Item #4689 Province of Canada Land Grant to George Fischer for 100 acres in the Township of Warwick. James 8th Earl of Elgin BRUCE, 12th Earl of Kincardine, George FISCHER.
BRUCE, James 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine [1811-1863] & FISCHER, George

Province of Canada Land Grant to George Fischer for 100 acres in the Township of Warwick

Place Published: Montreal
Publisher: Province of Canada
Date Published: 1847
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: No binding

15-1/2 x 13-3/8 inches, was folded now flat, typed and handwritten manuscript and transfer document with docketing information handwritten on verso. Overall edge tears soiling and foxing. Elgin signature and faded  seal with square hole cut out of it, fair condition only. Some content and detail...

George Fischer of the Township of Yarmouth in the District of London… Yeoman a discharged soldier from the De Sturon Regiment… Tract of land in the Township of Warwick in the county of Kent in the Western District… 100 acres… The West half of Lot Number Twenty-three in the South of the  Egremont Road in the Sixth Concession South of the Egremont Road of the said Township of Warwick… Montreal 16th December 1847… Signed ? Meredith  ??? ? Tucker - Registrar Warwick is a rural township in Lambton County, Ontario

James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine (20 July 1811 – 20 November 1863) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat, best known as Governor General of the Province of Canada and Viceroy of India. He was the son of the 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine. His second wife was Lady Mary Lambton, daughter of the 1st Earl of Durham, the author of the groundbreaking Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839), and niece of the Colonial Secretary the 3rd Earl Grey.
Fair. Item #4689

$130.00 USD
$178.97 CAD