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Richard Dulong's Notarial Contracts

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The following notarial contracts and legal papers involve Richard Dulong. They are in chronological order. By reading even these short summaries, you will get a sense of what life must have been like for Richard. Eventually, I hope to provide even more detailed information from these documents for you to consider. Unless otherwise noted, I have photocopies of all these contracts from the Archives nationales du Québec at Montréal.

Notarial Contracts

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Engagement as a domestic, Richard Dulong, native of the parish of St-Martin of the village of Lioray [sic] in ancient France, diocese of Lizieux [sic], to Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Roch de Ramesay, écuyer [squire], seigneur [lord] de Sorel, Captain in a company of the detachment of Marine, of the village of Montréal, rue Notre Dame, François Simonnet, notary, 1 October 1744, Montréal, found by Roland Grenier using the Parchemin data bank and emailed to John P. DuLong on 9 July 2000, I have not yet viewed this document.

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Marriage Contract, Richard Dulong, navigator, living in Montréal on the rue Notre Dame, originally from St-Martin de Lieurey, diocese of Lisieux, upper Normandie, son of the late Gabriel Dulong, marchant, and Jeanne Boissiere, with Louise Judic dite Rencontre daughter of the late François Judic, day laborer of Montréal, and Marie Agathe Duteau, residing at the home of the Sr. [Ferdinand] Feltz [a physician], François Simonnet, notary, 7 September 1748, Montréal, no. 294; Archives nationales du Québec (ANQ), translated by Paul Lavoie, 8 September 1982.  Richard's characteristic signature from this contract appears below:

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bullet.gif (974 bytes) Lease for a house on the rue Notre-Dame, Montréal, Louise Judic dite Rencontre, wife of Richard Dulong, and Charles Douillard, Jean-Baptiste Adhémar, notary, 25 September 1750, Montréal, no. 10738, ANQ.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Lease for a house on rue St-Gabriel, Montréal, Richard Dulong, inn keeper, and Francois Lhuislier dit Chevalier, François Simonnet, notary, 30 March 1751, Montréal; no. 77, ANQ.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Sale of an Inn on the rue St-Gabriel, Montréal, Jean-Baptiste Provost, cooper and baker, living in Montréal on rue St-Jacques, to Richard Dulong, innkeeper, living on the rue St-Jacques; 1754; Louis-Claude Danré de Blanzy, notary, 4 March 1754, Montréal; no. 5629; ANQ; photocopy in the possession of John DuLong, translated by Paul Lavoie, 20 January 1983.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Marriage contract, Richard Dulong, inn keeper, living in Montréal on the rue St-Gabriel, widower of Louis Judic dite Rencontre, with Marie-Cécile Bazinet, daughter of Antoine Bazinet, Captain of the Militia of the Pointe-aux-Trembles on this island, and Gertrude Senet, Louis-Claude Danré de Blanzy, notary, 8 February 1755, Montréal, no. 6148, ANQ, translated by Paul Lavoie, 22 June 1982.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Guardianship of the children of Richard Dulong, widower of Lousie Judith dite Rencontre, Tutelle et Curatelles, Louis-Claude Danré de Blanzy, notary, 26 May 1755, vol. 3, cah. 2, fol. 2, ANQ reel 1798.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Inventory of the community property of Richard Dulong, inn keeper, living on the rue St-Gabriel, widower of Louise Judith dit Rencontre, Louis-Claude Danré de Blanzy, notary, 27 May 1755, Montréal, no. 6391, ANQ.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Prévôt [Provost] Court of Québec papers regarding a case between a Sr. Dulong, representing the interests of a Sr. Dufort, against Simon Delorm, carpenter of Québec, and heir of his son Jean Delorme, 26 and 28 July 1757, no. 2073, ANQ. Not strickly a notarial document and it is unclear if the Sr. Dulong is Richard Dulong.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Discharge of a debt, Richard Dulong, inn keeper of Montréal, to Jean-Baptiste Provost, cooper and baker of Montréal, living on the rue St-Jacques, Pierre Mézières, notary, 15 March 1763, Montréal, no. 218; ANQ.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Discharge of a debt, Richard Dulong, inn keeper of Montréal, to Jean-Baptiste Provost, cooper and baker of Montréal, living on the rue St-Jacques, Pierre Mézières, notary, 10 June 1764, Montréal, no. 423/816, ANQ.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Sale of property, Widow Cabanat [probably the widow of a De Jordy de Cabanac, a local noble family] to Richard Dulong; 1766, Pierre Mézière, notary, 3 February 1766, Montréal; cited in 1796 sale of the inn, no. 1712, but unable to locate in ANQ.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Sale of a pacel of land situated in Montréal, rue Notre Dame, by François Leguay, wholesale merchant of Montréal, and Marie-Madeleine-Françoise Chaufour, his spouse, now living at Beloeuil, to Richard Dulong, innkeeper, of Montréal, Pierre Panet de Méru, notary, 25 February 1769, Montréal; found using the Parchemin data bank, I have not yet viewed this document.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Partition and liquidation of property, Richard Dulong, inn keeper, living in Montréal, widower of Louise Judith dite Recontre, for Marguerite Dulong, their daughter, and wife of Louis Bourdon, Pierre Panet de Méru, notary, 10 March 1772, Montréal; no. 3814, ANQ.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Obligation [bond] of Pierre-Denis Picard, of Soulanges, to Richard Dulong, innkeeper of Montreal, Pierre Panet de Méru, notary, 1 March 1773, Montréal; found using the Parchemin data bank, I have not yet viewed this document.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Transfer of a sum of money by Richard Dulong, innkeeper of Montréal, to Thomas Dennis, Pierre Panet de Méru, 20 March 1774, Montréal; found using the Parchemin data bank, I have not yet viewed this document.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Engagement [labor contract], in the position of clerk, of René Dulong, minor, by Richard Dulong, innkeeper of Montréal, to Henry Jeannot dit Bourguignon and Company, Pierre Mézières, notary, 25 May 1774, Montréal, no. 2056, ANQ, translated by Paul Lavoie.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Sale of a Panis [a Native American, not necessarily of the Pawnee tribe] slave, named Lizette, by Louise Decouagne and Louis Baby, merchant, wholesale voyageur merchant, of Montréal, rue Notre-Dame, now in the upper country, to Richard Dulong, liquor merchant, of the rue St-Gabriel, François Leguay, notary, 30 July 1780, Montréal; found using the Parchemin data bank, I have not yet viewed this document.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Engagement as a domestic day-laborer, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, son of Jean-Baptiste Rousseau and Marie-Louise Jaraut, his wife, of the St-Lauent suburb, to Richard Dulong, merchant, of the rue St-Gabriel, François Leguay, notary, 22 March 1784, Montréal; found using the Parchemin data bank, I have not yet viewed this document.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Discharge of a debt [quittance] of Louis Bourdon and Marguerite Dulong, his wife, of Lavalterie, small river, to Richard Dulong, their father and father-in-law, François Leguay, 17 July 1784, Montréal; found using the Parchemin data bank, I have not yet viewed this document.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Lease of a house situated on the corner of rue Notre-Dame and rue St-Gabriel, by Richard Dulong, bourgeois, of Montréal, rue St-Gabriel, to Barak Haize [a Jewish] wholesale marchant, of Montréal, François Leguay, notary, 30 November 1785; found using the Parchemin data bank, I have not yet viewed this document.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Engagement of Alexandre Keneday, by John Keneday [a Scot], his father, to Richard Dulong, wholesale merchant, of Montréal, François Leguay, notary, 16 September 1786; found using the Parchemin data bank, I have not yet viewed this document.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Testament of Richard Dulong, François Le Guay, notary, 13 June 1787, Montréal, no. 249, ANQ, this document is missing from the ANQ.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Inventory of property of the late Richard Dulong and the deceased Marie-Cécile Bazinet for the heirs Jacques Dulong living at L'Assomption, René Dulong of Montréal, and Augustin Lemieux, the husband of Marie Dulong, Louis Chaboillez, notary, 5 September 1795, Montréal, no. 1487, ANQ.

bullet.gif (974 bytes) Sale of inn, Dulong heirs (Jacques Dulong of L'Assomption, Rene Dulong and his wife Marie Leblanc of Montréal, and Augustin Lemieux and his wife Marie Dulong, suburb of St-Antoine, are the heirs) to Gabriel Franchère, écuyer and seigneur of this city, Louis Chaboillez, notary, 14 March 1796, Montréal, no. 1712, ANQ, translated by Paul Lavoie.

Lastly, after the Conquest of Canada, Richard was included on a list of petitioners desiring that that the French government exchange their French bills due them. He claimed to have 8,429 livres in value of such bills on 27 May 1763. However, he was only reimbursed for a value of 5,049 livres on 1 June 1763.  See: "Les Ordnonnances et Lettres de Change du Gouvernement de Montréal en 1759," Rapport de l'Archiviste de la Province de Québec  (1924-1925), no. 2479, p. 337, and no. 271, p. 355.

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