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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 107335, member: 56&quot;]Great return on the document.&nbsp; Any chance of finding out who bought it and getting their perspective on it?</p><p><br /></p><p>I once had a Canadian land grant on parchment.&nbsp; As I recall it was from the 1830&#039;s, which is old enough from around here.&nbsp; It was a printed document with fill-in-the-blank spaces for the particulars.&nbsp; I wonder if the wording on yours might have been standard legal formula, pretty much copied verbatim from one document to another with only the specifics changing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The Canadian document had attached the Great Seal of the Province of Upper Canada, a wax thing covered in parchment, 3&quot; or 4&quot; across and about 1/2&quot; thick.&nbsp; In the document, the Crown retained rights to any gold or silver finds, and to any stands of white pine, which was used for ship&#039;s masts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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