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File consists of handwritten research notes on 17th-century merchants in Bordeaux, sorted by last name from A to V.

File consists of handwritten research notes on 18th-century Huguenot merchants consisting of biographical details on individuals, sorted alphabetically by name. The focus of this research is on merchants in west coast French cities with connections to Canada and Atlantic trade. The research is drawn from a variety of French archival sources, including various departemental archives.

File consists of handwritten research notes split into a number of smaller bundles on various topics relating to eighteenth century French government finances and debt, including the Receveurs, Fermiers Généraux and the Trésorerie Royal and the Chambre des Comptes, with research for an unidentified book chapter on government financial centralisation during the French Revolution.

File consists of research notes drawn from the Archives Départementales de Charente-Maritime on the links between La Rochelle and Canada. The notes are taken from 18th century sources with a line noting that they include research on "négotiants not seen last time".

File consists of handwritten notes and typed documents, sorted into three parts. The first part consists primarily of research notes on the national debt and on individuals in finance in eighteenth century France. The second part is devoted to Bosher's drafts and plans for a number of articles and book chapters. The final part is devoted to research notes on 1770s and 1780s French financial government bodies, taxation and other related topics in late 18th-century Ancien Régime French finances.

File consists of handwritten research notes and bibliographical information on 19th and 20th-century sources pertaining to national finance during the Ancien Régime and the French Revolution.

File consists of handwritten research notes on 18th-century merchants in Bordeaux, sorted alphabetically by last name from J to Z.

File consists of research notes prepared by John Bosher.

File consists of letters exchanged with other scholars regarding French merchant families.

File consists of handwritten research notes dated 1975, drawn from published books, about 20th-century France and Québecois nationalism. Likely intended as research notes for his book The Gaullist Attack on Canada.

File consists of handwritten research notes on the Chambres de Justice, organised by author’s last name, in preparation for the chapter “Chambres de justice in the French Monarchy”, which Bosher contributed to his 1973-edited volume French government and society 1500-1800: essays in memory of Alfred Cobban.

File consists of handwritten research notes including lists of foreign merchants operating in La Rochelle and Bordeaux during the 17th and 18th centuries, including research notes on biographical information sorted in alphabetical order by subject’s last name.

File consists of handwritten tables prepared by John Bosher using long sheets of paper (43 x 77 cm to 63 x 107 cm) listing administrative offices, numbers of employees, names of office holders and often their salaries, arranged by year.

File consists of handwritten research notes on Huguenots in England, 17th and 18th century with a second part of the file devoted to individual biographical details sorted alphabetically on Huguenot merchants in England, but also those associated with La Rochelle, and to a lesser extent other cities in west coast France and Europe more generally. The particular area of focus in this research is on those merchants associated with Canada and Atlantic trade.

File consists of handwritten research notes on Huguenot merchants associated with 17th and 18th-century La Rochelle with last names beginning with initials from A-P, including files on each with biographical information. Sourced from both published sources and a variety of archival sources in France and, to a lesser extent Canada, the common focus in many of these merchants biographical files is their involvement in trade in Canada.

File consists of handwritten research notes on published secondary source research notes on Huguenots, Merchants, Atlantic trade and the French in North America, sorted alphabetically by author's name.

File consists of handwritten research notes which are a continuation of the notes in 2013-019/005 (01). This section lists Huguenot merchants primarily associated with Canadian trade and various cities on the west coast of France including La Rochelle and Bordeaux. 17th century, with initials from P to V. These files are followed by a file titled "Hommes d'affaires", with lists of people and biographical information primarily drawn from the Y series of the Archives Nationales covering 18th century.

File consists of handwritten research notes compiled from the Archives Départementales d’Ille et Vilaine in Rennes and a variety of archival bodies in Finistère including the Archives Départementales de Finistère in Quimper, the Archives de la Marine in Brest and the Archives de la Ville de Brest.

File consists of handwritten research notes on individuals involved in finance in 18th-century France, sorted by last name of subject.

Fonds consists of Professor John Bosher's notes created during four decades of research in provincial, national, and international archives concerning the lives and activities of merchants, officials, bankers and ships' captains involved in the trade between France and Canada during the 17th and 18th centuries when Canada was a French colony. Also included are research notes developed from the records held in private collections of notarial minutes concerning property and the lives of people active in trade between France and Canada, and copies of secondary literature devoted to this topic.

File consists of handwritten notes and typed documents sorted into two parts. The first consists of documents from Bosher's research in France over the summer of 1973 at three departmental archives in Southwestern France. This includes notes on eighteenth-century correspondence, wills and lawyers documents in the collections. The second part consists of notes from two departmental archives and a municipal library in Western France, dated to the winter of 1981. The focus of the research notes is on connections between Canada and Acadia and Poitiers and the west coast of France.

File consists of research notes prepared by John Bosher.

