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House of James and J.K.L. Ross

Folder contains 5 photographs : 1 of the exterior, 1 of the perspective, 1 of the plan, 2 of the elevation ; Folder also contains 2 drawings : 1 of the exterior, 1 ID sheet, and 1 text concerning the house of James and J.K.L. Ross in Montreal

House of David S. Walker

Folder contains 3 photographs : 1 of the plan, 2 of the elevation concerning the house of David S. Walker in Montreal

Dinner menus from the Empress of Britain

6 dinner menus dating from April 8th,1958 to May 3rd, 1961, including a number of "diner au revoir" menus. Each menu depicts a historical figure as follows: Robert Burns; Major-General James Wolfe; William Shakespeare; and John Milton.

Deed of assignment

A deed of assignment prepared for the firm Patterson and Co. (represented in Montreal by William Walker, in Quebec by Samuel Hopkins, and in Liverpool by Andrew Todd Patterson and John Michael Malonek). The deed of assignment transfers the ownership of several plots of land in Montreal and Trois-Rivières (including a lumberyard, house, and windmill), a partially-built ship under construction in Trois-Rivières, a quantity of goods and wares (primarily timber, alcohol, and food), and some furniture and property from William Walker, Samuel Hopkins, Andrew Todd Patterson and John Michael Malonek to their attorneys, James McGill, John Richardson, and William Hallowell on behalf of their creditors. The agreement also includes an allowance for William Walker and Samuel Hopkins, as well as funding for a counting house in Montreal. The original agreement is dated 17 April 1811 and was notarized by Jonathan Abraham Gray and Thomas Barron.

Patterson and Co.’s creditors include McVickar & Stewart (James McVickar and William Stewart of New York, with their attorney John Richardson), McTavish, McGillivray & Co (William McGillivray, William Hallowell, Roderick McKenzie, Angus Shaw, Archibald Norman McLeod), Thomas W. Storrow & Co (Thomas W. Storrow, John C. Brown, Samuel A. Storrow, James Jones), and Lot & Asa Elmore.

A renewal of the contract from 10 March 1812 include new creditors: Douglas Reid & Co, McVickar & Stewart, Broker Darling & Co (by substitution from George Hamilton of Quebec), Alex Allison, Romeo Wotsworth, David David, Richard Seeds & Campbell Graham (power of substitution from Irvin Macnought & Co), Tappan & Sewall, Johnston & McQaid, Fred W. Ermatinger, Anthony Hood & Co., James McGill, John Morrall & Co, Esra Meach, Wright Bourlin & Wright, William Bowdin, and Joseph Hilson.

Additional signatories were added on 5 and 6 October 1812 (notarized by Henry Griffin): James McGill, John Richardson, William Hallowell, Henry Griffin, Thomas Barron, N.P. as well as the following creditors: George Sellers (represented by his attorney G. Garden, by power of substitution from John Salmon) and Thomas Clark (represented by his attorney Robert Frost per power of substitution from Sam. Hopkins).

Further signatories were added on 11 February 1814 and 22 June 1814 (notarized by E.H. Griffin): William Thompson (represented by his attorney Robert Frost, by power of substitution from William Mager), and M.C. Cowilling (attorneys by substitution to George Srymes attorney to the assignees of Carson, Parry & Co).

Barron, Thomas

Visiting list, approximately 1855-1913

This file contains a leather pocketbook with the title "Visiting List" stamped in gold, and tabs dividing the book by letters of the alphabet. Pages are printed with 5 columns: name, residence, receiving day, when made, returned. Pages are filled in with the names of social contacts organized by last name, the person's address, their recieving day and a notation of visits using an X to indicate visits paid and circles to mark visits received, written in Anna Dawson Harrington’s hand. The month of each visits is noted above the X or circle with the month's initial or abbreviation. The majority of the addresses listed are located in Montreal.

Harrington, Anna Dawson, 1851-1917

Photographs [album], approximately 1855-1965

This file contains a photo album with "Photographs" stamped on the cover. The album contains photos of Dawson and Harrington family members, with cottages and landscapes in Métis, family homes in Montreal, and the McGill campus.

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