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in consequence of which, instead of obtaining the Lands, as would then 
have been the case, exempted from fees to Government, and the Obliga- 
tion of location, he will now be compelled, unless there is a special 
erder in his favour from the Secretary of State to the contrary, to 
incur a considerable expense in order to get possession of his grant. To 
obviate this, from his ignorance of the difficulty there is for any of 
His Majesty’s Sons to address him with a request of any sort, but more 
especially of the nature of that which he points out, he has made an 
Application to my Brother to ask for a Township in his own name, 
to be hereafter transferred to him. But this is quite out of the ques- 
tion, for the Duke of Cumberland by no means wishes, that his name 
‘should appear in this Transaction, any farther, than that your Lordship 
should know, he is extremely anxious, that whatever indulgence can 
be shown Colonel Talbot should be afforded him, and that he will con- 
sider himself personally obliged to you, by anything done in his favour. 
The object therefore of this application is, to solicit your Lordship’s 
good offices, that an instruction may be sent, if not contrary to estab- 
lished rules, to the Lieut.-Governor of the Provinces of Upper Canada, 
to make a Grant of a Townships to Colonel Talbot and preferably of 
that which he himself has pointed out, exempted from Government 
fees. The grounds, on which such an application is made in his favour, 
are, in the first place, that had Generai Simcoe not omitted doing what 
was necessary to complete his promise, before he left Canada, the Colonel 
would then have become possessed of his lands on these terms, and in 
the second, that the services he rendered General Simcoe while in that 
Country, and the Opinion entertained of him by that excellent Officer 
render him very deserving of this small indulgence. 
I have now only to add that in meeting my Brothers wishes upon 
this Subject, Your Lordship will also oblige Me, and I therefore flatter 
myself, that, as far as in your power lays, you will be good enough to 
attend to this application in behalf of Colonel Talbot, with sentiments 
of high regard and esteem. 
I remain, 
My Dear Lord, 
ever yours 
most faithfully and 
sincerely, 
EDWARD.* 
The Right Honorable 
Lord Hobart, 
&e., &e., &e. 
* Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George III, and father of the 
late Queen Victoria. 

