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 NOVA-SCOTIA. 
 
 GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of GoD, ofi 
 
 Defender of the Faith, 
 
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 7*0 all to whom thefe Prefents pall 
 
 NOW Ye, that We, of our Ipecial G^ace, c 
 
 given and granted, and by thefe Prefents for Us, our Heirs i nd Succeflb 
 rence Reily, Captain Jacob Van Bufkirk, Mary Fernandes, ^ exander Ba 
 wards, Henry Killigrove, Jsrnes Neal, John Rowlet, William Hargraves, 
 William Stiles, George Farriih, Greggs Farrifli, Mary Hanes, Mary Brad 
 Watfon, John Spencer, Caleb Morgan, James Rich, Gilbert Hunt, Abraham Tomkins, 
 John Murrow, and Stephen Blucke, their Heirs and Afligns, a Plantation containing i 
 Weftern Side Port Rofeway Harbour, within the County of Shelburne, and is abutted ai 
 by Morgan's Land, being the Bounds fixed between referved Lands and faid Morgan's I 
 Links, thence North twenty Degrees Weft twenty^eight Chains, thence South feventy De 
 Weft thirty-two Chains, thence South feventy Degrees Weft twenty-five Chains, thenc< 
 thence North feventy Degrees Eaft eighty Chains, thence North twenty Degrees Weft t 
 thence North twenty Degrees Weft eight Chains and eighty-three Links, thence South : 
 feventy Chains, thence South feventy Degrees Weft twenty eight Chains, thence South 
 Eaft fixty Chains, thence South twenty-four Degrees thirty Minutes Weft two hundred a. 
 hundred Chains, to Land granted Eleazer Doane, and others, and is bounded on the Eaf 
 ris, now granted Samuel Burling, and by Land granted to I faac Wilkins, and Fifty-acre 1 
 Marks, as appears by a Plat thereof hereunto annexed ; together with all Woods, Unde: 
 {p^ Profits, Commodities, Appurtenances, and Hereditaments whatfoever thereunto belor 
 ing, Hawking, and Fowling in and upon the fame, and Mines and Minerals: SAVIN 
 fors, all White Pine Trees if any ftiall be found growing thereon ; and alfo ^AVING a 
 ver, Copper, Lead, and Coals; TO HAVE and TO HOLD the faid Piircel, or Ti 
 gular other the Premifes hereby granted unto the faid Grantees, their Heirs and Afligns 
 Number One; William Brandiwaite, Two; Terence Reily, Four ; Captain Jacob Van 
 Each Lot containing Two Hundred Acres, being in Divifion Letter A. Unto Gideon 
 land, Two; William Hargill, Three; Samuel Edwards, Four; Henry Killigrove, Five 
 vifion Letter B. Unto John Rowkt, Number One, containing Two Hundred Acres; 
 Thomas Braine, Three; Samuel Braine, Four; Lancelet Farrar, Five; Thomas Farrar, 
 Nine; Maiy Haynes, Ten; Mary Brady, Eleven ; Henry Gueft, Twelve ; Jane Ellifoi 
 Sarah Ellifon, Fourteen; Mary Ellifon, Fifteen; each of faid Lots containing Seventy fi 
 dred Acres: Said Lots being in Divifion Letter C. Unto John Spencer, Number Oi 
 Two Hundred Acres ; Gilbert Hunt, Number Four; containing One Hundred Acres; . 
 Pettil, Seven; each containing Two Hundred Acres, being in Divifion Lettei D. Ur 
 Three; and Stephen Blucke, Four; each of thefe Lots containing Two Hundred Acre; 
 Heirs and Afligns, for Ever, in ir^^ and common Soccage: The faid Grantees, their I 
 Heirs and Succeflbrs, or to our Receiver General for the Time being, or to his Deputy 
 St. Michael in every Year, at the Rate of Two Shillings for every Hundred Acres, and 
 the fame to commence and be payable from the faid Feaft of St. Michael which fhall f 
 
 hereof, for every Fifty Acres of Plantable Land hereby granted, clear and work Three 
 nient and advantageous ; or elfe to clear and drain Three Acres of Swampy or Sunken Gix 
 AND fliall and do within the Time aforefaitl, put and keep upon every Fifty Acres thcrt 
 on, until Three Acres for every Fifty Acres be fully cleared and improved, and if there fl 
 nuring and improving the fame, he or they, within the Time atorefaid, ftiall be obli| 
 to be at leaft Twenty Feet in Length and Sixteen Feet in Breadth ; and to put on their ia 
 
