- CA MUA MG 1022-3-070-0060
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- 9 June
Part of Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds
Letter from J. Sybil Wilson to Margaret Mercer Dawson.
Wilson, J. Sybil (Jane Sybil), 1846-1917
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Part of Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds
Letter from J. Sybil Wilson to Margaret Mercer Dawson.
Wilson, J. Sybil (Jane Sybil), 1846-1917
Voyageur contract for Jean-Baptiste Chauvin
Contract between Jean-Baptiste Chauvin and the Montreal outfitter Joseph Trottier Desruisseaux. The contract outlines Chauvin's agreement to travel to Illinois country and trade among the Tamarois people for the winter 1732-33 for the payment of 150 livres of beaver fur and half of the profits of his trades.
Permission to pass, 17 July 1769
Part of James Morrison papers
Document created by Beamsly Gleazier, Commandant of Michilimackinac, granting safe passage to James Morrison and his crew of five men who were travelling by canoe from Michilimackinac to Montreal with a cargo of "peltry." Crew members listed are Jacques St. Andre, Louis Mayenar, Grand Masson, Jean Veine and a guide named LaClerc.
Letter attributed to Susanna Burney, 1770
Manuscript letter attributed to Susanna Burney. The letter comprises four unnumbered pages on one long sheet, folded vertically. The letter is not addressed to a particular recipient but instead begins: "Appendix to follow, April 19 1767. - Written this Year of our Lord 1770." Inscription "No. 4" is found on upper left corner and "21 [p?]" on upper right corner. Letter is written in brown ink on laid paper.
The letter describes her acquaintances in France from April 1767, including descriptions which she mentions as having been omitted from her journal for the year 1767.
Burney, Susanna, 1755-1800
Power of attorney, 12 September 1771
Part of James Morrison papers
Power of attorney endowing James Morrison with the right to collect debts owed to Thomas Woder (also spelled Wooder in this document) and John Blake, as well as to Holmes & Morrison. Woder and Blake sign the document as trustees of the estate of Holmes & Morrison.
Blake, John
Bill of sale of enslaved man, 2 March 1772
Part of James Morrison papers
Bill of sale for a 25-year-old enslaved Black man named Cesar. He was sold to James Morrison by traffickers Jacob Thomas and John Fulton of Duchess County, New York. Witnessed by Asher Granger and H.C. McCord.
Fulton, John
Part of James Morrison papers
Invoice for the purchase of fish hooks bought from Geo. Gimber (late of Cheshire & Co) by Messrs David Strachan & Co. Invoice includes a small illustration of a man fishing.
Part of James Morrison papers
Invoice for the purchase of sacks bought from Millis & Fossick by Messrs David Strachan & Co. Invoice includes a small illustration of a horse with tack.
Account of James Morrison with Gregory & Woolsey, 16 December 1779
Part of James Morrison papers
Statement of account of James Morrison with Gregory & Woolsey for transactions between 3 September 1778 and 10 November 1779. Signed by Gregory & Woolsey 16 December 1779. Includes transactions with Cugnot, Richard McNeale, Thomas Fraser, Miotte, George Ross, Colonel Caldwell, Drummond & Jordan, Melvin & Willis, and others.
Fragment of letter from Charles Burney to Keane Fitzgerald
Consists of an address panel, likely a fragment of a letter. The four corners are clipped. Addressed to Keane Fitzgerald Esq., Mitre Court Buildings, Inner Temple. The fragment contains a later biographical note: "from Dr. Burney who wrote 'History of Music.' Father of Madame D'Arblay author of Cecilia.'
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814