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Gershon Levy Demand Note and Assignment to Aaron Hart, Montreal, 1763

A three-page financial record consisting of a notarized demand note in French (March 28, 1763) for 6300 livres, drawn on Louis Herbin and assigned by Gershon Levy to his Canadian associate Aaron Hart. The note includes a receipt for 200 pounds New York currency and a sworn testimony from Hart, recorded in English, affirming the transaction and noting his Jewish faith. This document exemplifies Jewish inter-family networking between Canada and New York during the Seven Years' War and the early involvement of Jews in the Canadian fur trade after the British conquest of New France.

Associated People/Businesses

Levy, Gershon
Hart, Aaron, 1724-1800
Herbin, Louis
LEVY, GERSHON / HART, AARON (1724.1800)

Geography

Montreal

Subjects

Promissory notes
Jewish merchants

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 12, Folder 4