Letter from Sir James Monk to Simon McTavish, 21 March 1792
- CA RBD MSG 431-01
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- 21 March 1792
Part of Simon McTavish Papers
Manuscript letter to McTavish signed J. Monk, dated Soho, 21 Mar. 1792.
Monk, James, Sir, 1745?-1826
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Letter from Sir James Monk to Simon McTavish, 21 March 1792
Part of Simon McTavish Papers
Manuscript letter to McTavish signed J. Monk, dated Soho, 21 Mar. 1792.
Monk, James, Sir, 1745?-1826
Letter from T. S. Brown to Mary Ann Brown
Part of Thomas Storrow Brown Collection
Letter to Mary Ann W. Brown, Bolton, from T. S. Brown, Woodstock, 17 July 1816.
Letter from Brickwood, Pattle, & Co. to William Grant
Part of William Grant Collection
Letter from Warren Baker to Joan Bourne
Part of Dawes-Leishman Family Fonds
Letter from bookseller Warren Baker to Mrs. Joan Bourne with original and photocopied items for Sydney and Michael Dawes
Invoice for wages of boat crews, 16 December 1786
Part of James Morrison papers
Invoice for the wages of crew-members of two boats charged to James Morrison for a voyage made to Carleton Island. Signed by Pierre Meziere, lawyer. A previous inventory identifies the crew members as voyageurs and the boats as canoes, with four people per boat - a steersman, a lead, and two middle crew members.
Letter from John Antill, 4 April 1791
Part of James Morrison papers
Letter from John Antill to James Morrison about business concerns, especially the sale of rum. Mentions an unnamed Black woman formerly enslaved by Mr. McNeil who has arrived in Quebec, about whom Antill writes that he has "given her a permission to work for her self as I did not chuse [choose] to take her into my own house." Also mentions poor condition of roads.
Letter from John Antill, 7 April 1791
Part of James Morrison papers
Letter from John Antill to James Morrison about political and legal news, especially about the charges brought against Judge DeRouvill. Also discusses the possibility of Antill moving to Montreal.
Invoice from Robert Allen for tailoring, 18 January 1789
Part of James Morrison papers
Invoice from Robert Allen to McFarlane & Gibb for tailoring expenses, including mending and the purchase of new clothing.
Letter from John Antill, 7 July 1791
Part of James Morrison papers
Letter from John Antill to James Morrison about the construction of a house, with plans of the ground floor and second floor and descriptions of changes that need to be made. Also includes some news of comings and goings from Quebec.
List of debtors and accounts, 26 January 1791
Part of James Morrison papers
Unsigned document with "Sundries dr. [debtors] to stock" and a list of names of debtors and amounts owed, and an account for several transactions on the verso. This account includes the purchase and sale of an unnamed enslaved Black woman. Though it is unclear whose account this is, the writer of the document was presumably James Morrison. He chose to include this woman in a list of household goods charged to the account, noting that she was sold to Captain Anderson. The rest of the accounts are dated 10 September 1789 and 4 January 1791, and include a table, kettle, some silver spoons, and a horse.