CHAPTER XXXV

COMMERCIAL HISTORY BEFORE THE UNION

MONTREAL’S EARLY BUSINESS FIRMS--A PROPHECY AT BEGINNING OF NINETEENTH CENTURY--CULTIVATION OF HEMP--ST. PAUL STREET--SLAVES IN MONTREAL--DOCTORS AND DRUGS IN 1815--WHOLESALE FIRMS IN 1816--FIRST MEETING OF COMMITTEE OF TRADE--NOTRE DAME STREET--M’GILL STREET--FRENCH CANADIAN BUSINESSES--SHIP CARGOES--THE SHOP FRONTS IN 1839 527