Accession Number

2014.014.023.015a-b

Description

This is a machine-printed folded paper indenture dated Jan 29, 1890 (a) and a Statutory Declaration by John Cowper Bryden on white paper with an affixed red paper seal, the form signed by Notary Public, A.H. Horne.

Narrative

This document is related land acquired for “Chandler’s Addition to Port Angeles”, a land acquisition made in anticipation of the construction of a new railway. The document appoints a broker to sell lots within the newly-acquired parcel of land. 

History of Use

This document was acquired by The Castle Society from descendants of John Cowper Bryden and Elizabeth Hamilton Bryden (nee Dunsmuir). The family stored this with other documents in Nanaimo, Victoria, Royston, and Courtney, Vancouver Island. 

Date

1890

Material

Paper