To his Excellency
Major General Sir John Harvey H.CM. and C. B. Lieutenant Governor and Commander
in Chief of the Province of New Brusnwick ,etc.etc.etc.
The Petition of Alexander Boyd of the Parish of Bathurst
in the County of Gloucester humbly sheweth.
That his is a British subject ,born in Scotland and
does not own any land, that he wishes to obtain, by purchase,a tract for
immediate settlement, containing one hundred acres, and situated as follows:north
sied of the Big River bounded to the N.East by land belonging to William
Miller ,N.West by land belonging to James Black, and to the front by the
Big River; this said land haveing been Vetted ken by enSotwho who has resigned
his rights and improvements to the petitioner; and that he requests permission
to purchase said land at three shillings per acre, if allowed he is prepared
to settled himself upon, and emporve the --------and confirm in all
respects with the regulations for granting of land.
And in duty bound with everbny
Alex Boyd