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Financial and legal records

This series consists of business and personal documents created through James Morrison's activities as a trader and merchant, including the management of land that he owned and the running of his household. Other documents created before or after Morrison's life relate to the personal lives of Morrison and his family members or to the sale of land. The documents date from between 18 September 1651 and 25 November 1902, and were created primarily in Montreal, as well as in other locations in Quebec, Ontario, and England.

This series was created and arranged by archivists, with items grouped together into four files based on activity: the purchase and management of land (File 01 - Land ownership documents), personal and business transactions (File 02 - Financial and business documents), participation in political and military spheres (File 03 - Political and military documents), and the accumulation of documentation about Morrison and his family members (File 04 - Biographical material). These documents are primarily legal and financial in nature and include contracts, deeds of ownership, power of attorney, birth and marriage certificates, bills of sale, invoices, accounts. Several of the financial documents in this series include evidence of the trafficking of enslaved Black people, including people who were enslaved by Morrison. Also includes documents containing accounts of political and military events, notes about the genealogy of the family created by Morrison's descendants, and some correspondence concerning land ownership, military concerns, and the division of family estates.

Puppets and theatres

This series consists of a variety of puppets (string puppets, jumping jacks, rod puppets, glove puppets, etc.) and shadow puppets representing many different countries and puppet-making techniques and traditions. It also contains some accompanying materials, including a puppet theatre and accessories for shadow puppet plays.

Financial and legal documents

  • CA RBD MSG 1299-3
  • Series
  • 21 January 1719 - approximately 1912
  • Part of Hall family fonds

This series contains financial and legal documents created by or on behalf of members of the Hall family between approximately 1719 and 1912. The documents in the series were predominately created in Montreal, Hinchinbrooke, and Quebec City, with some documents created in New England. Documents include accounts, receipts and invoices, loans, power of attorney, land surveys, wills, inventories of estates, a marriage contract, and other documents.

Subject Files

This series was originally filed by Mappin almost completely alphabetically by author, topic, or publisher/publication name. The textual material is essentially Mappin’s private antiquarian book collection and contains such items as early printed booklets, pamphlets, broadside sheets, clippings and handwritten notes. The graphic materials in this series are commercial ephemera consisting of receipts, letterheads, and telegraphs, and include some trade and political posters. Sound recordings include 45 rpm recordings of Joël Denis’s song Vas-Y-Cardinal and a speech by Quebec pliticain Jean-Guy Cardinal
The collection is almost entirely Canadiana focused, some of the more prominent file titles include: Bernard Amtmann, Imperial Federation, L'affaire Guibord, Richler, Mappin / Holden Affair, Lionel Groulx, Ignace Bourget, Henri Bourassa, Lawrence Lande, George Étienne Cartier, William Lyon Mackenzie King, the Eastern Townships and Montreal History.

Correspondence

This series contains correspondence between members of the Hall family and their extended family members from approximately 1742 to 1899. Letters were written predominately from New England (especially Philadelphia and Andover), Quebec City, and Montreal. The contents of the letters chiefly concern family news (including deaths and births), with some letters related to business, political and military events, and genealogy.

The correspondence in the series is grouped into a file for each family member represented - usually the creation of the letters, though some files also contain letters they received. There is also a file of correspondence related to family legacies and genealogy, as well as a file of miscellaneous letters, created by senders who were unidentified or who only appeared once in this series. The files in this series are arranged in approximate chronological order.

Other family papers

  • CA RBD MSG 1299-4
  • Series
  • Approximately 1739 - 16 April 1859
  • Part of Hall family fonds

This series contains documents related to the Hall family's public and private life. The documents date from approximately 1739 to 16 April 1859 and were created while members of the Hall family were living in Germany, the United States, and Canada. The documents in the series reflect the Hall family's participation in religious, masonic, and military organizations and includes certificates, official correspondence, a manuscript and a recipe.

The documents in this series were those that did not fit easily into the other series of the fonds. Files in this series are grouped by activity and are arranged in rough chronological order.

Roderick Mackenzie-Masson Collection

Series consists of documents related to the fur trade assembled by Roderick Mackenzie. Included is both business and personal correspondents between Roderick Mackenzie, his sons, business partners, and government officials. A number of letters are also from Roderick's brother Henry McKenzie and relate to the estate of Simon McTavish.

Journals

This series consists of a journal kept by Morrison during two trading journeys from Montreal through the Great Lakes to Toronto, Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac in 1767 and 1769. The journal is a record of Morrison's business transactions conducted during these trips, as well as his day-to-day management of the journey and his team.

The journal was placed in a separate series as it is distinct in form and content from other material in this collection. The journal is a bound volume that contains daily entries with information about weather and travel, as well as accounts, invoices, lists of goods exchanged, and some other notes, including a list of Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) vocabulary. Entries in the journal are in rough chronological order.

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