“The Fraud of the Prince of Poyais”

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[Poyaisian land grant certificate].

GREGOR, MacGregor
London,
December 31st, 1830.
Letterpress certificate. Blind stamp of the Poyaisian Land Office, some small tears along fold lines.
505 by 450mm. (20 by 17.75 inches).
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Awarding 1,000 acres of land to the bearer of the grant, being number 618 in the 'series A'.

Parallel text in English and French attests to the "just, true, full, and faithful" copy of the original grant from the King of the Mosquito Shore to "His Excellency General Sir Gregor MacGregor". Signed by Macgregor and three alleged trustees of Poyaisian territory. Blind-stamped by the Poyaisian Land Office over the words "Entered in the Land Book. Vol 5. Folio", as if ...

bibliography:

bibliography:

Lambert and Lester, Colonial Lives Across the British Empire; Sonneborn, Acquisition of Florida.