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Letter from John Antill, 12 October 1789

Letter from John Antill, likely to James Morrison, with business updates about shipments of tar and rum, and a request to visit Lindsay in prison and to try to get some of the payment that he owes.

Antill, John

Letter from Jean-Olivier Briand, 24 July 1771

Letter signed J:O B, likely Jean-Olivier Briand, Bishop of Quebec. The "messieurs" to whom the letter is addressed are likely Sieur de Lepallieur and James Morrison. Contents of the letter concern Briand's refusal to reduce the solemnity fees (100 piastres) associated with James Morrison's impending marriage to Suzanne Lepallieur. The couple was married between March and May 1772 at Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal.

Briand, Jean-Olivier, 1715-1794

Journal, 1767-1769

This file contains a journal containing entries related to two voyages undertaken by James Morrison, with some accounts, lists of goods and furs, contracts, and other notes and transactions. The first voyage is titled "Journal of a voyage in a large cannoe by Jas Morrison from Montreal to Toranto [sic]," and took place between 13 April 1767 and 1 August 1767, during which they also visited Michilimackinac. The second voyage, "Journal for voyage 11 April 1769 1 canoe to Detroit," also set out from Montreal and visited Michilimackinac, returning on approximately 20 or 21 September 1769. Other notable entries include "A Dictionary of Indian words in the Missisage" with 49 words of Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) vocabulary and a directive from Benjamin Roberts, Commissary of Indian Affairs, to Jean-Baptiste de Couagne, Interpreter for Indian Affairs, written in Morrison's hand from Fort Niagara, 21 May 1767.

Morrison, James

James Morrison papers

  • CA RBD MSG 1310
  • Collection
  • 18 September 1651 - approximately 1912

The James Morrison papers are a collection of documents chiefly related to James Morrison's activities as a trader and merchant in Montreal. The papers also include some material related to Morrison's family, including legal documents and genealogical research conducted by his descendents. The documents in the James Morrison papers cover a period beginning 18 September 1651 and ending in approximately 1912, but focusing primarily on 1767 through 1800. The fonds represents Morrison's business dealings in Quebec, Ontario, the northern United States, and England, as well as his family life in Montreal and connections with relatives in Baltimore, Ontario, and Jamaica.

The papers are arranged into three series: 1 - Journals, 2 - Correspondence, and 3 - Financial and legal records. Documents in these series include a bound journal, correspondence, contracts, deeds of ownership, power of attorney, birth and marriage certificates, bills of sale, invoices, accounts, descriptions of political and military events, and genealogical notes.

Morrison, James

Religious text, undated

A manuscript reflection on Romans 12 Chapter 9 from the Bible.

Hall, Christina Barbara Juncken, 1739-1817

Pastoral attestation, 16 May 1753

Pastoral attestation prepared for Johann Ernst Juncken and his family by their archdeacon in Durlach, confirming both their faith and good character. The testament specifies that Juncken's family is planning to move to the West Indies. It describes Juncken as a needle maker, and details that his household consists of his wife and three children, a grown son and two grown daughters.

Kaufman, T. Jacob Benjamin

Copy of 1807 marriage contract, 24 January 1818

Copy of a marriage contract between Charlotte Morrison and John Hall originally signed on 14 February 1807. The contract includes details of their chosen matrimonial regime (no community of property) and the sum of money to be inherited by the surviving spouse should one of them die first. Signed by John Hall, Charlotte Morrison, Jacob Hall, and James Morrison. Originally notarized by Jonathan Abraham Gray and Thomas Barron, with the certified copy made by Reid, Levesque & Monk on 24 January 1818.

Reid, Levesque & Monk

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