Navigating the Lower Saint Lawrence in the 19th Century.
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Sale of the brig
Adeona
Robert Maxwell
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Louis
Gauvreau
15th June, 1815. |
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On the fifteen day of June in the year
of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
fifteen.
Before me, Archibald Campbell, Notary
Public, duly admitted and sworn for the
Province of Lower Canada, dwelling in the City
of Quebec in the said Province.
Personally came and appeared Robert
Maxwell, the late commander & master of the
brig Adeona of the one part, and Louis
Gauvreau, Esquire, of Quebec, merchant of the
other part.
Which said parties in the presence of
me, the said Notary, covenanted, declared
and acknowledged to and with each other in
manner & form following, that is to say:
Whereas on the fourteenth day of the
month of May last, the said brig did reach a
place called Cape Ste-Anne in the River Saint
Lawrence, struck the ground and by the
violence of the wind, wrecked and rendered
unfit for sea.
In consequence of which and the expenses
to get the vessel off and fit for sea again,
being in the opinion of the said Robert
Maxwell & his crew, double the value of the
said vessel.
He did in consequence abandon her,
reference being had to his declaration and
protest will fully appear. |
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And whereas in consequence thereof, it
become indispensibly necessary and expedient
for the benefit of the owners, underwriters
or others concerned in the said brig, that
she should be immediately sold as she then
lay * for the best and most advantageous price that
could be obtained for the same. |
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one hundred tons of coals,
two hundred gross of bottles & five bags of corks. |
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And whereas employing special trust &
confidence, the prudence, capacity and
integrity of Messrs. White & Languedoc of the
City of Quebec, auctioneers and brokers, the
said Robert Maxwell has authorized and
empowered them to sell and dispose of the
said brig with her lower rigging, spars, also
with # by auction according to the
mode, form and usage in such cases, had &
taken.
And whereas in pursuance thereof, the
said White & Languedoc
caused due notice to be given that the hull
of the said brig with her lower rigging and
the said one hundred tons of coals, two
bundred gross of bottles & five bags of corks
should & would be by them publickly sold at
their auction room in the Lower Town of
Quebec on Wednesday, the seventh day of
June instant & they did on the said seventh
day of June instant, actually set up at
outcry and expose for sale the said brig with
the said lower rigging & spars and also the
said part of her cargo above mentioned.
And whereas the aforesaid Louis
Gauvreau, being the last and highest bidder
of the same, the said vessel and the said one
hundred & six tons of coals, two hundred
gross of bottles & the said five bags of
corks, were adjudged unto him for the
consideration of the sum of five hundred
pounds current moeny of this Province of
Lower Canada.
Now therefore, in order to transfer and
assign all the right, title, interest, claim
and demand whatsoever which the owners of the
said brig & her cargo or underwriters thereof
have or had in & to the said vessel and to
take part of her cargo above mentioned.
Which
presence witness that the said Robert
Maxwell, the legal agent of the owners or
underwriters of the said vessel and of her
cargo in his capacity aforesaid, did, for,
and in consideration of the said sum of five
hundred pounds current money aforesaid, by
the said Louis Gauvreau at or previous to the
execution hereof in hand, will and truly paid
to the said Robert Maxwell as agent as
aforesaid, the receipt and payment whereof
the said Robert Maxwell doth truly
acknowledge and thereof did and doth hereby
aquit, discharge and exonerate the said
Louis Gauvreau, and the said Robert Maxwell
doth hereby sell, transfer and set over unto
the said Louis Gauvreau all the hull of the
said brig Adeona with all her lower rigging &
spars also the said one hundred and six tons
of coals, two hundred gross of bottles and
five bags of corks, as per printer inventory,
exposed and previous to the said day of
public auction.
To have and hold the said brig or vessel
and said part of cargo hereby sold or
intended to be and every part and parcel
thereof unto him the said Louis Gauvreau, his
executors, administrators and assigns to and
for his own proper use and benefit and as his
own proper goods and chattels from henceforth
forever.
Which said brig or vessel called the
Adeona has been duly registered pursuant to
an act of Parliament for that purpose. A copy
of which registry is as follows: |
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In pursuance of an Act passed in the
twenty sixth year of the Reign of King George
the Third, intituted, "An Act for the further
increase and encouragement of shipping and
navigation." James McCullum of the City of
Quebec in the Province of Lower Canada,
merchant, having taken and subscribed the
oath required by this Act and having sworn
that himself is sole owner of the ship or
vessel called the Adeona of Quebec whereof
Robert Maxwell is at present master and that
the ship or vessel was built at the parish of
l'Islet in this Province in the year one
thousand eight hundred and ten which appears
by a former certificate of register No. 33,
granted at the Port of Quebec, the sixth day
of October 1812 now delivered up & cancelled
upon transfer of property and having been
raised upon at this Port and Charles Gray,
stewart, surveyor for the Act of Navigation
having certified to us that the said ship or
vessel
is British Plantation built, had one deck,
and two masts; that her length from the fore
part of the main stern to the after part of
the stern post aloft is seventy three feet,
nine inches, her breadth at the broadest part
above the main wales twenty two feet, nine
inches, her depth of hold twelve feet and
admeasures one hundred forty two & 85/93
tons; that she is a square sterned
brigantine, has no gallery, and a billet
head; and the said subscribing owner having
consented and agreed to the above description
and admeasurement, and having caused
sufficeint security to be given, as is
required by the said Act, the said brig
Adeona has been duly registered at this port
of Quebec.
