Petition of Noil Bernard, 18 January 1792, York County. Transcription.
Digital facsimile of "Petition of Noil Bernard, 18 January 1792, York County," Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS108, reel F1038, Fredericton, New Brunswick. In "Contested Terrain: Aboriginal Land Petitions in New Brunswick, 1786-1878," Atlantic Canada Virtual Archives, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
This version published online 25 March 2010.
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To His Excellency Thomas
Carleton Esq re Lieutenant Governor And Commander
In Chief of the Province of New Brunswick & c & c & c
Carleton Esq re Lieutenant Governor And Commander
In Chief of the Province of New Brunswick & c & c & c
The Memorial of Noil Bernard,
humbly Sheweth
Your Petitioner most Humbly Requests that it may
please Your Excellency to Grant him Lot of Land Number
Twenty Four Situated on the North Eist side of the River St.
John in the District of Madawoiska and in Duty bound will
Ever Pray
please Your Excellency to Grant him Lot of Land Number
Twenty Four Situated on the North Eist side of the River St.
John in the District of Madawoiska and in Duty bound will
Ever Pray
Most Humble &
Bound Servt
Bound Servt
Your Excellency Sig
d
for Noil Bernard
[Ths Cortin]
Madawoiska York County
Jan ry 18th 1792
[Ths Cortin]
Madawoiska York County
Jan ry 18th 1792
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Memorial
of
Noil Bernard
of
Noil Bernard
for lot N
o
24 on the north east
side of the River Saint John
in the District of Madawaska
side of the River Saint John
in the District of Madawaska
complied with
7 th Sept r 1792
7 th Sept r 1792