Petition of Peter Lacoute, 21 August 1851, Charlotte County. Transcription.
Digital facsimile of "Petition of Peter Lacoute, 21 August 1851, Charlotte County," Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS108, reel F4242, 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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27/8/51
)
To His Excellency Sir Edmund Walker
Head, Bart, Lieutenant Governor and
Commander in Chief of the Province of
New Brunswick &c &c &c
Head, Bart, Lieutenant Governor and
Commander in Chief of the Province of
New Brunswick &c &c &c
The Petition of Peter Lacoute of St. James
Stephen
in
the County of Charlotte
the County of Charlotte
Humbly Sheweth,
That he is a british subject resident in the Parish
of St. James, and is desirous of procuring one hun -
dred acres of Crown Lands for actual Settlement and
to work out the purchase money in labor on the
public highways, or so much as thereof as may be
allowed under existing regulations. The land he
applies for is situate at the mouth of Canous -
stream and commencing on the lower side thereof, and ex-
tending down along the Chipatnistuook riverthe usual
and up the Canous stream far enough to make one
hundred acres -
Petitioner therefore prays that your Excellency will
be pleased to grant to him the said one hundred acres
of land in pursuance of the Act of General Assembly passed
in 1849 and the regulations consequent thereon -
of St. James, and is desirous of procuring one hun -
dred acres of Crown Lands for actual Settlement and
to work out the purchase money in labor on the
public highways, or so much as thereof as may be
allowed under existing regulations. The land he
applies for is situate at the mouth of Canous -
stream and commencing on the lower side thereof, and ex-
tending down along the Chipatnistuook river
and up the Canous stream far enough to make one
hundred acres -
Petitioner therefore prays that your Excellency will
be pleased to grant to him the said one hundred acres
of land in pursuance of the Act of General Assembly passed
in 1849 and the regulations consequent thereon -
And as in
duty bound will ever pray
duty bound will ever pray
Peter Lacoute
Charlotte County
21st August 1851
21st August 1851
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1650 Land
Peter Lacoute
(an Indian)
Petition to purchase 100
acres of land near mouth
of Canoose River, under
the Labour Act.
2/9/51 ) [unclear: Lacoute?]
Father of 2 sons
In Col. Sep 26/51
Reserve 100 acres in the
Crown. - allow Lacoute to
occupy.
Mr Porter infd. 23rd & entry on plan
{Inverted text.}
Peter Lacoute
(an Indian)
Petition to purchase 100
acres of land near mouth
of Canoose River, under
the Labour Act.
2/9/51 ) [unclear: Lacoute?]
Father of 2 sons
In Col. Sep 26/51
Reserve 100 acres in the
Crown. - allow Lacoute to
occupy.
Mr Porter infd. 23rd & entry on plan
Indians Order to Currin to Survey as a Reserve
100 acres at the Mouth of Canoose
100 acres at the Mouth of Canoose