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Greeting Card Collection

  • CA RBD MSG 1190
  • Collection
  • [1790?]-1980s

Collections consists of holiday greeting cards. Description is forthcoming and will be published as it becomes available.

Framed early Valentines

Sub-series consists of seven eighteenth and nineteenth century Valentine's Day cards and prints. Most date sometime from the early to mid-nineteenth century Valentines cards or prints. One Valentine dates from approximately 1790. Prints and cards have been framed.

Correspondence, 1790-1795

This file contains business and personal correspondence between James Morrison and other merchants and family members in Quebec and Ontario, for the period of 1790-1793. Letters primarily concern the trading and price of goods, including sugar, rum, and wheat. They also information related to the construction of a house, as well as political and legal news, and news from Morrison's brother-in-law, Charles LePallieur, who was trying to establish himself as a fur trader. The file also includes a letter that describes a formerly enslaved woman who arrived in Quebec and was working for herself. Letters are arranged in chronological order.

Letter from Charles Lepallieur, 6 August 1790

Letter from Chas. Leond LePallieur Junior to James Morrison ("Mon chère frère"), sending his regards to his family and sharing news of his plans to make money and send it to Morrison for safekeeping.

LePallieur, Charles Léonard, 1766-

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