Miscellaneous papers (9), including correspondence from Henry Hamilton (2), John Craigle and Jacques-Philippe de Saint-Ours,(2) the former three concerned with requests for patronage and the latter two with personal financial problems. Also included, here are a receipt, a genealogy of the Hertel de Cournoyer family and an arbitrators' decision on the Hertel de Cournoyer estate.
Papers (12) which include; the creation of a rente viagère; the genealogy of the Lefebvre de Bellefeuille family; and correspondence with J. Schiefflin (plantation at Cayenne), Janvier Leclerc (non-payment of lods et ventes), J.O. Plessis and L.C. Duvert (dispute over seigneurial pew), and Mme. du Serre (widow of Hertel de Cournoyer), her daughter and Thavenet, a priest (concerning claims by these two women on Seigneurie of Cournoyer).
Letters (13) to newspapers concerning both local and provincial politics, largely involving his own activities. Some of these letters were published (eg. see Le Spectateur, Canadien, 9 January 1819 and L'Ami du Peuple, de l'ordre et des lois, 29 May 1833 and 7 May 1834).
Papers (7) which include letters form J.-B. Laviolette and J. Labrie on the death of Angéliqne Marguerite Lefebvre de Bellefeuille and copies of letters to J.R. Rolland (on claim by Mme. du Serre) and J.B. Laviolette (dispute concerning mills), as well as an obligation and an acte de vente.
File contains one bound notebook whereon John McDonald has written notes and a brief history about his life and work. This volume comprises pages 113-226 covering the years 1806-1816.
Various outgoing and incoming correspondence mostly asking for information for research on Simon McTavish. Included is correspondence with the Public Archives of Canada and copies of 5 documents about the intended purchase of the McTavish grounds by the Government in 1828, sent by the Archives in response to a reference request by Baylis.