Petition of William Ledden Jr, 9 October 1841, Northumberland County. Transcription.
Digital facsimile of "Petition of William Ledden Jr, 9 October 1841, Northumberland 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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9.10.841
To His Excellency Lieutenant Colonel Sir William
McBean George Colebrooke K, H, Lieutenant Governor
and Commander in Chief of the province of NewBrunswick &c &c
McBean George Colebrooke K, H, Lieutenant Governor
and Commander in Chief of the province of NewBrunswick &c &c
The Humble Petition of William Ledden
Junior of Miramichi in the County of
Northumberland
Junior of Miramichi in the County of
Northumberland
Respectfully Sheweth
That your petitioners Father William
Ledden Senior in the month of August in the year of our
Lord 1834 obtained from the Julian Tribe of Indians inhabiting
the North West Branch of Miramichi River in this County a
demise of the piece or tract of land and premises parti
cularily described in the lease from the Said Indians of
which lease the document hereto annexed is a true Copy
That your petitioners Said Father
William Ledden Senior on his removal from this Country
a short time after the said demise assigned for a valuable
Consideration all his interests in and to the Said demised
premises to your petitioner who has ever since up to the
present period been in possession of the Said Lease
That Your Petitioner has
recently heard that the Indian reserves in this County
are to be opened for Application, And your petitioner
is desirous of obtaining a grant of the said premises
in his own name
Your petitioner is a British
Subject born in this County and is twenty nine years
of Age and has a Wife and one Child and intends
Ledden Senior in the month of August in the year of our
Lord 1834 obtained from the Julian Tribe of Indians inhabiting
the North West Branch of Miramichi River in this County a
demise of the piece or tract of land and premises parti
cularily described in the lease from the Said Indians of
which lease the document hereto annexed is a true Copy
That your petitioners Said Father
William Ledden Senior on his removal from this Country
a short time after the said demise assigned for a valuable
Consideration all his interests in and to the Said demised
premises to your petitioner who has ever since up to the
present period been in possession of the Said Lease
That Your Petitioner has
recently heard that the Indian reserves in this County
are to be opened for Application, And your petitioner
is desirous of obtaining a grant of the said premises
in his own name
Your petitioner is a British
Subject born in this County and is twenty nine years
of Age and has a Wife and one Child and intends
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to remain in this County
Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays
That your Excellency will be pleased
to take the premises into consideration and
to order a grant of the said land to issue
to your Petitioner on such terms as to
Your Excellency Shall Seem just
and Reasonable
Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays
That your Excellency will be pleased
to take the premises into consideration and
to order a grant of the said land to issue
to your Petitioner on such terms as to
Your Excellency Shall Seem just
and Reasonable
And your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray &c
Miramichi
9
th
October 1841
Wm Ledden Jr
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No. 24.
The Petition of
William Ledden Junr
praying grant of
Indian Land in
Northumberland
The Petition of
William Ledden Junr
praying grant of
Indian Land in
Northumberland