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Journal of John Lees of Quebec, Merchant [textual record (microform)]. From London, Aprile 1768 to ... Montreale in October 1768

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1768.

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R16730-0-X-E, MG21-Add.MSS.-28605, Volume number: 28605, Microfilm reel number: A-926

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Journal of John Lees of Quebec, Merchant
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Date(s):

1768.

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

1 microfilm reel negative and positive.

Language of material:

English

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Item is entitled: "Journal of J[ohn] L[ees] of Quebec, Merchant. From London, Aprile 1768, to Boston, N. England - Rhode Island - New York - Albany - Mohawk River - Fort Stanwix - Fort Oswego - Fort Niagara - Erie - Detroit - and back by the River St. Lawrence to Montreale in October 1768. Canada. Performed in about 5 1/2 months. J.L." The account contains references to Indians, the fur trade, forts, blockhouses, etc. It describes daily travel west and east by land, lake and river. Details of weather, water-traffic and navigational hazards on Lakes Erie and Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence are especially common (ff. 1-33v). This material is located on microfilm reel A-926.

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Lees, John, fl. 1764-1775

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Lees, John, fl. 1764-1775 : Merchant.

John Lees (fl. 1764-1775) was a native of Scotland, who settled in Quebec. In partnership with one Anderson he engaged in the Indian trade and began business with the Upper Country in 1764. It is probable that he returned to Britain in 1767, for the journey to Detroit recorded in his journal of 1768 began in London in April of that year. That trip appears to have been related to the precarious affairs of a business connection at Detroit, "Mr. Chabbert", who was almost certainly Daniel-Marie Chabert de Joncaire de Clausonne ([1714]-1771). On 10 July 1769, after Lees' return to Montreal, Chabert sold him a lot in Detroit, probably in part settlement of their accounts.

Lees was one of the group of Quebec merchants who petitioned in 1774 for the repeal of the Quebec Act and pressed for a Legislative Assembly. It is thought that he returned to Britain in 1774 or 1775 and became a Collector of Excise at Stirling in Scotland. His daughters Jane, Sarah and Nancy were still living in Stirling when their brother John Lees, Jun. (ca. 1740-1807) died at Lachine, Lower Canada, in 1807.

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General note:

Documents created in: Quebec, Que.

Source of title:

The title is a formal title taken from the journal itself.

Custodial history:

Additional Manuscript 28605 was purchased by the British Library in 1871 from W.H. Logan, Esq. The National Archives of Canada purchased a microfilm copy in 1975.

Citation/reference note:

The journal was published by the Society of Colonial Wars of the State of Michigan (Detroit, 1911), with maps, annotations and index by C.M. and M.A. Burton.

Location of originals note:

Originals are in the British Library, London, England.
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Montreal (Quebec) - Description and travel

John Lees - Diaries, 1764-1775

Merchants - Lower Canada, 1764-1775

London (England)

Boston (Mass.) - Description, 1768

Rhode Island - Description and travel, 1768

New York (N.Y.) - Description, 1768

Albany (N.Y.) - Description, 1768

Mohawk River - Description and travel, 1768

Fort Stanwix (Rome, N.Y.) - Description, 1768

Fort Oswego (Oswego, N.Y.) - Description, 1768

Old Fort Niagara (N.Y.) - Description, 1768

Fort Erie (Fort Erie, Ont.) - Description, 1768

Detroit (Mich.) - Description, 1768

Erie, Lake - Description and travel, 1768

Ontario, Lake - Description and travel, 1768

St. Lawrence River - Description and travel, 1768

Indians of North America, 1768

Forts, 1768

Blockhouses, 1768

Great Lakes - Climate, 1768

St. Lawrence River - Climate, 1768

St. Lawrence River - Water-traffic, 1768

Great Lakes - Water-traffic, 1768

St. Lawrence River - Navigation, 1768

Great Lakes - Navigation, 1768

Great Lakes North America 18th century

Fur trade North America
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MG21-Add.MSS.-28605
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Volume [MG21 Add. Mss.-28605] 28605

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Microfilm reel A-926

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