Upper-Canada, by His Excellency John G. Simcoe, Esq., lieutenant governor and major general of His Majesty's forces, &c. &c. &c. proclamation
Subtitle: whereas it appears by the minutes of the Council of the late province of Quebec, dated Monday the ninth day of November 1789, to have been the desire of His Excellency Lord Dorchester the governor-general "to put a mark of honor upon the families who had adhered to the unity of the Empire, and joined the royal standard in America, before the treaty of seperation in the year 1783," and for that purpose ... land boards (should) take course for preserving a registry of the names of all the persons falling under the description aforementioned
Contributors: Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806
Publisher: G. Tiffany
Published: 1796
Place of publication: Niagara, U.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Land grants; United Empire loyalists; Concessions de terres; United Empire Loyalists
Notes: Broadside printed "in pursuance of the Quebec order-in-Council for land boards to maintain a registry of loyalists ... and in the absence of such registries in Upper Canada, Simcoe directs loyalists claiming confirmation of land grants to take oath of their adherence to the unity of Empire in the American Revolution, before local magistrates in the next michaelmas quarter-sessions, or forfeit their right to fee-free grants"--Tremaine

At end: Given under my hand and seal at arms, at the government house at York, this sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and in the thirty-sixth year of His Majesty's reign, John Graves Simcoe ... by his Excellency's command, E.B. Littlehales.

Imprint from Tremaine.

Reference: Tremaine 1023.