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Invoice for wages of boat crews, 16 December 1786

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

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.

Draft of Autobiography - Friends

File contains drafts of chapter 7 of Noel Noel-Buxton's autobiography, entitled "Friends." Chapter is about important friends in Buxton's life, including Cecil Harris, Rollo Meyer, J.W. Bouchier, Agnes Noel, his cousin Ethel Buxton, Lady Sybella Lyttelton

Letter from John Antill, 7 April 1791

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.

Draft of Autobiography - More Benefactors

File contains drafts of chapter 8 of Noel Noel-Buxton's autobiography, entitled "More benefactors." Chapter concerns Buxton's mentors and friends, including Fred Searle, T.F. Reeve, Canon Barnett, Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bishop Gore, James Bryce, Ramsay Macdo

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