de La Prairie-de-la-Magdeleine. The other is an account written over many month of the transfer of lands and moneys involving James McGill.
Legal documents, St. Paul Street
CA RBD MSG 435-2 · File · 1794-1822
Part of James McGill Fonds

File contains 10 items which are copies of legal documents from the life James McGill. 1 indenture contract between James McGill and Edward William Gray, 1795; 1 indenture contract between Andrew Turner and Alexander Allison, 1817; 5 contracts of the selling of real estate for a property on St. Paul St ., Montreal once owned by McGill (1774-1822); 1 document on the removing of the old wall and fortifications of Montreal; 1 document on the bankruptcy and sale of Hoyle, Henderson and Gibb Co.; 1 document, an obligation of the estate of James Caldwell.
Letterbook
Letterbook
CA RBD MSG 435-3 · File · 1802-1807
Part of James McGill Fonds

File contains a series of outgoing correspondence written by James McGill between 1802-1807. Several documents also feature the signature of Isaac Todd. These letters were sent to, among others:

  • John Askin
  • John Brickwood Jun.
  • John Paterson
  • Ann McGill (sister)
  • Margaret McGill (sister)
  • Isaac Todd