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.
Contract between Louis LaCroix of Maska and outfitter Archibald Norman McLeod, partner, for McTavish, McGillivrays & Co. The voyageurs receives an advance of 12 piastres, will receive 10 when leaving. Contract duration is two 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 Bellehumeur dit Blass of Montreal Faubourg St. Antoine at is brother's and outfitter Archibald Norman McLeod, partner, for McTavish, McGillivrays & Co. The voyageur receives an advance of 20 piastres, will receive 15 when leaving. Contract duration is three years. Includes rates, conditions and equipment of the post where he will winter. Position given as "wintering" milieu. Destination of posts of the Northwest in Upper Canada.
Contract between Louis Bargue dit Lajeunesse (likely from the city of Montreal) and the outfitter Owen McDougal. No other contract details are present.
Contract between Louis Balcomb, Francois Plante of St-Cuthbert, Jean-Baptiste Quay of La Riviere a la Graisse and outfitter Archibald Norman McLeod, partner, for McTavish, McGillivrays & Co. The voyageurs receive 10 piastres, will receive 6 when leaving. Only for this outfit have we seen various voyageurs signing up together. 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.
Voyageur contract for Lambert Leduc, an armourer. Contract is signed by Royal Notary at Michilimackinac where Leduc was hired by Hubert Couterot to winter and then spend the summer with the "Sac" people (Sauk, or oθaakiiwaki) in his capacity as an armourer. Trade to be done on a split basis with Couterot.
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 Joseph Pangman of Lachenaye and Thomas Mears. Contract outlines Pangman's employment as a journeyman in Hawkesbury, Upper Canada. Contract duration is for one year with payment of six hundred livres.