The Manor House of Lacolle / A description and historical sketch of the Manoir of the Seigniory / of de Beaujeu of Lacolle

A detailed description and historical sketch traces a rural manor's situation near the US border, its exterior and interior features, and the surrounding lawns, gardens, and parkland. It recounts the house's construction in the early nineteenth century, the fortunes and controversies of successive owners—focusing on an heiress whose marriage led to alleged fraud and family litigation—and the property's development into a prize stock farm with extensive agricultural, milling, and land investments. The narrative follows earlier seigniorial ownership, transfers among military and landholding families, and legal and financial arrangements that altered possession and seigniorial rights over the estate.