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Talbot Settlement Lease Book - F 501-2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Archives of Ontario - Thomas Talbot fonds, F 501
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- 1842-1846
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Archives of Ontario - Thomas Talbot fonds, F 501
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- F 501-2
- GMD
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- 1842-1846
- Series
- Archives of Ontario - Thomas Talbot fonds, F 501 - Talbot Settlement Lease Book series, F 501-2
- Physical Description
- 3 centimetres of textual records (1 volume)
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Register or "lease book" documenting leases kept between 1 January 1842 and 1 January 1846 for lands in the Talbot Settlement.
Register contains information relating to leases in 10 townships in which Talbot oversaw settlement: Aldborough, Bayham, Charlotteville, Dunwich, London, Malahide, Southwold, Townsend, Woodhouse and Yarmouth. Entries are recorded in table form under the township name. Typically, they consist of the name of the lessee, the date and duration of the lease, the rent per annum, notations concerning payment, the lot and concession numbers, the dimensions of the lot, the number of acres under lease and, when applicable, the name of an assignee. Comments concerning the lease are recorded in a "remarks" column.
There are three sets of entries for Aldborough and Dunwich Townships. The first set, consisting of tables found on pages 8 to 11, consists of retroactive entries relating to leases dating between 1825 and 1836. The second set of entries (pages 16 to 27) covers the period 1842 to 1845. A notation that "This form is cancelled" is inscribed on each page. The final set of entries covers the period from 1842 to 1846. Although they cover the same period, the second and third sets of entries are not identical.
The register also contains instructions from Talbot concerning notices of leases and conditions of lease. The register may have been maintained by Mahlon Burwell or one of his sons.
- Name Access
- Archives of Ontario
- Talbot, Thomas
- Burwell, Mahlon, 1783-1846
- Elgin (Ont. : County)
- Middlesex (Ont. : County)
- Norfolk (Ont. : County)
- Aldborough (Ont. : Township)
- Bayham (Ont. : Township)
- Charlotteville (Ont. : Township)
- Dunwich (Ont. : Township)
- London (Ont. : Township)
- Malahide (Ont. : Township)
- Southwold (Ont. : Township)
- Townsend (Ont. : Township)
- Woodhouse (Ont. : Township)
- Yarmouth (Ont. : Township)
- Repro Restriction
- The records digitized and made accessible through this site remain the exclusive property of the Archives of Ontario. Use of these records is for research and private study only. Requests for reproduction of the records presented on this site must be directed to the Archives of Ontario: reference@ontario.ca
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