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e of Got), 0? Great-Britain J France^ ztiA Ireland^ KING, 
 of the Faith, and fo forth. 
 
 fe Prefents Jhall ccme^ GREETING: 
 
 ecial G^ace, certain Knowledge, and mere Motion, have 
 
 our Heirs i nd Succeflbrs, do give and grant unto Robert Morris, William Branthwaite, Te- 
 ;rnandes, 1^ exander Bartram. Gideon Boice, William Rowland, William Hargill, Samuel Ed- 
 2t, William Hargraves, Thomas Braine, Samuel Braine, Launcelet Farrar, Thomas Farrar, 
 [ary Hanes, Mary Brady, Henry Gueft, JaneEllifon, Sarah EUifon, MaryEUifon, Catherine 
 t, Abraham Tomkins, Achab M*Farlane, Mary Pettil, Thomas Laurence, Frederick Meyer, 
 Plantation containing Six Thoufand Five Hundred Acres, fituate, lying, and being on the 
 urne, and is abutted and bounded as follows, beginning at the Southern Bounds of Willough- 
 s and faid Morgan's Lot, thence to run South feventy Degrees feventy-fix Chains and fifty 
 hence South feventy Degrees Weft one hundred and fix Chains, thence North twenty Degrees 
 mty-five Chains, thence North nver,\' Degrees Weft thirty-three Chains and feventeen Links, 
 twenty Degrees Weft twenty-eight Chains, thence South feventy Degrees Weft eighty Chains, 
 2 Links, thence South feventy Degrees Weft ninety Chains, thence South twenty Degrees Eaft 
 
 Chains, thence South twenty Degrees Eaft one hundred Chains, thence South fifty Degrees 
 iL Weft two hundred aiid eight Chains, thence South fixty-five Degrees thirty Minutes Eaft one 
 d is bounded on the Eaft by faid Doane's Land and Land formerly laid out to Alexander Mor- 
 Ikins, and Fifty-acre Lots, and by the Referve aforefaid, and hath fuch Shape, Form, and 
 with all Woods, Underwoods, Timber Trees, Lakes, Ponds, Fifhings, Waters, Water Cour- 
 atfoever thereunto belonging, or in any wife appertaining; together alfo with Privilege of Hunt- 
 and Minerals: SAVING and referving NEVERTHELESS to Us, our Heirs and Succef- 
 ; and alfo ^AVING and referving to Us, our Heirs and Succeflbrs, all Mines of Gold, Sil- 
 ' the faid Piircel, or Traft, of Six Thoufand Five Hundred Acres of Land, and all and fin- 
 their Heirs and Afligns, in the following Proportions, that is to fay, Robert Morris, the Lot 
 rj Captain Jacob Van Bufkirk, Five; Mary Fernandes, Six; and Alexander Bartram, Seven: 
 tter A. Unto Gideon Boice, Number One, containing One Hundred Acres; William Row- 
 Henry Killigrove, Five; and James Neal, Six: Each Lot containing Fifty Acres, being in Di- 
 
