Judge James Reid Quebec legal archives collection dating 1730 to 1837 (over 3,500 original letters and documents)
Place Published: Montreal
Date Published: 1730 to 1837
Binding:
A RARE AND IMPORTANT EARLY QUEBEC LEGAL COLLECTION OF 3,560 DOCUMENTS
The Honorable Judge James Reid was born in Scotland and came to Canada around 1788. He was called to the bar of Lower Canada in 1794 and in 1807 was appointed a judge of the Court of King’s Bench at Montreal. He filled the judicial office of one of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, Lower Canada, for a period of thirty-three years, fifteen of which he presided as Chief Justice. During that time he handled many legal cases including many Fur Trade related cases including that of the North West Company. James Reid was one of the Trustees of the McGill estate. After relinquishing office, Reid and his family visited Europe and while in England, he was offered a knighthood by Queen Victoria, but he declined the honour. Reid married in 1808. His wife Elizabeth (Betsy) was the sister of Hon. William McGillivray (1764-1825). Judge Reid, was also the nephew-in-law to Simon McTavish. In 1810 he purchased a large property from the notary, Pierre Panet, After her husband's death in 1825, Elizabeth built the Reid wing of the Montreal General Hospital in 1848/49, Manor House and the Grounds are now Sohmer Park.
Archive Content Summary:
• 81 Files (approx. 3,560 original pieces in English and French)
• approx. 454 Autographed Letters Signed (ALS)
• approx. 2,814 legal documents
• approx. 292 receipts.
• Covering 1730-1837 with 1798-1807 predominant.
• 9 Boxes - 1-6 are arranged chronologically by year.
• 2 separate case file folders
Box 1, 1730-1798:
13 case files containing 518 pieces, -77 ALS, 375 hand-written documents, 66 written receipts:
File 1 - Legal papers 1730 - 1779
File 2- Legal papers 1780 – 1789
File 3- Legal papers 1790
File 4- Legal papers 1791
File 5- Legal papers 1792
File 6- Legal papers 1793
File 7- Legal papers 1794
File 8- Legal papers 1795
File 9- Legal papers 1796
File 10 -Legal papers 1796
File 11- Legal papers 1797
File 12- Marie J Gabrion Rape Case 1798
File 13- Legal papers 1798
Box 2, 1798-9:
7 case files containing 535 pieces: 70 ALS, 391 handwritten documents, 74 written receipts.
File 1- Legal papers 1798
File 2- Legal papers 1798
File 3- Legal papers 1798
File 4- Legal papers 1798
File 5- Legal papers 1799
File 6- Legal papers 1799
File 7- Legal papers 1799
Box 3, 1800-1:
7 case files containing 392 pieces: 18 ALS, 344 hand-written documents, 30 written receipts.
File 1- Legal papers 1800
File 2- Legal papers 1800
File 3 -Legal papers 1800
File 4 -Legal papers 1800
File 5- Legal papers 1800
File 6- Legal papers 1801
File 7- Legal papers 1801
Box 4, 1801-4:
4 case files containing 374 pieces: 82 ALS, 271 hand-written documents, 21 written receipts.
File 1- Legal papers 1801
File 2- Legal papers 1802 (includes Henry Pelerin)
File 3- Legal papers 1803
File 4- Legal papers 1803
Box 5, 1804-5:
6 case files containing 540 pieces: 34 ALS, 443 hand-written documents, 63 written receipts.
File 1- Legal papers 1804
File 2- Legal papers 1804
File 3- Legal papers 1804
File 4- Legal papers 1805
File 5- Legal papers 1805
File 6- Legal papers 1805
Box 6, 1805-7:
5 case files containing approximately 531 items. 77 Letters, 421 Documents, 33 Receipts
File 1- Legal papers 1805
File 2- Legal papers 1806
File 3- Legal papers 1806
File 4- Legal papers 1806
File 5- Legal papers 1807
File 6- Legal papers 1807 lacking.
Box 8, 1775-1807
18 case files containing 175 pieces most pertaining to people who were in the fur trade: 21 ALS, 153 hand-written documents, 1 written receipts.
File 1 - Pattinson separation suit, 1801-2
File 2 - Pattinson vs. J.B. Castonguay, 1800
File 3 - Grant, Campion vs. Louis Cavilhe, merchant 1796-7
File 4 - James McGill, 1801-5
File 5 - John Stein Brook deposition, 1806
File 6 - McTavish, Frobisher vs. Louis Dumouchel , 1801
File 7 - James and John Finlay, 1787, 1800, 1805-7
File 8 - Cory family, 1793-5, 1800
File 9 - Nicholas Montour, 1795-8
File 10 - William Thorburn [of North West Company], 1803-4
File 11 - Charles Racette vs. Mrs. Coté, 1796
File 12 - McTavish, Frobisher & Co., 1799-1800, 1806-7
File 13 - J. Bleakley vs. C. Laframboise, 1801
File 14 Alexander Ellis Co., 1794-1800
File 15 William and John Grant, 1790. 1801
File 16 Dominique Rousseau, Joseph Bailly agreement, 1803
File 17 Abraham Cyler [Cuyler?] letter, 1775
File 18 Guillaume Chevalier de Lormier [Claude-Nicolas-Guillaume de Lorimier] (b1744-d1825), 1802-3
Box 9, 1785-1837
10 case files containing 300 pieces most pertaining to people who were in the fur trade: 26 ALS, 273 documents, 1 written receipt
File 1 - [Mackenzie ] Mckenzie, Oldham & Co., 1798-1807
File 2 - Daniel Sutherland, 1798
File 3 - Fur trade general, 1798-1837
File 4 - Laroque family, 1785-1807
File 5 - François Trudeau trader, 1802-4
File 6 - King, Gregory & McCord papers, 1795-1802
File 7 - legal papers, letters, circa 1800-1825
File 8 - legal papers, letters, circa 1798-1806
File 9 - photocopies of legal papers and letters, 1798-1807
File account books exam papers, 1795-1890
Box 10, 1797-1807
9 case files containing 174 pieces: 49 ALS, 125 documents.
File 1 - case files, 1797-1802
File 2 - case files, 1804-7
File 3 - legal papers filed with covers, 1800, 1806, 1834, 1891, 1894, etc.
File 4 - report on Montreal Lachine road, circa 1799
File 5 - M. & J.B. Turgeon, 1798-1807
File 6 - John Philips lumber merchant, 1805-6
File 7 - Ensign Baillie 1st Batallion RCV, 1799-1800
File 8 - John McIntyre, Glengarry, Upper Canada, 1799-1800
File 9 - Cases determined various years folded documents and some wrappers for cases
2 additional File folders,1773-1806
• 1 case file of 13 oversized legal documents. 1773, 1797-9, 1801, 1806.
• 1 case file, 4 documents, pertaining to McTavish, Frobisher vs. Samuel Gerrard law suit, 1799-1800 [Fur Trade] plus a July 1824. 19pp folio manuscript document on Judge James Reid’s comments on the judicial system as requested by Secretary (Andrew William) Cochran (1792-1849).
Collection on consignment with LDRB
Item #8021
$50,000.00 USD
$63,034.06 CAD