Name/Title
Mortgage for George and Flora CampbellEntry/Object ID
2008-026-021aScope and Content
Mortgage for one thousand eight hundred dollars lent to George and Flora Campbell from The Western Canada Loan and Savings Company.
Physical Characteristics: The mortgage is on a large piece of paper that is folded in half to create four pages. The text is in black and sections are preprinted, and there are other sections that have been filled in by hand in black ink.
The first page has "This Indenture," in large stylized black preprinted text. The page is dated, "thirty-first day of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine". Near the top half, the names of the mortgagees are filled in: "George Campbell of the Township of Collingwood in the County of Grey Yeoman"; and "Flora Campbell", his wife. Below the preformatted text are eight lines of handwritten text.
The second page is mainly preformatted text, and some handwritten text is added. The amount of the mortgage is filled in by hand near the top, "Eighteen hundred ------ dollars" with an interest rate of "six and one half per cent".
The third page has preformatted text, handwritten text and three signatures at the bottom: Ewen Cameron; George Campbell; and Flora Campbell. A red, circular sticker is to the right of Flora Campbell's signature (See Condition).
The back page has preformatted and handwritten text, which is horizontal (parallel to the center fold). The text is divided into three sections: two sections on the left half and one large section that takes up the right half. In one section is a number, "88113", handwritten in red ink and then crossed out in pencil with "1877" written above in pencil.Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
Jan 31, 1889Primary Language
EnglishDimensions
Dimension Notes
Length (cm): 53.2 cm (unfolded)
Width (cm): 42.6 cm (unfolded)