 T wo Hundred Acres; William Hargraves, Number Two, containing One Hundred Acres; 
 Five; Thomas Farrar, Six; William Stiles, Seven; George Farrilh, Eight; Greggs Farrifti, 
 , Twelve; Jane F-llifon, Thirteen; each the aforefaid Lots containing Two Hundred Acres; 
 ts containing Seventy five Acres; and unto Catherine Watfon, Sixteen; containing Two Hun- 
 1 Spencer, Number One; Caleb Morgan, Two; James Rich, Three; each Lot containing 
 One Hundred Acres; Abraham Tomkins, Number Five; Achab M'Farlane, Six; and Mary 
 :ifion Lettei D. Unto Thomas Laurence, One; Frederick Meyer, Two; John Murrow, 
 ig Two Hundred Acres, being in Divifion Letter E. And unto their feveral and refpedtive 
 e liiid Grantees, their Heirs or Afilgns, YIELDING ajid PAYING therefor unto Us, our 
 
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 ng, or to his Deputy or Deputies for the Time being, Yearly, that is to fay, at the Feaft of 
 \f Hundred Acres, and fo in Proportion according to the Quantities of Acres hereby granted; 
 Michael wliich fhall firft happen after the Expiration of Ten Years from the Date hereof: 
 
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 clear and work Three Acres at leaft in that Part thereof, as he or they ftiall judge m.oft conve- 
 Swampy or Sunken Ground, or drain Three Acres of Marfti, if any fuch contained therein: 
 I every Fifty Acres thereof, accounted barren. Three Neat Cattle, and continue the fame there- 
 nproved, and if there fliall be no Part of the faid Tra6l fit for prefent Cultivation without ma- 
 aforefaid, Ihall be obliged to ered on fome Part of tlieir faid Land, one good Dwelling-houfe, 
 ; and to put on their faid Land the like Number of Three Neat Cattle for every Fifty Acres ; 
 
 everv Fifiv Acres thereof, accounted barren, i hrcc IN eat cattle, anu 
 
AND 
 
 until 
 
 (hall 
 
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 aw.. «^ within the Time aforefaid, jaut and keep upon every Fifty Acres there. 
 
 V,.., WW.XX X hree Acres for every Fifty Acres be fully cleared and improved, and if there Hi 
 
 nuring and improving the fame, he or they, within the Time aforefaid, Ihall be oblig 
 
 to be at leaft Twenty Feet in Length and Sixteen Feet in Breadth ; and to put on their fai 
 
 or otherwife, if any Part of the faid Trad ihall be Stoney or Rocky Ground, and not fit 
 
 begin to employ thereon, and continue to work for Three Years thence next ending, in d 
 
 Fifty Acres, it (hall be accounted a fufficient Cultivation, and Improvement : PROVIDI 
 
 cleared and drained as aforefaid, (hall be accounted a fufficient Seating, Cultivation and J 
 
 any Part of the Trad hereby granted : And the faid Grantees, their Heirs and AiTigns, be 
 
 Quarry or Mine, in Proportion to fuch Cultivation and Improvements as (hall be made u 
 
 contained: AND if the faid Rent hereby referved (hall happen to be in Arrear or un] 
 
 andnoDiftrefs can be found on the faid Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments hereby gr; 
 
 Office of our faid Province within Six Months from the Date hereof, and a Docket alfo ei 
 
 and the faid Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments hereby granted, and every Part and 1 
 
 PROVIDED alfo, and upon this further Condition, that if the Land hereby given and 
 
 ihall at any Time or Times hereafter, come unto the PofTeffion and Tenure of any Perfor 
 
 TiA, either by Virtue of any Deed of Sale, Conveyance, Enfeoffinent, or Exchange, - 
 
 Perfons, being Inhabitants as aforefaid, ihall within Twelve Months after his, her, or thei 
 
 and make and fubfcribe the following Declaration, that is to fay, " I 
 
 of my Power, the Authority of the King in His Parliament as the Supreme Legidature o 
 
 and fuch Declaration and Certificate of the Magiftrate, fuch Oaths have been taken, bein| 
 
 Perfons fo taking the Oaths aforefaid, and making and fubfcribing the faid Declaration, ( 
 
 granted: AND in Cafe of Default on the Part of fuch Perfon or Perfons, in taking tli 
 
