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Marie-Josephte Hertel de Cournoyer (m. François Lefebvre de Bellefeuille)

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.

Eustache Antoine Lefebvre de Bellefeuille

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).

Voyageur contract for Jean Clavelle

Contract between Jean Clavelle of Faubourg St. Laurent and the outfitter Parker, Gerrard, Ogilvy & Co. Contract outlines Clavelle's employment as a day labourer with the destination of the Bay of Quinty, Upper Canada, for the payment of 72 livres per month. The contract notes that he received an advance of 8 piastres and his wife is to be paid 8 piastres per month after his departure.

Voyageur contract for Abraham Ledoux

Contract between Abraham Ledoux of St. Hyacinth and the outfitter Parker, Gerrard, Ogilvy & Co. Contract outlines Ledoux's employment as a day labourer with the destination of Ancaster, Upper Canada, for the payment of 48 livres per month. Contract duration is for twelve months. The contract also notes that he received a blanket and 6 piastres on account, with 6 more upon departure.

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