- Ville de Montréal. Section des archives
- Collection Philéas Gagnon. - 1546-1961
- Lettres autographes et autres pièces manuscrites. - 1546-1904.
- Lettres autographes et autres pièces manuscrites : Cartable 3. - 1657-1894
- Pièce autographe signée de Peter Bréhaut . - 1790, 1816
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- Ville de Montréal. Section des archives via Archives de Montréal (Ville de Montréal)
- Dates
- 1790, 1816 (indexed as 1790–1816)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- 3 documents textuels.
- Scope & content
- Pièce autographe signée de Peter Bréhaut, marchand établi en 1816 à Québec; une brasserie portait le nom de Cape Diamond Brewery. Il était membre de la Chambre d'assemblée quand il se noya en mai 1817. Les pièces consistent en un extrait de la Gazette de Québec et de deux lettres de Peter Bréhaut, fils. Titre basé sur le contenu des pièces. Les documents sont en anglais. Les pièces portent les cotes 1G3832 et 39844 à 39846.
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- Copied from the Quebec Gazette of the28 March 1790Signed / Peter BeckfordSigned / Lt Dominic WebbReçu en Mai 1887Oxford [?] Dublin [?] 28 March 1790Peter BechardSigned Peter BechardSigned Dominic MahonQuebec the 24th March 1790Peter BréhautSigned Peter BréhautRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
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