File contains 2 items which are copies of legal documents. One is an extract of the creation of the Seigneurie de La Prairie-de-la-Magdeleine. The other is an account written over many month of the transfer of lands and moneys involving James McGill.
File contains a series of outgoing correspondence written by James McGill between 1802-1807. Several documents also feature the signature of Isaac Todd. These letters were sent to, among others:
File contains various financial documents (inventory, property holdings, receipts, debts, ledgers) dealing with the estate of James McGill from 1815-1834. Additionally, the file includes a letter from James McGill to Thomas Dickson (1810) and 2 different lists of properties belonging to Frank Desrivières (McGill's step-son).
File contains handwritten copies of the marriage and death entries of James McGill from Montreal's Christ Church Cathedral registry and the first marriage (1763) and death certificates of Marie-Charlotte Guillimin from the Montreal Superior Court records.