Petition of James Hunter, 2 February 1802, Queen's County. Transcription.
Digital facsimile of "Petition of James Hunter, 2 February 1802, Queen's County," Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS108, reel F1042, 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.
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His Excellency
Thomas Carleton Esq r Lieutenant
Governor & Commander in Chiff of the Province of
New Brunswick & c & c & c -
Thomas Carleton Esq r Lieutenant
Governor & Commander in Chiff of the Province of
New Brunswick & c & c & c -
Memorial of James Hunter of Maquipit Lake
Humbly Sheweth that he has a wife and five Children
and does not own as much as one acre of Land altho
he follows farming for Maintenance to his family
his Excellencys well known humanity and feeling
for his fellow Creature he trusts to grant him about
one hundred and fifty acres of the Resarved Land
on the Rear of the Lots on the South side of Maquipit
Lake fronting the Grand Lake on which Land his
Excellencys Memorialist has already made some
improvements his Excellencys Memorialist has Emigran^ted
from Great Britain since his Excellency granted
Land to his subjects and People in this Province
which Necessiate his Memorialist to trouble him at
this time in order to enable him to Build a Malt=
=Barn & Brew house and likewise inable him to
Continue his Excellency most faithfull subject -
and does not own as much as one acre of Land altho
he follows farming for Maintenance to his family
his Excellencys well known humanity and feeling
for his fellow Creature he trusts to grant him about
one hundred and fifty acres of the Resarved Land
on the Rear of the Lots on the South side of Maquipit
Lake fronting the Grand Lake on which Land his
Excellencys Memorialist has already made some
improvements his Excellencys Memorialist has Emigran^ted
from Great Britain since his Excellency granted
Land to his subjects and People in this Province
which Necessiate his Memorialist to trouble him at
this time in order to enable him to Build a Malt=
=Barn & Brew house and likewise inable him to
Continue his Excellency most faithfull subject -
James Hunter
Maquipit Lake
2d February 1802
2d February 1802
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A Tract of about 1400 was reserved for a Townplatt and Glebe running between Maquipit and
the Grand Lake and measuring in front on each
Lake one Mile, in the center of this reserve on
Maquipit Lake the Memorialist applies for 150 Acres
to form a lot of 60 or 80 rods front and to run from
Lake to Lake - Note a corner of this reserve containing
about 50 acres has been Granted to Lewis Joseph an
Indian -
Geo: Sproule
S: Gen l
S: Gen l
1st April 1802
His Excellency
Thomas Carleton Esq r - Lieutenant
Governor and Commander in Chiff
of the Province of New Brunswick
= & c & c & c -
Fredericton
Thomas Carleton Esq r - Lieutenant
Governor and Commander in Chiff
of the Province of New Brunswick
= & c & c & c -
Fredericton
James Hunter
asks a part of a Reserve -
on Maquipit Lake -
Inadmissable -
4 th Feb:1802
asks a part of a Reserve -
on Maquipit Lake -
Inadmissable -
4 th Feb:1802