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Acknowledgement of debt - Acknowledgment of debt by Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye and his wife Marie-Anne Dandonneau du Sablé to René Chorel, called Saint-Romain | McCord Museum
Reconnaissance de dette de Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye et de sa femme Marie-Anne Dandonneau du Sablé envers René Chorel dit Saint-Romain

Acknowledgement of debt

Acknowledgment of debt by Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye and his wife Marie-Anne Dandonneau du Sablé to René Chorel, called Saint-Romain
Date August 13, 1718
Dimensions1 textual record ; 23.3 x 18.2 cm
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North America
Object NumberS001/C1.2,2.2
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentAcknowledgement of a debt by Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye (1685-1749), lieutenant in the colonial regular troops serving in Canada, and of his wife Marie-Anne Dandonneau du Sablé, to Montreal merchant René Chorel, called Saint-Romain. The debt amounts to several thousand dollars. If, on the creditor’s first request for payment, the debtor is unable to pay, he will be obliged to mortgage all his moveable assets and property holdings, present and future. Signed before the notary Antoine Adhémar.
NotesSource of title: based on the nature of the document.



Signatures and inscriptions: signed “Dandonneau, La Vérendrie, St-Romain, Moreau” and countersigned by the notary Adhémar.



General notes: handwritten transcript available.

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