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“Brown Family Letters – Early 1800s”
Part of Jonathan Campbell Meakins Fonds
Correspondence. [1814-1916?]
Voyageur contract for Joseph Mireau
Contract between Joseph Mireau (likely from the city of Montreal) and the outfitter Owen McDougal. No other contract details are present.
Papers (12) consisting of: letters from Francois-Marie Lambert Dumont (two undated), Claude Jean-Baptiste Grand Jean de Montigny and Cebet (?), mostly concerning family and international news and attempts to collect rents due to family in France; two agreements, a map and a surveyor's procès-verbal to do with the boundary between Mille-Iles and the Seigneurie of Lac des Deux Monstagnes; an agreement with Pierre Rémy Gagnier (notary) regarding the creation of town lots.
Christina Dorothea Rees correspondence, 1770-1800
Part of Hall family fonds
This file contains correspondence from Christina Dorothea Rees (sometimes spelled Riess) to her sister Christina Barbara Hall. Letters chiefly concern family news, including information about the health of family members, and news of births and deaths. The letters are arranged in chronological order.
Letter from Christina Barbara Hall to Joseph Hall, 22 June 1800
Part of Hall family fonds
Letter from Christina Barbara Hall to her son Joseph Hall in Montreal.
Letter from Fanny Burney d'Arblay to Charles Burney, 16 December 1800
Manuscript letter from Fanny Burney d'Arblay addressed to Dr. Charles Burney, Greenwich, dated 16 October 1800. Letter begins, "I know the postage will be cheap." Letter written on one sheet folded into 4 pages with integral address leaf.
Arblay, Frances (Fanny) Burney, 1752-1840
Part of James Morrison papers
This file contains business and personal correspondence between James Morrison and other merchants and family members in Quebec, the United States, and Jamaica, for the period of 1795-1800. Letters primarily concern the trading activities of Morrison's brother-in law, Charles LePallieur, and news from Morrison's son, Charles J. Morrison, who was travelling to Jamaica. Also includes a letter about a potential sale of wheat. Letters are arranged in chronological order.
Letter from Charles J. Morrison, 22 October 1800
Part of James Morrison papers
Letter from Charles J. Morrison to his father, James Morrison, with news that he has arrived in New York City and some discussion of his travel and his lack of cash.
Part of James Morrison papers
Invoice for labour and goods, including wood planks and cradles, owed to Widow Rangard by James Morrison, with signed receipt of payment.