Name/Title
Notice from Robert Bryson to Alexander McLeanEntry/Object ID
2013.57.09Scope and Content
Notice from Robert Bryson to Alexander McLean. He was demanding payment of $650 with a rate of 8% per annum. It was in regards to a mortgage agreement made on June 11, 1883 which was assigned to Robert Bryson by John Snedden. The letter is two double sided pieces of paper attached. Second copy of letter.
Transcription of artifact 2013.57.9:
To Alexander McLean of the Town of Almonte in the County of Lanark miller and John Baird of the Township of Ramsay in the County aforesaid Woollen Manufacturer
I Robert Bryson of the Town of Almonte aforesaid Esquire hereby give You [spelling uncertain] notice that I demand payment of the Sum of six hundred and fifty dollars and interest thereon at the rate of Eight per centum per annum from the Twenty fifth day of March one thousand Eight hundred and Eighty five due to me the said Robert Bryson upon a Certain Inductors of Mortgage Executed by the said Alexander McLeau to one John Snedden of the Township of Ramsay aforesaid yeoman and dated [spelling uncertain] the Twenty fifth day of march one thousand Eight hundred and Eighty and which mortgage was Registered in the Registry office for the North Riding of the said County of Lanark the Eighteenth day of June ad 1880 for securing the repayment of Six hundred and fifty dollars and interest thereon as therein mentioned, on the following property namely all that Certain parcel or tract of land and premises Situate lying and being in the Town of Almonte in the County of Lanark in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada Being Composed of all that part of Lot number Thirty four on Brae Street in the said Town of almonte as laid down on Bells General Place of the Said Town of the said Town registered in the Registry office for the North Riding of the County of Lanark not heretofore Conveyed [spelling uncertain] by the said John Baird to one Henry Stafford also all that other certain parcel or tract
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Of land and premises Situate lying and being in the Town of almonte aforesaid and being composed of part of lot number Twenty six on Farm Street in the said Town of almonte and which may be better drawn [spelling uncertain] and described as follows that is to say Commencing at a post plantid at the North Easterly angle of said Lot Twenty where its easterly boundary Ceases witteo [spelling uncertain] boundary of Lot number Thirty four on Brae Street as Shown on the aforesaid plan thence along the boundary between Lot number Twenty Six on Farm Street and Lot number Thirty one on Brae Street forty four feet six inches to a post placed thence at right angles to the said boundary with Lot number Twenty six twelve feet thence in a northerly direction parallel to said boundary forty four feet six inches to the boundary between Lots Thirty four and Twenty six thence along the Said boundary twelve feet to the place of beginning containing five hundred and thirty feet be the same more or less
Which mortgage was by deed of assignment dated the Eleventh day of June AD 1883 duly assigned to me the said Robert Bryson by the said John Snedden
And take notice that unless payment of the said mortgage money and interest be made within two days from the time of your being served herewith I the said Robert Bryson will proceed with or without any consent or concurrence on your part and without any further
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Notice to you to enter with possession of the said premises and to receive and take rent and profits thereof and whether in or out of possession of the same as I the said Robert Bryson shall see fit and to sell and absolutely dispose of the said lands and premises either by auction or partly by auction and partly by private sale as I the said Robert Bryson shall see fit and to sell and absolutely dispose of the said lands and premises either by auction private sale or partly by auction and partly by private sale as I the said Robert Bryson may deem proper and either for money or upon such terms [spelling uncertain] of credit as I may deem proper and to convey and assese [spelling uncertain] the same when so said unto the purchaser thereof as I shall decide [spelling uncertain] appoint
Dated at the Town of almonte the twenty sixth day of May AD 1885
Robert Bryson
By Macdonell [last name illegible]
His Solicitors
[the following is written on the back]
Served Alexander McLeau with a copy of the within notice of sale this 27th day of May AD 1885
M. Stafford
Served John Baird with a copy of the within notice of Sale this 28th day of may AD 1885 M Stafford
Dated 26 May 1885
Robert Bryson
To
Alexander McLeau
Notice of Exercising
Power of Sale
Contained in a Certain Mortgage
Bearing date the 25th May 1880
Macdonell & DawddsCollection
Rosamond Woolen Company CollectionCataloged By
Gervais, SarahLexicon
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
May 25, 1885Location
Location
Container
Box 5Shelf
Shelf 19Room
Collections RoomBuilding
M.V.T.M.Category
PermanentDate
November 7, 2023Location
Container
Archive Box 1Shelf
1, 1Room
Collections RoomBuilding
M.V.T.M.Category
PermanentMoved By
MacMillan, LindsayDate
November 30, 2020Location
Container
Box 2Shelf
Shelf 7, Shelf 7Room
Collections RoomBuilding
M.V.T.M.Category
PermanentMoved By
Whit, ElizabethDate
July 1, 2017Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
McLean, AlexanderPerson or Organization
Bryson, RobertPerson or Organization
Snedden, JohnGeneral Notes
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Status: OK
Status By: MacMillan, Lindsay
Status Date: 2020-11-30Created By
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May 22, 2015Updated By
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November 12, 2023
