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At the time the contract was signed, Marie Françoise Gareaux had just inherited, at the age of 24, a fifth of the land formerly owned by her parents, both deceased. Probably not in a position to exploit it, she sold it to Corriveau for the sum of 300 pounds.
Corriveau was one in a line of influential militia captains going back to his grandfather, Jacques Corriveau (1671-1748). Made a captain in 1759, he was the cousin of Marie-Josephte Corriveau (1733-1763), called “La Corriveau,” who was hanged and had her corpse exhibited in an iron cage.
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Contract
Contract to sell land belonging to Marie Françoise Gareaux to Jacques Corriveau
Date
August 25, 1749 - October 20, 1750
Dimensions1 textual record ; 36.2 x 23.5 cm
Origin
Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
Object NumberS001/C1.4,1.2
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentNotarized contract regarding the sale by Marie Françoise Gareaux of half of a plot of land in the village of Saint-Jean, in the fiefdom of Saint-Vallier, to Jacques Corriveau (1729-1788). The document was signed before notaries Christophe-Hilarion Dulaurent (1695-1760) and Paul-Antoine-François Lanouiller Desgranges. A second agreement on the verso states that if Jacques Corriveau fails to pay Marie Françoise Gareaux the sum of 300 pounds in the year following the transaction, he will be obliged to mortgage his property. This additional clause was signed before notaries Dulaurent and Simon Sanguinet (1733-1790). At the time the contract was signed, Marie Françoise Gareaux had just inherited, at the age of 24, a fifth of the land formerly owned by her parents, both deceased. Probably not in a position to exploit it, she sold it to Corriveau for the sum of 300 pounds.
Corriveau was one in a line of influential militia captains going back to his grandfather, Jacques Corriveau (1671-1748). Made a captain in 1759, he was the cousin of Marie-Josephte Corriveau (1733-1763), called “La Corriveau,” who was hanged and had her corpse exhibited in an iron cage.
NotesSource of title: Based on the nature of the document.
Signatures and inscriptions: Signed “Deslaurent et Lanoullier”; on the verso, another agreement signed ‘‘Deslaurent et Sanguinet.”
Physical description: 3 pages.
General notes: Transcription available.
Signatures and inscriptions: Signed “Deslaurent et Lanoullier”; on the verso, another agreement signed ‘‘Deslaurent et Sanguinet.”
Physical description: 3 pages.
General notes: Transcription available.
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