. The Historical magazine and notes and queries concerning the antiquities, history and biography of America . e forupwards of thirty years, was at the helm. February 20, 1805, Mr. Grant made ap-plication to the commissioners for a certifi-cate of land lying on Lake St. Claii:, beingnine acres in front by seventy-one in depth,purchased of John Askin ; and afterwards,July 14th, 1808, a certificate was issuedfor three hundred and sixty acres. June17, 1812, a patent therefor from the Presi-dent of the United States was issued toAlexander Grant. During the year 1805, Com. Grant ad- ministered the
. The Historical magazine and notes and queries concerning the antiquities, history and biography of America . e forupwards of thirty years, was at the helm. February 20, 1805, Mr. Grant made ap-plication to the commissioners for a certifi-cate of land lying on Lake St. Claii:, beingnine acres in front by seventy-one in depth,purchased of John Askin ; and afterwards,July 14th, 1808, a certificate was issuedfor three hundred and sixty acres. June17, 1812, a patent therefor from the Presi-dent of the United States was issued toAlexander Grant. During the year 1805, Com. Grant ad- ministered the government of Canada inthe absence of the 18, 1813, Com. Grant died at his resi-dence at Grosse Point, ten miles above De-troit, and was buried at Sandwich, in Ca-nada. L. K. Haddock. SEALS OF NEW YORK COLONIALGOVERNORS. To gratify the increasing taste for thestudy of Heraldry in this country, we gave,in the December number, the hitherto un-published seal of Jacob Leisler, used byhim in his official acts as Governor of theColony of New York. We continue theseries by a few more :—. Arms of Earl of Bellomont, Governor of New York1698-1701, and Massachusetts. The above arms are copied from threeimpressions of the Earls seal on red wax,in New York Colonial MSS., Albany—allmore or less imperfect; therefore the de-scription of some of the minute parts maynot be entirely accurate, though everypains have been taken to decipher themand reproduce them correctly. The colorsor tinctures of the charges are designatedon the seal only in the few instances men-tioned. Quarterly of eight—1. Ar. a chevron three coots ppr., two in chief andone in base; 2. a fesse, the shield also ap-pearing to be divided fessewise, both in 1865.] HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. 177 chief and in base by lines dancettes; 3. achief; 4. choquy, a fesse ermine; 5. a chief ar. three crosslets; 6. ar. threelions passant; 7. ar. a bend dancette erm.;8. same as the first. On an escutch
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