Petition of William Morison, 1841, Northumberland County. Transcription.
Digital facsimile of "Petition of William Morison, 1841, Northumberland County," Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS108, reel F4222, 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 Colebrook K. H.
Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief
of the Province of New Brunswick & c & c & c
Sir William MacBean George Colebrook K. H.
Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief
of the Province of New Brunswick & c & c & c
The Petition of William Morison of the Parish of
Alnwick in the County of Northumberland
Alnwick in the County of Northumberland
Humbly Sheweth
That he is a British Subject born in Scotland
and resides at Burnt Church in the Parish of Alnwick
That on the first of March in the year 1833 he leased from
the Chief and other Indians of the Gonish Tribe One hundred
Acres of land near Burnt Church commencing at the lower
or easterly line of lot number one fronting Miramichi
Bay and to extend down easterly eighty eight rods and
back to Burnt Church River, That there was no written
lease but he paid an annual rent of Two pounds for the
Same as will appear by the Reciepts hereunto anexed
That besides paying the Said rent Your Petitioner has expended
the Sum of Twenty pounds and upwards in clearing im-
-proving and fencing a part of the Said Land and that he
never cut any pine timber thereon nor in fact is there
any on it. That it was your petitioners intention to continue
to occupy the Said Land on the Same terms but he has been
informed that the Government is about to resume possession
of the Indian Reserves and make a new disposition of the
same. Your Petitioner therefore prays that the peculiar
circumstances of his case may be taken into consideration
and that he may be allowed to obtain title under the Crown
to the Said hundred acres now occupied by him on Such
terms as your Excellency may deem meet and proper
and resides at Burnt Church in the Parish of Alnwick
That on the first of March in the year 1833 he leased from
the Chief and other Indians of the Gonish Tribe One hundred
Acres of land near Burnt Church commencing at the lower
or easterly line of lot number one fronting Miramichi
Bay and to extend down easterly eighty eight rods and
back to Burnt Church River, That there was no written
lease but he paid an annual rent of Two pounds for the
Same as will appear by the Reciepts hereunto anexed
That besides paying the Said rent Your Petitioner has expended
the Sum of Twenty pounds and upwards in clearing im-
-proving and fencing a part of the Said Land and that he
never cut any pine timber thereon nor in fact is there
any on it. That it was your petitioners intention to continue
to occupy the Said Land on the Same terms but he has been
informed that the Government is about to resume possession
of the Indian Reserves and make a new disposition of the
same. Your Petitioner therefore prays that the peculiar
circumstances of his case may be taken into consideration
and that he may be allowed to obtain title under the Crown
to the Said hundred acres now occupied by him on Such
terms as your Excellency may deem meet and proper
And your petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray
William Morison
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