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Letter from Isaac Todd to Simon McTavish, 16 January 1799
Part of Simon McTavish Papers
Manuscript letter to McTavish signed Isaac Todd, dated New York 16th Jany. 1799.
Todd, Isaac, 1742-1819
An eighteenth-century puppet of Harlequin, a character from the Commedia dell'Arte. String puppet of the simpler kind, (see also P1). From a Paris puppet theatre of 1760.
"De Neus" (The Nose), one of three clown characters from the Antwerp puppet theatre. Formerly used by M. Ludovic Deschamps, director of the Caveau de la rue des Cerceaux, Antwerp. Of the simpler kind of string puppet: eyelets for vertical rods on head and right hand.
A "chevalier" puppet from Antwerp. Formerly used by M. Ludovic Deschamps, director of the Caveau de la rue des Cerceaux, Antwerp. String puppet of the simpler kind.
Officer and soldier, string puppets of the simpler kind from Liège.
Letter from James Morrison, 29 April 1799
Part of James Morrison papers
Letter from James Morrison to Monsr Barbeau of Lacheene [Lachine] about wheat that he would like to purchase.
An eighteenth-century puppet of Brighella, a character from the Commedia dell'Arte. Of the simpler kind of string puppet, held from above by a vertical iron rod (or thick wire) hooked to an eyelet on top of the head; a rod or string to the right hand (in this case, both hands). From a Paris puppet theatre of 1760.
Two Saracen knights, characters from the marionette theatre of southern France, (Charlemagne legend). Simple string puppet.
Part of Hall family fonds
Deed for three shares (a 200th part) of the White River Falls Bridge erected over the Connecticut River in Hanover, sold by Rufus Graves to John Hall of Montreal for 191 dollars. Payment received 14 March 1799.
Voyageur contract for François Rousseau
Contract between François Rousseau of Faubourg St. Laurent and the outfitter Owen McDougal. No other contract details are present.