Draft of lecture on Simon McTavish

• CA RBD MSG 399-7
• File
• approximately 1923

Part of Samuel Mathewson Baylis Fonds

Handwritten notes and 22 page draft manuscript for Baylis's 1923 lecture "Simon McTavish: Merchant, Fur-Trader, Adventurer-Unafraid."

Copies of legal documents regarding McTavish Estate

• CA RBD MSG 399-10
• File
• 1921-1922

Part of Samuel Mathewson Baylis Fonds

Copies of legal documents from the life of Simon McTavish and his family including his Real and Personal Estate (including values) and bequeaths (52 pages), Inventory of his Estates, death certificates of his 4 children (Chiswick, London, England)...

Newspaper clippings on McTavish monument and tomb

• CA RBD MSG 399-12
• File
• 1923-1941

Part of Samuel Mathewson Baylis Fonds

13 news clippings prominently from the Montreal Gazette and on the neglect and call for restoration of the McTavish monument and tomb.

Voyageur contract for Jean Clavelle

• CA RBD MSG 1108-04
• Item
• 15 April 1807

Part of Coppenrath Collection of Voyageur Contracts

Contract between Jean Clavelle of Faubourg St. Laurent and the outfitter Parker, Gerrard, Ogilvy & Co. Contract outlines Clavelle's employment as a day labourer with the destination of the Bay of Quinty, Upper Canada, for the payment of 7...

Voyageur contract for François Michel

• CA RBD MSG 1108-08
• Item
• 5 February 1800

Part of Coppenrath Collection of Voyageur Contracts

Contract between François Michel of Faubourg St. Laurent and the outfitter Owen McDougal. No other contract details are present.

Voyageur contract for Antoine Gauthier

• CA RBD MSG 1108-14
• Item
• 29 October 1806

Part of Coppenrath Collection of Voyageur Contracts

Contract between Antoine Gauthier of Terrebonne and Sieur Thomas Mears. Contract outlines Gauthier's employment as a labourer and carpenter in Hawkesbury, Upper Canada. Contract duration is for one year with payment of six hundred livres.

Voyageur contract for Joseph Pangman

• CA RBD MSG 1108-15
• Item
• 30 October 1806

Part of Coppenrath Collection of Voyageur Contracts

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.

Voyageur contract for Jean-Baptiste Regendron of Beauharnois

• CA RBD MSG 1108-20
• Item
• 2 October 1811

Part of Coppenrath Collection of Voyageur Contracts

Contract between Jean-Baptiste Regendron of Beauharnois and outfitter Thomas Fingland of Montreal. Destination is for Petite Nation. Position is not stated. Payment is for 60 livres per month until the spring. The voyageur has received 10 'pi...

Voyageur contract for Pierre Degray of Beauharnois

• CA RBD MSG 1108-23
• Item
• 2 October 1811

Part of Coppenrath Collection of Voyageur Contracts

Contract between Pierre Degray of Beauharnois and outfitter Thomas Fingland of Montreal to work as a labourer. Voyageur has received 10 'piastres' on account. Contract duration is until spring. Payment is for 60 livres per month. Positio...