This file contains documents related to management, purchase, and sale of land by members of the Hall family between 21 January 1719 and 20 February 1832. The documents chiefly concern land owned by Jacob, John, and Benjamin Hall in Montreal and nearby Hinchinbrooke. These are chiefly legal documents including deeds of sale, certificates of ownership and discharges of mortgage, correspondence, and an inventory of farming equipment from one of their properties. The file also contains rental and maintenance agreements, and documents related to the sale of land and shares of a bridge in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Documents in the file are arranged in chronological order.
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.
Contract between Louis Peltier of Faubourg Saint-Laurent and the outfitter Parker, Gerrard, Ogilvy & Co. Contract outlines Robichau's employment as a carpenter with the destination of Kingston, Upper Canada, for the payment of 90 livres per month. Contract duration is for four months. The contract notes that he received 15 piastres on account, his wife to be paid 8 piastres per month during his absence in addition to a blanket.
Item consists of 7 check payment receipts from the East River National Bank, dated and signed, to the Royal Arch Masons Fifth Chapter in San Francisco, the East Quogue (N.Y.) Public Library, St Vincent's Hospital and L.E. Howell from 1919 to 1920
Item consists of 6 typed pages from "How Columbus Foud America", an early Palmer Cox work. This part documents mutiny in the crew up to the first sight of land
One plaque from Sons of Scotland Benevolant Association, Annual Ritualistic Competition, Montreal District, presented by F. S. Mearns, Grand Secretary, 1928.
