File include a copy of a letter from McTavish, Frobisher & Co. to Alexander Fraser of the North West Company. Letter regarding the posts below Quebec lately added to the Company; intended adventure of Capt. Richards to Hudson's Bay; Angus Shaw's appointment be sufficient had he only the King's posts; Mr. Grant refuses to give up the lease at Mingan; insisting that Alex. Fraser maintain the King's posts one more year before returning to the North West; Angus Shaw to go across the country by Lac Mistassini & meet the vessel at Hudson's Bay & Co.

Consists of a statement from the Keerper of the Common Gaol of Montreal presented to the Grand Jury of the Court of Oyer & Terminer for the District of Montreal, 1821. The statement declares that the prison under itscurrent configuration is inadequate for the increasing number of prisoners that have been lodged therein rendering it almost impossible to separate different classes of prisoners. The Keeper, Peter Holt, requests that the lower part of the prison ought to be restored to its original use and reunited to the Common Gaol to create more space for prisoners.

This file consists of a bound volume containing notes, sketches and diagrams, some from a trip to Halifax and the surrounding area, and others from excursions around Montreal.