Petition of Thomas Philips, 14 February 1804, York County. Transcription.
Digital facsimile of "Petition of Thomas Philips, 14 February 1804, York County," Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS108, reel F4171, 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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Philips, Thomas
To The Honorable
Gabriel G. Ludlow Esquire
President of his Majestys Council
and commander in Chief of the Province of
New Brunswick. &c. &c. &c.
Gabriel G. Ludlow Esquire
President of his Majestys Council
and commander in Chief of the Province of
New Brunswick. &c. &c. &c.
The memorial of Thomas Philips
of the Parish of Northampton
Most Humbly Sheweth.
That your memorialist
hath purchased of Joseph Martin and other Indians
an improvment on the Island in the parish of
WoodStock distinguished by N o 4 in a Survey
made by the late Isaac Hedden Esquire of a part
of that Parish for which he paid fifty pounds cur=
rency. and that for Six Years before the said purchase
he rented the said Island of those Indians at the
rate of three pounds annually. he further states that
he has been at a very considerable additional expence
in fencing and other improvments since he came
into the possession of it. [unclear: Saith?]. Your memoriatin
therefore prays that a Grant may pass to him for
the said Island. and he as in duty bound shall
ever pray
hath purchased of Joseph Martin and other Indians
an improvment on the Island in the parish of
WoodStock distinguished by N o 4 in a Survey
made by the late Isaac Hedden Esquire of a part
of that Parish for which he paid fifty pounds cur=
rency. and that for Six Years before the said purchase
he rented the said Island of those Indians at the
rate of three pounds annually. he further states that
he has been at a very considerable additional expence
in fencing and other improvments since he came
into the possession of it. [unclear: Saith?]. Your memoriatin
therefore prays that a Grant may pass to him for
the said Island. and he as in duty bound shall
ever pray
Thomas Philips
14 February 1804
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Thomas Philips asks a Grant
of the Island N o 4 in the
Parish of Woodstock, purchased
by him from the Indians -
of the Island N o 4 in the
Parish of Woodstock, purchased
by him from the Indians -
In Council 3
d
March 1807
Complied with.
Complied with.