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 *[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_205142 '''Heir and Devisee Commission'''] The government created the Heir and Devisee Commissions to settle disputes about who was entitled to receive the letters patent for a parcel of land.
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/185567?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Crown Lands Department Township papers, ca. 1783-1870's''']
+*[*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/521830?availability=Family%20History%20Library  '''Petitions for land grants and leases, 1791-1867''']
+::Petitions are arranged by a numbering system based on the initial letter of the petitioner's surname and the sequence in which the petition was brought before the Land Committee. Includes reports, certificates, and other documentation submitted in support of individual requests and some lists of settlers by region.
 *'''1796-1894''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/219880?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Second Heir and Devisee Commission Land records, 1796-1894] - at FamilySearch
 *'''1804-1895''' - [http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/db/deviseedb.aspx '''Second Heir and Devisee Commission Case Files Database'''] These 5184 case files, which date from 1804 to 1895, document claims for land made to the Second Heir and Devisee Commission.