File consists of handwritten manuscript document summarizing research undertaken in relation to sale and purchase of the Montreal Gazette newspaper, including details on meetings with various professionals associated with the newspaper industry, including a journalist for the New York Morning Herald and owner of the New York Albion (John S. Bartlett).
File consists of an autograph letter from Abraham to 'Henderson', describing an 8-day journey across the northern United States and Canada, made in order to undertake research into purchasing of the Montreal Gazette newspaper.
Includes one letter (in French) to the Hon. Roderick Mackenzie from his son, Roderick-Charles. Letter discusses Mr. Gibbs' loss (a fire burned down his premises), arson in New York and the southern cities in the Union, and provides interesting commentary on social life in Montreal.
Letter from Sir John Colborne addressed to the Officer of the United States Army in command at St. Albans. With a petition granted by Colborne to Benoit Lallie, 1 May 1840, to keep a ferry on the Ottawa River at Ste. Rose (includes English and French versions of the petition.
File consists of legal documents regarding several estate claims, including a petition to the Court of King's Bench on behalf of Samuel Gerrard and Francis Des Rivières vs. John Waterhouse.
File contains several lengthy documents of legal opinion and counter-opinion on the financial holdings and debts of the estate of Simon and William McGillivray in Canada and England.