Contract between Amable Volignie of Maskinonge and outfitter Archibald Norman McLeod, partner, for McTavish, McGillivrays & Co. The voyageur receives an advance of 10 piastres, will receive 20 when leaving. Contract duration is three years. Payment is for 700 livres per annum. Position given as "wintering" milieu. Destination of posts of the Northwest in Upper Canada.
Contract between Pierre Lezotte of Maska and outfitter Archibald Norman McLeod, partner, for McTavish, McGillivrays & Co. The voyageur receives an advance of 8 piastres, will receive 6 when leaving. Contract duration is three years. Payment is for 700 livres per annum. Position given as "wintering" milieu. Destination of posts of the Northwest in Upper Canada.
Contract between Pascal l'Auguste dit Petit, Constant Lonctain, of St. Constant and outfitter Archibald Norman McLeod, partner, for McTavish, McGillivrays & Co. The voyageurs receives an advance of 40 piastres, will receive 25 when leaving. Contract duration is three years. Payment is for 1200 livres per annum. Position given as "wintering" milieu. Destination of posts of the Northwest in Upper Canada.
Contract between Joseph Proux of Sorel and outfitter Archibald Norman McLeod, partner, for McTavish, McGillivrays & Co. The voyageur receives an advance of 15 piastres, will receive 10 when leaving. Contract duration is three years. Payment is for 700 livres per annum. Position given as "wintering" milieu. Destination of posts of the Northwest in Upper Canada.
Contract between Louis La Valle[e] and Joseph La Valle[e], sons of Joseph, of Sorel, and outfitter Archibald Norman McLeod, partner, for McTavish, McGillivrays & Co. The voyageurs receives an advance of 8 piastres, will receive 6 when leaving. Contract duration is three years. Payment is for 700 livres per annum. Position given as "wintering" milieu. Destination of posts of the Northwest in Upper Canada.
Consists of manuscript notebook in limp, hand-cut and sewn leather binding (front cover only). Records in chronological order primarily business expenditures (hides and skins for tanning) covering the years 1852-1856. One entry (in pencil) is dated 1881.
File consists of one manuscript letter from H. Curtis (possibly Herman Curtis) to Stella Curtis, dated 19 September 1898, accompanied by envelope postmarked with the same date from Hartford, Connecticut. The letter writer discusses picking peaches, asks about Erle Curtis and other family members, asks about Stella's school and musical activities, requests her father's address.