Auction: 13050 - Postal History and Historical documents
Lot: 2086
Historical Documents
Queen Victoria
1842 (1 Sept.) a court document, signed "Victoria R" being a supplementary document to an Act for amending the Constitution of the Government of Newfoundland, titled, "Additional Instruction to Our Trusty and Wellbeloved Sir John Harvey, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, Major General in Our Army, Our Governor and Commander in Chief in and over Our Island of Newfoundland and its Dependencies, or in his absence to Our Lieutenant Governor or the Officer Administrating the Government of Our Island and its Dependencies for the time being. Given at our Court at Windsor...". The document instructs the Governor as to the qualifications for a member of the Assembly, residence qualifications for voters and constitution of the Executive Council. Initialled again at end and bearing a fine wax wafer seal. Several folding creases, one which has caused a tear in the final page. An unusual document and a fantastic addition to a collection of Newfoundland. Photo
Lieutenant-General Sir John Harvey, KCB KCH (23 April 1778 – 22 March 1852) was a British Army officer and a lieutenant governor.
He was commissioned into the 80th Foot in 1794 and served in several different locations, including France, Egypt, and India. He came to Canada in 1813 and served as a lieutenant colonel in the War of 1812, taking part in the British victory at the Battle of Stoney Creek in Ontario.
From 1836 to 1837, he was the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. From 1837 to 1841, he was the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. From 1841 to 1846, he was the Civil Governor of Newfoundland. From 1846 to 1852, he was the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
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Estimate
£1,800 to £2,000