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Petition to mayor regarding the McTavish Tomb
Part of Samuel Mathewson Baylis Fonds
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).
Research notes on Simon McTavish
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, legends of haunting), legal battles over estate, interview notes with Miss Reid-Taylor, drawings of property lines, and important dates for the McTavish children. There are typed transcription of a lease agreement, Elizabeth McGillivray's 1863 deposition, and the funeral notice for Simon McTavish (1804).
Correspondence 1921-1931 concerning Simon McTavish; official copies of legal documents including estate inventories, lawsuits over the McTavish estate, and Simon McTavish’s will; notes for Baylis’ study of McTavish; numerous petitions and newspaper clippings on the state of the McTavish monument and tomb (Peel St., Montreal), and a typescript of his text concerning Simon McTavish. Also two letters from Ignatius Donnelly, 1899, and a letter 1895, from J. Middleton to John Doyle about 19th century gardening in Montreal and the funeral of Judge James Reid.
Baylis, Samuel Mathewson, 1845-1941