File consists of research notes prepared by John Bosher.

File consists of lists of published works consulted by John Bosher.

File consists of handwritten research notes on a variety of subjects related to French government finances and accounting in the 1780s and 1790s, sorted into multiple smaller folders.

File consists of handwritten research notes drawn from 18th century notary documents in the collection of the Archives Nationales de Québec, including minutes of inventories, sales etc. The approximate date range of the research is from 1731-1766.

File consists of handwritten research notes on 19th and 20th-century secondary-source publications relating to French and British history during the Early Modern period, including topics such as colonialism in North America, trade and finance, Protestantism and international conflict.

File consists of handwritten research notes on Négotiants in 18th-century Québec, sorted alphabetically by last name of individual subject.

File consists of handwritten research notes on individual merchants in 18th-century La Rochelle, sorted by last name.

File consists of notes taken from shipping company records reporting imports, exports and other information on shipments between Bordeaux and Canada. The notes contains names of individuals associated with shipping, and quotations from relevant correspondence. The major period of focus is from roughly 1700 through the 1760s.

File consists of handwritten research notes on 17th-century French individuals based in La Rochelle and involved in trade with Canada, sorted by name in alphabetical order to J, drawn from notarial documents in the Archives Départementales de Charente Maritime.

File consists of handwritten research notes on 17th-century French individuals based in La Rochelle and involved in trade with Canada, sorted by name in alphabetical order commencing at L, drawn from notarial documents in the Archives Départementales de Charente Maritime. Possibly a continuation of 2013-019/006(01).

File consists of handwritten research notes and transcriptions drawn from archival documents in the collections of the Bibliothèque de l'Université de Genève, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal in Paris. Specific fonds consulted in Geneva include the Archives Tronchin, Thelusson, and De Luc, with an emphasis on geneaological information and correspondence transcriptions. Notes drawn from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France concern shipping between France and Québec and the French colonies in the Carribean, and notes from the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal concern the French navy in Québec, and on the Affaire du Canada.

File consists of handwritten research notes and typed correspondence divided into four parts. The first part consists of notes drawn from the collections surrounding the Amirauté de Guyenne in the Archives Départementales de la Gironde. The second consists of research notes taken during a visit to La Rochelle, including a list of reference books to find in a local library collection, and a conference on French Protestants at sea. The third section consists of research notes drawn from 18th-century French documents in the Massachusetts State Archives on the French diaspora in North America, and research notes on documents in the English Family Papers and the Essex Institute Collection. The final section consists of research and review notes relating to Boshers’ contributions to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, including entries on Joseph-Michel Cadet and François Bigot, among others.

File consists of handwritten research notes drawn from modern published secondary sources on topics including the Reformation/Catholicism in Europe, early European colonial settlement and colonial programs in North America, trade and politics in the colonies and in Europe.

File consists of handwritten research notes and typed correspondence on topics including notes and correspondence on the French settlement established by Jean-Pierre Roma in the early 18th century on Prince Edward Island, research notes drawn from 17th and 18th century judicial documents in the Archives Départementales de la Gironde, and research notes on modern published secondary sources on history related to the Reformation, colonial trade and settlement in New France and other parts of North America.

File consists of handwritten research notes with quotes from a variety of late 18th-century French sources on government finances and other financial matters, sorted alphabetically by author. This file is separated by four other cardboard file dividers. In the middle of the file is a bundle titled “Dufresne et ses conférences avec le Comité des Frais de la Constituante”, which contains research notes on correspondence and other documents in the collection of the Archives Nationales, from 1790-91 dealing with French national financial information from roughly 1780 through to 1791.

File consists of handwritten research notes drawn from the Public Records Office in London, including 17th-century trade records from the Bank of England and notes from the Ashbridge Prize papers dating from the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years War (18th century).

File consists of handwritten notes containing a selection of bibliographical information on 18th-century French finances sorted by author, with publications by the author listed and sometimes extensive quotations.

File consists of handwritten research notes and photocopied archival documents from institutions in and around Bordeaux. These include transcriptions and notes on marriages, deaths and baptisms taken from both Catholic and Protestant Bordelais parish records; notes from published mid to late-18th-century French published sources discussing transportation to the North American colonies for paupers, foundlings and criminals; notes on French shipping and naval records relating to Canada; and transcribed judicial documents and correspondence from the Estourel collection in the departmental archives of Charente-Maritime.

File consists of handwritten research notes on 17th and 18th century births deaths and marriages registered at the parishes in and around La Rochelle, with some basic genealogical information.

File consists of handwritten notes and photocopied documents divided into four sections. The first section is devoted to French merchants and Quebec before the 1660's, with a grouping of alphabetically sorted biographical details in the second half. The latter three sections consist of biographical research notes sorted alphabetically on merchants in Bordeaux and La Rochelle during the 17th century, with a focus on Atlantic trade with Quebec. These are grouped A-I and G-Z, with a final section at the back alphabetically sorted but with no grouping.

