Paul Blandion’s Money Scrip Certificate No. 4746 (01)
Title: Paul Blandion’s Money Scrip Certificate No. 4746 (01)
Subject: Scrip, Blandion, Paul, Fort Pitt
Description: The Money Scrip certificate (No. 4746) was issued to Paul Blandion in 1876 and was acquired by the Gabriel Dumont Institute in October 2024. It is one of eight $20.00 denomination Scrip certificates issued to Blandion in 1876 who resided at Fort Pitt (in what is now Saskatchewan). Scrip certificate numbers 4745, 4751, and 4752 are in the Library Archives Canada (LAC) collection. It is unknown where the remaining four Scrip certificates (Nos. 4747-4750) are located. The redeemed or “cancelled” certificates were all supposed to be retained by the Dominion Lands Office in Ottawa. It is not known where the missing Scrip certificates are located. Various Scrip records for Paul Blandion can be found on the LAC website.

Photography credit: George Gingras
Date: 1876
Type: Image
Date of Copyright: November 6, 2024
Coverage: Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan
GDI Media Filename: Blandion, Paul (01).jpg

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