This material documents the estate of Mrs. Charlotte Frobisher and includes a copy of her will and an inventory, 1820.

Frobisher's papers comprise a letterbook of the North-West Co. containing copies of letters written by Frobisher from April 1787 to October 1788, two original letters to Simon McTavish, 1796, and one from him, 1787, business and legal documents, largely concerning the estate of James McGill, 1810-1834, and a diary, 1806-1810, mostly a record of where he dined.

McDonald's correspondence, 1791-1860, mostly concerns business and property matters, but also includes personal correspondence. There are statements of account with McTavish, Frobisher & Co., 1799; with McTavish, Fraser & Co., 1803-1804; with McTavish, McGillivray & Co., 1808-1809. There are two volumes of autobiographical notes assembled in 1859 and covering the period 1791-1816.

There is a second copy of the autobiography, probably transcribed in the late 19th century. Written on the front fly leaf is the name: A.E. MacDonald. It has 63 leaves, and there are minor textual variants.

File contains 5 typed letters signed, 1 autograph letter signed 1 autograph letter (unsigned), 1 typed letter (unsigned). Includes correspondence with Dr. Casey A Wood.

File contains 1 autograph letter signed. Includes correspondence with Dr. Casey A Wood.

File contains 1 autograph letter signed. Includes correspondence with Bowdler Sharpe.

File contains 1 autograph letter signed. Includes correspondence with Bowdler Sharpe.

File contains 1 typed letter signed. Includes correspondence with Robert Ridgway.

File contains 9 autograph letters signed. Includes correspondence with Herbert Deignan.

File contains 1 typed letter signed, 1 typed letter (unsigned). Includes correspondence with Bowdler Sharpe.