3 copies of a petition prepared by The Antiquarian & Numismatic Society of Montreal and sent to the Mayor and Aldermen, of the City of Montreal on the restoration of the McTavish Tomb and Monument (2 English; 1 French).

This file contains publications, newspaper clippings, notes, correspondence and reports about slavery and the treatment of Indigenous populations, particularly in Australia, Tanganyika, Hong Kong, and more generally in the British Empire. Also includes so

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 and Elizabeth McGillivray.

File contains 3 documents from a variety of sources all displaying the property and surrounding area of James McGill's St. Paul Street, Montreal house.

Correspondence between Ramsay MacDonald and Noel Buxton, with one unaddressed letter from J. Ramsay MacDonald, Charles Trevelyan, Norman Angell, and E.D. Morel.

A copy of Baylis's lecture "Simon McTavish: Merchant, Fur-Trader, Adventurer-Unafraid" and list of photograph for slides illustrating lecture. Lecture was delivered at the Montreal St. James Literary Society on 20th February 1923.

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 estimated cost associated with the restoration of the McTavish monument and plot.

Among the correspondence is also an excerpt from the 20th February 1923 minutes of the St. James Literary Society where it is resolved to submit demands to the Historic Sites Commission to assume the repairs of the McTavish monument and tomb.

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

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), his Last Will and Testament, a 'Condition de mariage' for Simon McTavish and Marguerite Chaboillez, Petition and Act of Tutorship for Marguerite McTavish, and 4 court documents (George Selby vs William McGillivray 1811; George Selby vs William McGillivray et al. 1839; Emily Caton vs Hugh Allen 1861; Hugh Allan vs Emily Caton 1869)

Collection of correspondence, general ledger pages, financial receipts, and contractual agreements in relation to McDonald's involvement in the North-West Company and the North American Fur trade.

Included in the file are two letters addressed to a Mr. A. de Lery MacDonald or McDonald of Montreal (1921-1922). These appear to be legal council in reference to the contractual agreements or land holdings of John McDonald of Garth mentioned in the petitions and contracts also contained in the file.