Petition of Lambert Peltier, 7 January 1840, Gloucester County. Transcription.
Digital facsimile of "Petition of Lambert Peltier, 7 January 1840, Gloucester County," Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS108, reel F4255, 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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To His Excellency Lieutenant Colonel
Sir William Macbean George Colebrooke
K. H. Lieutenant Governor and Comman
der in Chief of the Province of New
Brunswick &c &c &c &c
Sir William Macbean George Colebrooke
K. H. Lieutenant Governor and Comman
der in Chief of the Province of New
Brunswick &c &c &c &c
The Petition of Lambert Peltier
Humbly Sheweth
That your Petitioner is a Native of Lower
Canada is a married man, and has Settled on a
part of the Indian reserve on the river Pokemouche
for this last three years under a lease as hereinafter
Mentioned and has Built a Saw Mill, one dwelling
House, one Barn and has about eight acres of Land
under Cultivation and has been at great expence in
making a race or water Course to saw mill the es
timate Value of all the Buildings and improvements
is at a Cost of Five Hundred Pounds
Your Petitioner has received a notice from M. H.
Perley Commissioner of Indian affairs to quit the above
mentioned Place Your Petitioner Prays that your Ex
cellency will take the case into consideration and
Grant a Lease for the term of one Hundred years from
the Crown at an yearly rent of {left blank} for Two Hundred
Acres of said reserves, "the following is a Copy Lease entered
into "Towit" Agreement made the seventh day of
"January A.D. one thousand eight Hundred and thirty
"nine between Lambert Peltier of the Parish of Samarez
"County of Gloucester and Province of New Brunswick
"Carpenter of the one Part, and all the Pokemouche Indians
"of the other part, that is today the Pokemouche Indians
"Rents to the above mentioned Peltier one brook with
"Twenty eight Rods of Land in Breadth on each side of
"Said Brook and to extend Back to the rear of the Indian
Canada is a married man, and has Settled on a
part of the Indian reserve on the river Pokemouche
for this last three years under a lease as hereinafter
Mentioned and has Built a Saw Mill, one dwelling
House, one Barn and has about eight acres of Land
under Cultivation and has been at great expence in
making a race or water Course to saw mill the es
timate Value of all the Buildings and improvements
is at a Cost of Five Hundred Pounds
Your Petitioner has received a notice from M. H.
Perley Commissioner of Indian affairs to quit the above
mentioned Place Your Petitioner Prays that your Ex
cellency will take the case into consideration and
Grant a Lease for the term of one Hundred years from
the Crown at an yearly rent of {left blank} for Two Hundred
Acres of said reserves, "the following is a Copy Lease entered
into "Towit" Agreement made the seventh day of
"January A.D. one thousand eight Hundred and thirty
"nine between Lambert Peltier of the Parish of Samarez
"County of Gloucester and Province of New Brunswick
"Carpenter of the one Part, and all the Pokemouche Indians
"of the other part, that is today the Pokemouche Indians
"Rents to the above mentioned Peltier one brook with
"Twenty eight Rods of Land in Breadth on each side of
"Said Brook and to extend Back to the rear of the Indian
Land
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"Land the above mentioned Brook empties into Poke
"mouch river on the South Side about the Centre of
"Indian Location we the Pokemouche Indians Rent
"the above mentioned Brook and Lands for Nine
"Hundred Years to Peltier his heirs &c Provided
"the said Peltier his heirs and assigns Pay Punctually
"every year the Sum of Five Pounds Lawful money
"of New Brunswick for each and every year after
"this date to the Pokemouche Indians their Heirs
"and assigns but if Peltier refuses paying the above
"mentioned five pounds yearly this agreement is
"null and void otherwise to remain in full force
"and Virtue the first payment is to be made by
"Peltier to the above Pokemouche Indians on the seventh
"day of January A.D one thousand eight Hundred
"and forty and at the end of every three years after
"the first payment of five pounds Peltier his hiers
"and assigns is to pay the Pokemouche Indians the
"sum of Fifteen Pounds Currency
"mouch river on the South Side about the Centre of
"Indian Location we the Pokemouche Indians Rent
"the above mentioned Brook and Lands for Nine
"Hundred Years to Peltier his heirs &c Provided
"the said Peltier his heirs and assigns Pay Punctually
"every year the Sum of Five Pounds Lawful money
"of New Brunswick for each and every year after
"this date to the Pokemouche Indians their Heirs
"and assigns but if Peltier refuses paying the above
"mentioned five pounds yearly this agreement is
"null and void otherwise to remain in full force
"and Virtue the first payment is to be made by
"Peltier to the above Pokemouche Indians on the seventh
"day of January A.D one thousand eight Hundred
"and forty and at the end of every three years after
"the first payment of five pounds Peltier his hiers
"and assigns is to pay the Pokemouche Indians the
"sum of Fifteen Pounds Currency
"In Witness whereof we Set our Hands
"the day and year above mentioned
"the day and year above mentioned
"Signed" Lambert Peltier
" Charles his X mark Pomifits Chief
" Phillip his X mark Deboas
" Toma his X mark Bernard
" Ekam his X mark Bernard
Michael his X mark Deboas
" Charles his X mark Pomifits Chief
" Phillip his X mark Deboas
" Toma his X mark Bernard
" Ekam his X mark Bernard
Michael his X mark Deboas
Witness
"Signed" "Joseph Sewell"
"Signed" "Joseph Sewell"
And as in duty bound will ever pray
Lambert his X mark Peltier
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I hereby certify that the lease embodied in the foregoing
Petition is a true and just copy taken from the original
Jno Doran J.P.
Petition is a true and just copy taken from the original
Jno Doran J.P.
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Petition
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Lambert Peltier
Petition
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Lambert Peltier