Ottawa East Petition 1883

The Ottawa East Petition of 1883

As indicated, the petition requested that the Legislative Assemblay of the Province reject the bid by the City of Ottawa to annex Archville (Ottawa East). Part of the process in this request involved the preparation of a summary of the residents and their reaction to the petition. The summary produced read as follows:

Archville
No. of owner (sic) and occupants in the proposed extension	113
No. of owner and occupants signed	96
No. of owner refused to sign	2
No. of tenants refused to sign	2
No. of tenants not seen	2
No. of owner absent and not seen	12
	113

The front page of the actual petition can be seen here. Note that the copyright of the document is held by the Archives of Ontario, Reference Code: RG 49-38-2, 1882-1883, Petition #175.

The actual petition signed by the 96 residents can be seen here. Only the main page is shown but it is interesting to note the actual signatures of Robert Lees and Archibald Stewart at the bottom of the page.

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