Navigating the Lower Saint Lawrence in the 19th Century.
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| No. 561} 8th June 1839} Signification | ||
| H.W. Baldwin ès qualité to William McDonald & John Le Boutillier ès qualité |
And on the eighth day of June in the
said year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty nine, at the special
instance and request of Henry William Baldwin
of Bathurst in that Province of New
Brunswick, now at New Carlisle in the County
of Bonaventure in the District of Gaspé in
the Province of Lower Canada, attorney named
in and by the act or letter of substitution
which preceded and is hereunto annexed. We,the undersigned Notary Public, duly admitted and sworn for the Province of Lower Canada, went purposely to the house and residence of William Macdonald, Esquire, one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, authorized and appointed, by the petition of Alexander Mavor, second mate and chief surviving officer of the late barque Colborne, wrecked near Port Daniel in the said County in the month of October now last past, in the late voyage of the said vessel from London, in England, to the ports of Quebec and Montreal in this said Province, and whereof the late William Kent was master, situate and lying near New Carlisle And then and there being and speaking to the said William Macdonald and to John Le Boutillier, Esquires, That whereas under and by virtue of a certain power or letter of attorney, signed, sealed and delivered, being first duly stamped by William Collinson of Hull, in England, managing owner of the late barque called the Colborne, and the several other persons whose names and seals are hereunto signed and affixed, being respectively the shippers or proprietors of goods laden on board of the said late barque, in her late voyage aforesaid, bearing date the twenty second day of February, now last past, they, the said William Collinson and the several other persons aforesaid for the causes and considerations mentioned in the said power or letter of attorney, did constitute, nominate and appoint Messeurs Joseph Cunard and Henry Cunard, both of Miramichi in the Province of New Brunswick, merchants, the true and lawful attorney and attorneys, jointly and separately of them, the said William Collinson and the several other persons aforesaid, in their said respective qualities all which with other matters and things will more fully and at large appear in and by the said power or letter of attorney in part recited, reference thereunto being had. And whereas by virtue of the power and authority in and by the said recited power or letter of attorney mentioned and expressed And whereas by the said Henry William Baldwin, being so aforesaid named and appointed, is desirous of signifying and making known his said appointment unto the magistrates appointed to manage the affairs of the said late barque Colborne aforesaid, and unto all and every person or persons whomsoever whom it doth, shall or may concern, by virtue of the said letter of substitution, for all, each and every, the purposes of the said in part recited power of attorney. |
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and all and every person or persons hereunto appointed and all and every other person or persons whom it doth, shall or may in anywise concern. |
Now therefore
these present that in order to give
full and entire force, virtue and effect of the
said Henry William Baldwin in his said
quality, we the said Notaries at the
aforesaid request, did signify, notify and
make known unto the said William Macdonald
and John Le Boutillier in their said
respective qualities, # the said in part
recited power of attorney and accompanying
documents, and of the nomination and
appointment therein made of the said Joseph
Cunard and Henry Cunard and each of them
separately as the attorney and attorneys of
the said William Collinson and the several
persons * whose names and seals are subscribed
and affixed to the said power of attorney, in
their respective qualities, for all and each
the purposes of the said power of attorney. And did also further signify, notify and make known unto them, the said William Macdonald and John Le Boutillier in their said respective qualities, and other person or persons whom it doth, shall or may concern, Thus done and signified ____ marginal notes approved are good ____ words struck out are null. |
| Henry W. Baldwin | ||||
| J.G. LeBel | M. Sheppard | |||
| N.P. | N.P. | |||
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G.R. Bossé©1998. |
Posted Nov. 1, 1998. |
Updated Nov. 17, 2002. |