Decemaer 11. 1893. To the honorablethe Congress of the United States: I would most respectfully petition your honorable body for relief. as follows: One Louis Forcier. who was born in Canada in the year 1801. and came to the Northwest Territory 1825. in employ of the Hudson Bay Company. in November. 1854. filed at the Oregon City land office a donation land claim upon the followingdescribed parcel of land. to wit: Lots 1.2.3. and 4. in section No. 21. township 4 south. of range 1 west of the Willamette meridian. containing 97 acres. On November 1. 1858. the said Forcier appeared before the officers of the said Oregon City land office to make final proof. but failed because he could not establish proof of naturalization or citizenship. Forcier resided in what is Dow county of Marion. State of Oregon. from 1842 until 1865. when he returned to Canada and has since died. Since the organization of Oregon Territory there is no court record or any other evidence to show that Forcier has ever acquired naturalization papers or citizenship. In the year of 1860 he. Forcier..transferred the abovedescribed laud by warranty deed to one Roble. and in 1863 Roble. by warranty deed. transferred to one Arquette. and in 1891 Arquette transferred by warranty to myself. all of said transfers being of record in this county and State.
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