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D3580 - Longsdon family of Little Longstone - [14th-20th Cent]
- C - Correspondence

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D3580/C/74-79
Title	Correspondence between John Longsdon, the Honourable Colonel Robert Gray of Charlotte Town, Prince Edward Island and John Plane, Assistant Surveyor General of Charlotte Town, on the difficulty of taking seisin of a block of 500 acres in Prince Edward Island, assigned to James Longsdon, senior, as collateral security for a debt incurred by Mr Hope [of Liverpool], being part of a block of 1000 acres allocated by Mrs Burns to her daughter in consideration of natural love and affection but not formally conveyed, ending with the formal empowerment on 30 August 1814 by James Longsdon, senior, of Longstone, of Mr John Harrison of Leech and Harrison of Liverpool to dispose of the land on any tolerable terms, promising deeds and discussing steps taken by John in Prince Edward Island to regularise the title.
Date	1809-1814
Description	13 July 1809 - 16 March 1811 and 30 August 1814
Extent	6 items
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Longsdon family of Little Longstone
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Term	British Empire
	Colonialism
	Letters (documents)

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