Petition By London District (Ontario) Residents To Halt Enoch Moore's Execution Until The Crown Appeal Was Heard

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To His Excellency Major General Sir George Arthur, ect ect, Lt. Governor of the Province of Upper Canada, etc, etc,

The undersigned inhabitants of the London District

Most humbly showeth

That Enoch Moore, John Moore, and Harvey Bryant, all of the County of Middlesex, Yeoman, have lately been convicted of high treason, and were on Thursday, the 10^th instant, sentenced to be executed on Friday, the 25^th instant,

Your petitioner being convinced that Her Majesty is ever actuated by kindness and humanity, and that no wish is ever entertained by Her Majesty to exercise any undue  severity toward any of her subjects, and persuaded that your Excellency has the same views and feelings, that a large majority of the Lords and Commons and the British People are desirous that a lenient course should be adopted in relation to those persons implicated in the late rebellion—humbly and implore your Excellency to respite the sentence of the above named prisoners until the pleasure of her most gracious majesty shall have been made known to your excellency

                      And your petitioners as in duty bound to ever pray

Elias Moore (and hundreds of others)

http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c6902/1309?r=1&s=5

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Image 1310 begins next. Harry Begg's name is on both images.

There are hundreds more signatures. To see them, please go to the LAC website and use the search box above each image. For the background on this entry, go here.


I am deeply grateful to Len Fluher III for teaching me about the era of the Rebellion. I am also grateful to Richie Sue Allen at the LAC for helping me navigate through the Sundries collection.