Item #31723 Crown Grant to Levi Young et al.Recorded 5th November 1861. Ottawa C.W. [Cover Title]. A largehand-written document, on vellum, with a large Province of Canada sealafixed to upper left edge. "Know Ye, that in consideration of the sum ofSeventy six dollars of lawful money of our Province of Canada, by LeviYoung of the City of Ottawa.John Alfred Winn, of Sand Lake, in theCounty of Rensselaer, in the State of New York.Samuel F. Hersey of theCity of Bangor, in the State of Maine.Thomas L. Kay of the same Cityof Bangor.and Robert Davis of the same City of Bangor, allmanufacturers of sawed limber, doing business at the City of Ottawaaforesaid, under the name style and firm of Young Winn and Company , toour Commissioner of Public Works. All that p. OTTAWA - Lumbering - Deed.
Crown Grant to Levi Young et al.Recorded 5th November 1861. Ottawa C.W. [Cover Title]. A largehand-written document, on vellum, with a large Province of Canada sealafixed to upper left edge. "Know Ye, that in consideration of the sum ofSeventy six dollars of lawful money of our Province of Canada, by LeviYoung of the City of Ottawa.John Alfred Winn, of Sand Lake, in theCounty of Rensselaer, in the State of New York.Samuel F. Hersey of theCity of Bangor, in the State of Maine.Thomas L. Kay of the same Cityof Bangor.and Robert Davis of the same City of Bangor, allmanufacturers of sawed limber, doing business at the City of Ottawaaforesaid, under the name style and firm of Young Winn and Company , toour Commissioner of Public Works. All that p

Crown Grant to Levi Young et al.Recorded 5th November 1861. Ottawa C.W. [Cover Title]. A largehand-written document, on vellum, with a large Province of Canada sealafixed to upper left edge. "Know Ye, that in consideration of the sum ofSeventy six dollars of lawful money of our Province of Canada, by LeviYoung of the City of Ottawa.John Alfred Winn, of Sand Lake, in theCounty of Rensselaer, in the State of New York.Samuel F. Hersey of theCity of Bangor, in the State of Maine.Thomas L. Kay of the same Cityof Bangor.and Robert Davis of the same City of Bangor, allmanufacturers of sawed limber, doing business at the City of Ottawaaforesaid, under the name style and firm of Young Winn and Company , toour Commissioner of Public Works. All that p

Quebec. 1861. folio. 44x 50cm (17.5x 20in), hand-written onvellum, folded in quarters with title panel, with large seal on upperleft corner, fine. (cgc) An interesting document relating to Ottawa inits early pre-Confederation days as a lumbering town and reflecting theAmerican interest in the trade. Signer, Charles Alleyn, was ProvincialSecretary for the Province of Canada from 1858 to 1862. Joseph Cauchonheld the post of Commissioner of Public Works for the Canadas from 1861to 1862 and in 1877 was appointed Lieutenant- Governor of Manitoba. Item #31723

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