LAND PETITION OF EDWARD ARMSTRONG (1777-1857):

To his Excellency Sir Peregrine Maitland K.C.B. Lieutenant Governor of the province of Upper Canada Major General commanding His Majesty’s forces therein et. et. etc.

May it please your Excellency

In Council

The petition of Edward Armstrong of the township of Cavan yeoman

Humbly shelveth that your petitioner is a Native of the County Tyrone Ireland, has a wife and eight children came to Quebec in August last has taken the Oath of allegiance and never before applyed for any land from the Crown, and is of ability and desirous to settle and improve a lot of the wastelands in this province. Wherefore your petitioner humbly prays your Excellency to grant to him Two Hundred Acres of land paying -----

And as in duty bound your Excellency’s petitioner will ever pray

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Edward Armstrong his mark

York October 25^th 1825