File consists of handwritten research notes drawn from the Archives Nationales, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the State Papers collection in The National Archives, with notes and quotations from period archival sources on French negotiations with England, roughly between 1760 and 1788, and on French observations on British trade and marine strength during the 1710s. These notes include topics such as the Seven Years War and the handover of Canada to the British, and the Franco-British war of the 1780s.

File consists of handwritten research notes, typed and printed documents organised into multiple sections. The first three sections consists of notes on 18th century shipping voyages to Québec organised by year between 1713 and 1760; handwritten notes on people associated with Louisbourg, primarily focussed on the 1750's; and notes and transcriptions from early to mid 18th century correspondence, with other research notes and a list of names compiled in collaboration with Pierre Coutant, whose handwriting shows up in the section alongside Bosher's. The fourth section consists of research notes drawn from the Bibliothèque Municipale de Rouen, fonds Dardel dating from the late 17th-18th century, and research notes from the Archives Départementales d'Eure in Evreux on mid-17th-century shipping. The fifth section consists of research notes on négotiants, armateurs en général and bankers of St. Malo, Rouen and other locations in France (e.g. Paris). The sixth section consists of research notes on various marine insurance companies, most notably the Chambre d'Assurance et grosse aventure or La Compagnie d'Assurance; La Compagnie d'Assurance générale maritimes et incendiaires; and La Compagnie d'Assurance. The seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth sections include research notes drawn from various Archives Départementales with a focus on naval records. The next few sections include notes drawn from various departemental archives, with a focus on documents relating to the French navy and colonial Canada, including edicts and regulations, and notes on the "Affaire Droneau". The next two sections contains notes on published sources, along with a list of 17th and 18th-century merchants in New France, and collaborative research conducted with Marc Perrichet. The next few sections consist of notes on a variety of sources and includes published works, geneaological research, research on commercial records relating to 18th-century France, sourced from various departemental archive collections. The last section includes notes on the Begon fonds at the University of Montréal, with photocopied documents from this collection and a pamphlet on the Baby collection.

File consists of handwritten notes sorted into smaller files, and one printed pamphlet. These include research notes from the microfilms in the collections of the Library and Archives Canada, on trade, people, ships, Protestants etc. in 18th century Québec and Louisbourg; preparatory notes for The Canada Trade or The Canada Merchants; research notes on 18th century French geneaology, the French treasury, colonial trade and the navy and research from notarial and judicial documents; a pamphlet from the British Library Reference Division, Department of Printed Books; research notes drawn from notaries' records in the Archives Nationales du Québec.

File consists of handwritten research notes in two parts. The first section is devoted to Atlantic trade between Rochefort and Canada, and Huguenot families involved with this trade during the first two decades of the eighteenth century. The second section of notes is drawn from research at the Archives de la Marine at Rochefort, and was likely created in collaboration with Jay Cassel. This section contains a range of notes on French naval forces between the 1670s and the 1780s, including lengthy transcriptions of correspondence from Charles-Claude de Ruis Embito.

File consists of handwritten and typed notes on 17th and 18th-century French ship’s captains of vessels sailing on the St. Lawrence. The file includes a list of names and dates, as well as research notes on individuals sorted by last name.

File consists of research notes prepared by John Bosher.

File consists of research notes prepared by John Bosher.

File consists of handwritten research notes relating to 17th and 18th-century shipping between France, Québec and Newfoundland, divided into three sections.

File consists of handwritten notes, photocopied historical documents, and typed correspondence and scholarly articles on shipping and trade between Atlantic France and Canada during the 17th and 18th centuries. Some of this work may have been related to the Library and Archives of Canada’s project to identify and microfilm documents relating to the colonies in French archives during the 1970s.

File consists of handwritten research notes drawn from private and public archival collections and typed correspondance, with a focus on trading companies and bankers in 18th century France. Subjects include Parisian bankers Tourton and Baur, the Société of the Baron d'Huart, the Compagnie de Beaujoy Grossens, and others.

File consists of handwritten research notes, photocopies of scholarly articles and a newspaper clipping on published primary and secondary sources. These are sorted by last name of author, covering topics in 17th and 18th-century French and British history, including French colonies in North America, British and French history, trade, and economic exchange.

File consists of handwritten research notes grouped by source and organised alphabetically by author's last name on the national centralisation of finances by the French government, and various projects for financial reform over the late 18th century.

File consists of research notes prepared by John Bosher.

File consists of research notes on named individuals, and lists of Gardes du Trésor Royal, Trésoriers Généraux and Receveurs, with research notes sorted by Office held.

File consists of handwritten research notes containing biographical details on individuals in 18th-century France, most of them involved in finance, sorted alphabetically by last name.