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Receipts from F. Macdonell Holmes & Co., 22 October 1836
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Macdonell, Holmes & Co. was a business that built and operated a store in Montreal located at 37-39 Rue Saint-Paul East and 408 Rue Saint-Gabriel between 1835 and 1839. They did business with Robertson Masson & Co.
Robertson Masson & Co. was an import-export company that existed under several names between 1811 and roughly 1900. Initially owned by brothers William and Hugh Robertson, and based in Glasgow, Scotland, the business expanded to Canada. The business dealt in import of goods to Canada, especially textiles, and export of Canadian goods to Europe, especially wheat and potash. In 1915, Joseph Masson became a senior partner and the company operated on Montreal under the name Robertson, Masson & Co. In 1930, they established a branch in Quebec City under the name Robertson, Masson, Strang & Co., overseen by John Strang, who was later succeeded by Charles Langevin. After the deaths of Strang and Masson in 1841 and 1847, new partners were brought in and the Montreal and Quebec companies became Masson, Bruyère, Thomas & Co. and Langevin, Masson, Thibaudeau et Compagnie, respectively. By 1859, a number of the partners retired or left the business, leaving the enterprise to Thomas and Thibaudeau. The company eventual became Thibaudeau Brothers & Co in the 1870s, and it contiued to exist under that name until at least 1895.
Receipt dated 22 October 1836 and guarantee to pay dated 15 July 1836, for an amount owed by J.P. & L. Scofield to F. Macdonell Holmes & Co, and paid by Robertson Masson & Co. The receipt is signed by F. Macdonell Holmes & Co., while the guarantee to pay is signed by Robertson Masson Strang & Co.