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James Morrison fonds [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[1716-1860].

Reference:

R5436-0-5-E, MG23-GIII5

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

104713

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James Morrison fonds
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Fonds includes:

2 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

[1716-1860].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

13 cm of textual records (642 p.) photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of business and personal letters received by James Morrison, 1773-1800, which were copied in no particular order. His letterbook recorded business correspondence sent, 1781-1794. A pocket notebook contained journals of trips from Montreal to Michilimackinac and return, 3 April-1 August 1767, and from Montreal to 11 April-6 May 1769, and accounts for trading conducted at Detroit and other posts 1767, 1769. Notarial documents of 1716-1797 relate to property he acquired or administered. The minutes of the Grey Beard Society, 1794-1795 are fragmentary.

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Morrison, James, d. 1807

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Morrison, James, d. 1807 : James Morrison (d. 1807) began his business career in the fur trade, making several journeys westward as far as Michilimackinac. By the mid-1770s he had settled at Montreal, where he became a general merchant, dealing extensively in wines and foodstuffs. He served as Clerk of the Market at Montreal from May 1800 until his death. He married a sister of Charles LePailleur and had a son Charles James Morrison, who joined him in business. Having arrived in Quebec by 1760, James Morrison qualified as a member of the Grey Beard Society and served as its Secretary in 1794-1795.

Benjamin Hall (fl. 1800-1860) was also a merchant at Montreal.

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Textual records (Electronic) Finding Aid No. 88 is a chronological list of correspondents and of miscellaneous items. MSS0088 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001319.pdf

Textual records (Microform) Microforme : 1 fiche (1 copy) MSS0088 (90: Open)

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Source of title:

The justification for calling these documents the "Lindsay-Morrison Papers" is not recorded. The association of Benjamin Hall with the Morrison family is not readily apparent from his correspondence of 1813-1814 or his diaries of 1837-1838, 1843 and 1860, nor the miscellaneous documents of 1852, 1856 and 1858.

Dates of creation note:

Negative photostats made before 1950 from originals whose whereabouts are now unknown.
Subject heading:

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Indians of North America - Canada, 1767 Indians, map drawn by - 1767 (page 123)

Michilimackinac - Trade, 1767-1769 Detroit - Trade 1767, 1769

Slavery - Canada Benjamin Hall

Montreal (Quebec) - History, 1775 Mississauga (Indians) - vocabulary, circa 1769 (pages 158-159)

Grey Beard Society 1794-1795

Québec Invasion, 1775-1776

Canada 1775-1776 (Invasion américaine)
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Private

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MG23-GIII5
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