Agreement between François Soumande Delorme and Pierre Labier, 2 February 1735.

Before the Undersigned royal notary of the Juridiction Royal of montreal, Therein residing, And the Witnesses named at the end of this document, appeared the man named pierre Lubien master Carpenter in This city who Willingly promises to provide Sieur francois delorme Soumande, Bourgeois merchant in this city here present and in agreement, with all the carpentry Wood generally required for the house which the said Sieur de lorme is having built In This city On ruë Capital, for the attic of the said house, and for the ceilings that will be eight inches in thickness Across the width and that they will be able to [install?]; all of the Joists will be half pine and half hemlock And no other Wood bearers and generally otherwise, And of these joists there will be Five on the upper floor that will cross The stone Wall to be attached to iron Clasps, and [the said Lubien promises] to install all this according to the progress of the masons. All work will be approved by experts and knowledgeable persons, and furthermore [the said Lubien] will make the Arches for the vaults that the Said Sieur delorme intends to have built In the said house as soon as the masons are ready, and for the said Arches Sieur delorme will Only Be required to supply the timber And nails and the structure will be Left to the said Lubien except for the planks needed to cover them And which will be installed by the said lubien;

this agreement thus concluded according to the Aforementioned Clauses And Conditions And moreover in return for which the said Sieur delorme promises and Commits to give and to pay the said lubien for all of the said work Including all of the Construction Wood used, with the exception of the Timber for the Arches of the said vaults, on the basis and price of three Sols per foot, And for all the timber for the vaults the Sum of One Hundred forty livres, all of it payable half In merchandise And four bottles of Eau de Vie[ And the other half with thirty bushels of good wheat And the Remainder In currency of legal tender in this country, and to provide this payment as the work progresses; and under penalty of all damages and interest against the Faulty party to [illegible word] all or part of the said clauses. As such each has agreed[illegible word] & promises & recognizes his obligations & done & passed in Montreal in the study of the said notary after midday on the second Day of February seventeen Hundred thirty-Five in the presence of Sieurs pierre Coreau la Coste merchant And godin called as witnesses who, with my said Sieur delorme And notary Signed And the said lubien declared to not Know how to Write or Sign as asked following the reading done according to the Ordinance.
[signed]La Coste