 Months, as aforefaid. This prefent Grant, and every Part thereof, (hall and we do her 
 
 and the Lands hereby granted, and every Part and Parcel thereof, (hall in like Manner Re 
 
 herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 GIVEN under the Great Seal of Our Province of Nova-Scotia. IVITN 
 Lieutenant Governor, and Commander in Chief in and over Our faid Provi 
 "Thoujand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Jeven, and in the 'Twenty -Jeventh Tear 
 
 By Command of the Lieutenj 
 Signed in Council, RJCHJj 
 
 Nova-Scotia, Halifax, Regiftered the i6th of July, 1787* R^CH. 
 
 Nova-Scotia, Halifax, Audited i6th July, 1787, FIU, SHIPfi 
 A "True Copy of the Original GRJNT regiflmd in fhe Regijiffs OJice, 
 
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everyFift^Acrc^hcreofTaccounted barren, 1 hree IS' eat v^attic, ana continue rne lamc cncre- 
 jproved, and if there (liall be no Part of the faid Trad fit for prefent Cultivation without ma- 
 forefaid, Ihall be obliged to ered on fome Part of their faid Land, one good Dwelling-houfe, 
 
 and to put on their faid Land the like Number of Three Neat Cattle for every Fifty Acres ; 
 y Ground, and not fit for Planting or Pafture, Ihall and do within Three Years as aforcfaid, 
 ence next enfuing, in digging any Stoney Quarry or Mine, one good and able Hand for every 
 rovement : PROVIDED alfo, that every Three Acres that (hall be cleared and worked, or 
 ating. Cultivation and Improvement, to fave for ever from Forfeiture, Fifty Acres of Land in 
 ir Heirs and Afligns, be at Liberty to withdraw his or their Stock, or forbear working in any 
 lents as fiiall be made upon the Plantable Lands, Swamps, Sunken Grounds or Marfli therein 
 to be in Arrear or unpaid for the Space of One Year, from the Time it fhall become due, 
 ereditaments hereby granted, or if this Grant fhall not be duely Regiftered in the Regifter's 
 >f, and a Docket alfo entered in the Auditor's Office of the fame, then this Grant fhall be void, 
 1,' and every Part and Parcel thereof, fhall Revert to Us, our Heirs and SuccefTors: AND 
 .and hereby given and granted to the faid Grantees, and their refpeftive Heirs, as aforefaid, 
 d Tenure of any Perfon or Perfons whatever. Inhabitants of our faid Province of Nova-Sco- 
 fment, or Exchange, or by Gift, Inheritance, Defcent, Devife, or Marriage, fuch Perfon or 
 hs after his, her, or their Entry and PofTefHon of the fame, take the Oaths prefcribed by Law, 
 c I do promife and declare, that I will maintain and defend to the utmofl 
 
 Supreme Legiflature of this Province," before fome one of the Magiflrates of the faid Province, 
 J have been taken, being recorded in the Secretary's Office of the faid Province, the Perfon or 
 the faid Declaration, fhall be deemed the lawful PofTefTor or PofTefTors of the Lands hereby 
 r Perfons, in taking the Oaths, and making and fubfcribing the Declaration, within Twelve 
 f, fhall and we do hereby declare the fame to be Null and Void to all Intents and Purpofes, 
 fhall in like Manner Revert to and become vefled in Us, our Heirs and SuccefTors, anything 
 
 FovA-SeoTiA. WITNESS, Our Trujiy and IVell-beloved JOHN PJRR, EJquire, Our 
 d over Our /aid Province^ this Twenty-firft Day of June, in tbe Year of Our LORD One 
 he Twenty -feventh Tear of Our Reign. 
 
 J. PARR. 
 
 imand of the Lieutenant Governor, RICHARD BULKELET, 
 in Council, RICHARD BULKELET, 
 f July, 1787, RICHARD BULKELET. 
 1787, FRA. SHIPTON, Deputy Auditor. 
 
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