SAMUEL SPARROW ~ 
18TH-CENTURY CAPE BRETON ISLAND 

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SEE NOVEMBER 29, 1786

[Sydney River, Lots 10, 11, and 12, Cape Breton Island]

Know all men by these presents that I the within named Samuel Sparrow for and in consideration of Fifty five Pounds current money ^ [above ^: the Province of ] Nova Scotia in hand paid to me by John Wilson of Sydney in the Island of Cape Breton Merchant have Granted Bargained Sold Assigned and transferred to him and by these Presents do grant bargain sell Assign and transfer to him the Within Indenture of Mortgage and the Premises there by granted to me or intended so to be and every part thereof with the Appurtenances and all my Estate, Right title Claim and Demand whatsoever in or to the same to have and to hold the Said Indenture of Mortgage and Premises afore said with the appurtenances and all my Estate Right title Claim and demand in or to the same as before Mentioned unto him the said John Wilson his Heirs Executors Administrator and Assigns for Ever. Inh witness where of I have here unto set my hand and seal this first day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety Eight

                                                                                     Sam^l Sparrow [Seal]

Signed and Sealed and delivered
in Presence of
And ^W Belcher
J Stuart
George Cossit

Entered from the original conveyance and Indenture of Mortgage this 14th February 1799

                                                                                   H M^cKinnon

[Source: Public Archives of Canada, RG 47, Registry of Deeds, Volume B, pp. 252-253 - Microfilm 17278]

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