To his Excellency Major General and Sir. Howard Douglas Baronet, Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief
of the Province of New Brunswick.

The petition of sundry settlers on the St.Nicholas River; Humbly sheweth,

That your petitioners have improved on several allotments on the St Nicholas River, but owing to the extreme difficulty
of the times they have been unable to take out their grants:

Your petitioners humbly beg leave to offer their opinions that the new system of disposing of the Crown Lands presents
such facilities to poor settlers as to induce them to wish for its extension to your petitioners particular cases; And they
therefore humbly pray that Your Excellency will be graciously pleased to take the premises into consideration, and allow
them to obtain their improvements at private sale according to the tenor of the new regulations at a moderate upset price.

And your petioners as in duty bound will ever pray.

George IRWIN-next lot above town Dardron west side South Branch

Michael QUINN-East side of the South Branch

William DIMPSEY- No 20 East side of South Branch

Nicholas McCANN- No 5 South side of West Branch

John McGUIRE- No 11 South side of West Branch

John [X} last name not given- No 2 North side of West Branch

Richard BENNETT- next above Geo.Irwin, South Branch

Mantor SULLIVAN- next above the Town Reserve

John MAHONEY- No. 17 West side Main Branch

Mich FITZGERALD- West side South Branch

[Whelpley] GAYNOR- West side above Archd. McEachern

[?] ary BROWN- No 16 West side Main Branch

John HARDING- No 18 West side Main Branch

John LITTLE- No 21 East side South Branch

[La ing] ENGLISH- No 12 and 13 North side West Branch

James COIL- No 6 South side West Branch

George BROOKS- No 2 and 2 East Branch St. Nicholas River

Thomas JOHNSON- No. 6 South side West Branch

John FLINN- No.7 East Branch adjoining the Grant to [Hostlen?]

John IRVING- No. 3 East Branch adjoining the Grant to [Hostlen]

James HAYWARD- No. 4 East Branch adjoining the Grant to [Hostlen?]

John McELRETH- No. 11 North side West Branch

Patrick DURKE- No. 4 North side West Branch

John ALGOE- No. 9 South side West Branch

Fred BONE- No. 13 Main Branch east side

Pierce MURPHY- No. 3 West side Main Branch

John BROWN- No. 15 East side Main Branch