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.

Contract between Joseph La Treille dit La Lande of Cote St. Vincent St. Benoit and outfitter McTavish, McGillivrays & Co. & John Ogilvy & Thomas Thain. The voyageur receives double the usual equipment each year, and 8 piastres on account. Contract duration is two years. Payment is for 550 livres per annum. Position given as "wintering" milieu. Destination of dependencies of Temiscaming or Fort Moose.

File includes a letter addressed to Mackenzie, Oldham & Co. from Parker, Gerrard, Ogilvy & Co., ordering three to four hundred quintals of biscuit to be delivered at the End of the Island.

Print of an etching with masonry, walkways, and staircases, with a title inscribed on a wall.

Print of an etching with stone pillars, staircases, and walkways, with a drawbridge suspended near the centre. Some small figures on stairs and bridges.

Print of an etching with archways, bridges, and stairs, with a well in the lower left. Includes figures on the stairs and bridges.

Includes two letters sent to Mackenzie, Oldham & Co. Items concerning the purchase of flour from Mackenzie, Oldham & Co., delivered to the End of the Island. One item is an agreement that McTavish, McGillivrays & Co. will purchase 2000 barrels at $8 per barrel, and the other is an account stating that they purchased 400 barrels.

I. (Schoebrunn, 10 October 1809) Acknowledgement of Russia’s recent peace agreement with Sweden. Highlighting the peace settlement with Austria; Napoleon emphasizes his view of the leniency of the agreement. Description of Wellesley’s landing in “le plus terrible pays du monde” (Iberian Peninsula). Mention of the United States’ growing discontent towards Britain and the possibility of a rapprochement between France and the U.S.
II. (19 February 1811) High praise for Caulaincourt and his role as ambassador in St-Petersburg. Napoleon justifies recalling his ambassador for ‘health reasons’ – marking a shift in France’s policy towards Russia in the build up to the Campaign of 1812.
III. (Paris, 6 April 1811) Faced with news of approaching (Russian) divisions to the borders of the Duchy of Warsaw, Napoleon declares he will raise fresh levies. Bonaparte nevertheless claims he wants peace, desires to remain amicable, and assures that he will “never to attack”.
IV. (Vilna, 10 July 1812) Request to transfer Alexander’s correspondence to the King of Saxony. Note Letter is misfiled as correspondence between Napoleon and Alexander

Print of an etching with stone arches, bridges, stair cases, and other architectural features. Includes some very small figures on stairs.

Print of an etching of a doorway and a large wheel. Some figures on stairs below doorway, and at base of wheel.