Petition of Mathew Oxford and James Oxford, 23 September 1841, Northumberland County. Transcription.
Digital facsimile of "Petition of Mathew Oxford and James Oxford, 23 September 1841, Northumberland County," Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS108, reel F1044, 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 Lieutenant Colonel Sir William
MacBean George Colebrooke KH Lieutenant Governor and
Commander in Chief of the Province of New Brunswick
&c &c &c
MacBean George Colebrooke KH Lieutenant Governor and
Commander in Chief of the Province of New Brunswick
&c &c &c
The Petition of Matthew Oxford of New =
Castle in the County of Northumberland Farmer
Castle in the County of Northumberland Farmer
Most Humbly Sheweth
That your Petitioner obtained a
lease from the Julian Chiefs in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight hun-
=dered and Thirty five of all that tract piece or parcel of Land Situate lying
and being in the Parish of NewCastle being a part of the Indian=
Allotment Commencing at James Oxfords upper line and to
extend up the Stream of the Northwest Branch of the River
Miramichi on the North side there of Twenty rods and exten=
=ding to the rear of the said Allotment
And also all that certain
other tract piece or parcel of Land situate in the same parish
and being also a part of the said Allotment Commencing at
the lower line of the said James Oxford Lot and extending down
the Stream of the said Northwest branch of the Miramichi fifty
five rods in Front and extending to the rear of the said allot=
=ment The Said two pieces or parcels of land containing
by estimation Two hundered acres more or less
That your Petitioner has
made improvements thereon and has regularly paid the rent
to the Indians according to the lease and is anxious to obtain
title to the Same
That Your Petitioner is a British
Subject and born in Scotland and arrived in this Country
as an emigrant
lease from the Julian Chiefs in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight hun-
=dered and Thirty five of all that tract piece or parcel of Land Situate lying
and being in the Parish of NewCastle being a part of the Indian=
Allotment Commencing at James Oxfords upper line and to
extend up the Stream of the Northwest Branch of the River
Miramichi on the North side there of Twenty rods and exten=
=ding to the rear of the said Allotment
And also all that certain
other tract piece or parcel of Land situate in the same parish
and being also a part of the said Allotment Commencing at
the lower line of the said James Oxford Lot and extending down
the Stream of the said Northwest branch of the Miramichi fifty
five rods in Front and extending to the rear of the said allot=
=ment The Said two pieces or parcels of land containing
by estimation Two hundered acres more or less
That your Petitioner has
made improvements thereon and has regularly paid the rent
to the Indians according to the lease and is anxious to obtain
title to the Same
That Your Petitioner is a British
Subject and born in Scotland and arrived in this Country
as an emigrant
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Your Petitioner would therefore most
Humbly pray Your Excellency to take the
foregoing facts into Consideration and to
order a - Grant to issue to your Petitioner of
the Said lands or to do in the premises to your
Petitioner as your Excellency may think Just
and right and on such terms as your Exc=
-ellency in your Wisdom may deem just and
right
Humbly pray Your Excellency to take the
foregoing facts into Consideration and to
order a - Grant to issue to your Petitioner of
the Said lands or to do in the premises to your
Petitioner as your Excellency may think Just
and right and on such terms as your Exc=
-ellency in your Wisdom may deem just and
right
And as in duty bound Your Petitioner will ever pray
Matthew Oxford
New Castle
23 rd September 1841
23 rd September 1841
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Petition
Petition
Matthew Oxford