Contract of Engagement
13 April 1754
Notary Adhémar




Before the king's notary of the royal provostry of Montreal, here residing and undersigned, was present René Lavoye, voyageur, of St Laurent of this city, who has volontarily hired himself to sieur Jacques Marie Nolan Lamarque, merchant, residing in this city and here present and accepting, so that, at his first request, to leave this city for Missilimakinac and return the same year with the ... that the said voyageur use normally from the said place and to help, when going up and returning, in bringing the canoes, merchandise, and furs belonging to the said sieur, to take care, including victuals and travelling utensils, to obey him or those responsible for the canoes, to serve him faithfully, make his profit, avoid his loss, to warn him of any losses, and do all that is legal and honest, to not leave his service or perform any personal trade without his consent under penalty of the ordinance, and to lose all of his wages and employment, this for the sum of one hundred and fifty livres, currency of this country, that will be paid to him upon his return to the city, as his salary and wages, in addition, a cotton shirt, a pair of mittens, and one ... for such &c., promising &c., obliging &c., made and contracted in the said Montreal, study of Adhemar, in the year seventeen hundred and fifty four, the thirteenth day of April, before noon, and has signed Adhemar, the said hired help has declared being unable to sign nor write after being asked to do so following its reading according to the ordinance.


JM Lamarque,

A Adhemar,

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