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Gabriel Christie collection [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

1766-1776.

Reference:

R5180-0-5-E, MG23-GV4

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100673

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Gabriel Christie collection
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1766-1776.

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

0.3 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of deposition of Gabriel Christie, 1766, concerning the feasibility of winter travel across Lake Champlain, 1766; and a letter from David Simpson, clerk to Joshua Sharpe of Lincoln's Inn, 4 pages, enclosing indentures of lease and release from Francis Rybot in favor of G. Christie, 2 pages and reporting upon the document, 1776.

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Christie, Gabriel, 1722-1799

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Christie, Gabriel, 1722-1799 : Gabriel Christie, a career soldier, rose to the rank of major-general in the British Army. In 1763 he settled in Quebec and acquired the seigniories of Bleury, Sabrevois, Noyan and Lacolle of the Upper Richelieu River.

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General note:

Deposition, 1766, was transferred from the Miscellaneous Documents collection, 27/19.
Indenture of lease and release from Francis Rybot in favour of G. Christie, dated 1776 and a contract between Francis Rybol and Lietenant Colonel Gabriel Christie regarding property in Montreal, 1776, are housed in horizontal storage, containers 2 and 3 respectively.

Related material:

Related material is found in MG 8 F 99.
Subject heading:

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Legal documents, 1776 Lake Champlain, 1766

Judgements, 1776 Lincoln's Inn, 1776

Voyages and travel, 1766 Francis Rybot, 1776

Winter travel, 1766

David Simpson - Correspondence, 1776

Joshua Sharpe - Correspondence, 1776
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Private

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MG23-GV4
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