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Estate business papers 1

File contains various financial documents (bills, ledgers, bequeathals, investments) dealing with the estate of James McGill from 1815-1834.

Estate business papers 2

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).

Plan and elevation of house

File contains the architectural drawing of James McGill's house in Old Montreal. Drawing of facade and all three floors featured.

Typescript legal documents

File contains the typed copies of 3 legal documents involving James McGill and his family.

  • Deed of sale of a house and lot of ground situated in Saint Paul Street to Mr. John McGill (1792)
  • Deed of Conveyance from the Commissioners for the removing the old walls and fortifications of Montreal (1805)
  • Deed of sale - McGill to Hoyle, Henderson and Gibb (1808)

Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw), 1857-1954

Marriage and death certificates

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.

The family history of James McGill

File contains a typed manuscript of 'The Family History of James McGill, University Founder' by J. M. McGill as well as family trees and a sheet of transcript additions.

Calendar and transcription

File contains a typed copy of correspondence from James McGill to Isaac Todd (17 Oct 1805) and handwritten copies of James McGill's business letters 1802-1807.

Letterbook

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:

  • John Askin
  • John Brickwood Jun.
  • John Paterson
  • Ann McGill (sister)
  • Margaret McGill (sister)
  • Isaac Todd
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