Name: Van Valkenburgh, Jacob
Place: Kingston
Year: 1790
Volume: 513
Bundle: U-V Misc. 1784-1794
Petition: 46
Microfilm: C-2842
Reference: RG 1 L 3
scan 0550-0551
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To his Excellency the Right Honourable Guy Lord Dorchester Captain General Governor & Commander in Chief of the Colonies of Quebec, Nova Scotia & New Brunswick & their Dependencies, Vice Admiral of the same, Captain General & Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's forces in said Colonies & the Island of Newfoundland etc etc etc.
The Memorial of Jacob VanValkenburgh, Loyalist
Humbly Sheweth
That your Lordship's Memorialist being always firmly attached to the British Government & Constitution has come within his Majesty's lines in expectations of being admitted to become an Inhabitant in the District of Mecklenburgh, hopes to receive the same encouragement that other Subjects have been favoured with & humbly prays that two hundred acres of land may be assigned to him Eighth Township.
And your Memorialist as in duty bound will ever pray.
[signed] Jacob Van Valkenburgh
Kingston
October 20th 1790
To his Excellency Lord Dorchester
Governor & Commander in Chief
in Council
Quebec
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Dist. Mecklenburgh
No. 420
Jacob VanValkenburgh
Report
Certificate granted
20 October 1790
200 acres