File consists of architectural drawings for urban housing (basement, 3 floors, 2-1 bedroom apartments, 7-2 bedroom apartments, 7-3 bedroom apartments, 2-4 bedroom apartments; brick; composite), including:
4 presentation drawings: bird's-eye view, block plan, plans, elevations
10 development drawings: floor plans, roof plan, elevations, sections
7 working drawings: floor plans, roof plan, elevations, sections

File consists of architectural drawings for urban housing, including:
3 presentation drawings: block plans, X block housing elevation
14 development drawings: road schemes, block layouts, subdivisions of land, floor plans, elevations, perspectives
1 detail drawing: structure

File consists of architectural drawings for urban housing, including 1 presentation drawing (block plan) and 8 development drawings (legend, key map, city maps and planning).

Autograph document signed from Henry Griffin possibly to Roderick Mackenzie. Consists of a circular letter regarding the establishment of a society to improve local agriculture.

File contains court documents relating to the vacant estate of the late Simon McTavish (File 2).

File contains court documents relating to the vacant estate of the late Simon McTavish (File 4).

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.

File includes a letter addressed to Mackenzie, Oldham & Co. from Parker, Gerrard, Ogilvy & Co., ordering three to four hundred quintals of biscuit to be delivered at the End of the Island.

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.