Collection of correspondence, general ledger pages, financial receipts, and contractual agreements in relation to McDonald's involvement in the North-West Company and the North American Fur trade.
Included in the file are two letters addressed to a Mr. A. de Lery MacDonald or McDonald of Montreal (1921-1922). These appear to be legal council in reference to the contractual agreements or land holdings of John McDonald of Garth mentioned in the petitions and contracts also contained in the file.
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), his Last Will and Testament, a 'Condition de mariage' for Simon McTavish and Marguerite Chaboillez, Petition and Act of Tutorship for Marguerite McTavish, and 4 court documents (George Selby vs William McGillivray 1811; George Selby vs William McGillivray et al. 1839; Emily Caton vs Hugh Allen 1861; Hugh Allan vs Emily Caton 1869)
Letter to Harvey Cushing from J.C.(?) Nissin, Marlborough-Blenheim, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Nissin(?) responds to Cushing request for information regarding a church. [See CUS417/80.52]