Given under our hands and seals of
office
at the Custom House in the said Port,
this twenty fourth day of May in the
year one thousand eight hundred and
fourteen.
Recorded at the Custom House, |
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and said part of cargo
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And the said Robert Maxwell doth hereby
covenant, promise and agree to and with the
said Louis Gauvrau in manner following, that
is to say:
That at the time of the execution and
delivery hereof he doth in his late capacity,
furnish, give good right, full power and
lawful authority to grant, bargain, sell,
assign, and set over, the hull of the said
brig together with said part of her cargo
unto the said Louis Gauvreau in manner and
form aforesaid, and that the said vessel * is
free and clear of and from all forms,
bargains, sales, gifts, chaques and
incumbrances whatsoever. |
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Thus done and passed at Quebec, the day,
month and year above written. In testimony
whereof the said parties have hereunto
subscribed their names in the premises of me,
the said Notary and the undersigned
witnesses, who have also to the same set
their names in faith and testimony of the
premises thus present, being first duly read
according to law. |
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| Quebec, 22 June, 1815. |
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742 924
Notification to Captain Joseph Jackson
by George Ross against Joseph Jackson
22 June, 1815. |
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Understanding you have recently arrived
here from Gaspé with intelligence of the
stranding and total loss of the brig Minerva
from Liverpool lately under your command. I
take the earlist opportunity of acquainting
you that I am consignee of the goods shipped
by William Hugh Craig under the mark R on
board said brig, and in consequence of her
total loss that I abandon my interest therein
to the underwriters of which you will please
take official notice through the medium of
Archibald Campbell, Esquire, Notary Public
bearer hereof and communicate the same to any
person whom you may appoint to act as agent
for the undewriters in the premises.
The request to be furnished with a copy
of your protest without delay. And remains,
Sir, your obedient servant, |
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On the twenty second day of June in the
year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and fifteen, I, Archibald Campbell, Notary
Public, duly admitted and sworn for the
Province of Lower Canada, dwelling in the
City of Quebec in the said Province. |
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being ten bales canvass & two
bales bagging |
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Did at the request of George Ross James
Hunt of Quebec, merchant, proceeded to the
Counting House of John Greaves Clapham for
the purpose of intimating and making known
unto Joseph Jackson, the late commander of
the brig Minerva, the contents hereof and
then and there personally speaking to
himself, I did give him communication of the
letter to him addressed by the said George
Ross James Hunt
on the subject of their his abandoning to the
underwriters his interest in that part of the
cargo of the brig Minerva * to him shipped by
Mr Hugh Craig John ....... under the mark H
in consequence of the total loss of said brig
Minerva. And I did leave and deliver unto him
the said letter whereof the foregoing is a
true copy, to which he answered that he would
appoint a person to act as agent for the
underwriters in that case.
Of all which an act being required by
the said George Ross James Hunt, I did grant
him the present to serve and avail as
occasion and require.
Thus done & notified at Quebec, the day,
month and year above written.
In witness testimony of all which I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of
office and did leave a copy of these presents
with the said Joseph Jackson so that of the
premises he may not pretend ignorance.
Remainder, if any, of deed missing. |
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Quebec Mercury #26, Page 206. Tuesday, June 27, 1815. |
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Peter Fraser, pilot, for and below the harbour of Quebec was
fined forty shillings with costs, for neglect of duty on board
the brig Joan, R. H. Thomas, master.
Amable Lavoie, pilot, for and below the harbour of Quebec, was
fined five pounds with costs, for refusing to take charge of the Emerald
Transport, when there onto required by the Superintendent of pilots, he not
being engaged at the time to pilot any other vessel. |
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| Quebec Gazette #2631 06/07/1815 Page 6, Col. 2B. |
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To be sold, the schooner Two Brothers, burthen 60 tons, will
carry 2200 bushels of wheat, newly caulked, &c. with all her
rigging, one of the best sailers in the river; now at Portneuf,
in the parish of Cap Santé. Apply to the proprietor, Abraham
Germain, near the church of said parish, or to Ignace Lefrançois.
Cap Santé, 1st July 1815. |
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| Quebec Gazette #2633 20/07/1815 Page 2, Col 4C. |
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| | TRINITY HOUSE, QUEBEC. | |
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N. Denis dit La Pierre, pilot for and above the Harbour
of Quebec, was mulct of the pilotage of the ship Dunlop,
and condemned to pay costs, he having run the said ship
five times aground between Lake St. Peters and Montreal. |
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| Quebec Gazette #2633 20/07/1815 Page 3. Col. 1C. |
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By public auction will be sold, for the benefit of the
underwriters and others concerned, on Wednesday next the 26th
instant, on Messrs. John Mure, & Co. wharf:
The hull, masts and spars of the fine coppered and copper
fastened ship Lady Shore, Captain Watson, of 326 tons register,
with 8 carriage guns left on board, as the said ship lies stranded
near Grand Étang.
And immediately after, the whole of the standing and running
rigging, cables, sails and other stores belonging to and saved from
said ship, now landing from the schooners Squirrel and sloop Little
Bill. |
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