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Information for the Officers of the Navy and Army, Proprietors of Land in the Island St. John's in the Gulph of St. Lawrence, and for the other now remaining Proprietors thereof
Date
[1782?]
Dimensions1 textual record ; 17.5 x 11 cm
Origin
Nova Scotia, Canada, North America
Object NumberS001/C2.4,3.1
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentPrinted document designed to help landowning officers and future owners of land on St. John’s Island to develop their property and overcome the difficulties caused by the American War of Independence (1775-1783). First, it is pointed out that the old cadastral plans were poorly executed and need to be revised for the land to be effectively used. The problems in developing the island caused by the war prior to 1780 are also addressed. But it is evidently the Quit Rent Act introduced in 1780 that is of greatest concern to landowners, since it allows the governor of the island to sell land on which outstanding payments are not settled within six months. In an effort to resolve these problems, the document suggests sending petitions to London to raise awareness in the mother country of the difficulties faced by the landowners in paying their arrears during wartime, but also owing to the climatic conditions peculiar to St. John’s Island.NotesSource of title: based on the title of the document.
Immediate source of acquisition: MBA , April 7, 1977.
Physical description: 33 pages.
Immediate source of acquisition: MBA , April 7, 1977.
Physical description: 33 pages.
Status
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To all Christian people to whom this present writing shall Come Massahacs, Caemschack and Machatawe native owners and only proprietors of lands and woodlands hereafter mentioned called Schaahkook
[ou "Copy of the Indian Deed of Schaghticoke July 1 1707 N.0 37 = y of the Indian Deed of Schaghticoke July 1 1707 N.0 37" ?]
July 1, 1707
S001/D1.3,3.1.1-2
Know all men by these presents that who underwritten Mashahacs and Machatawe Indian owners and native proprietors
[ou "Indian Deed of Schaghticoke Dated 28 feb. 1706/7 N.0 36 = Indian Deed of Schaghticoke Dated 28 feb. 1706/7 N.0 36" ?]
February 28, 1707
S001/D1.3,3.2.1-2
The grounds of the Vermont and Canada Nurseries, W. M. Burpee and Company, Proprietors, Beebe Plain, Quebec (?)
Anonymous
1881
M987.253.233
Report of the returning officer on the Northumberland county election to Assembly of Lower Canada
August 20, 1824
S001/C3.1,2.1
An Act for repealing the Duties now payable upon Bever Skins imported, and for granting other Duties in lieu thereof; and for granting certain Duties upon the Exportation of Bever Skins and Bever Wool; and for taking off the Drawback allowed on the Exportation of such Skins
1764
S001/B3.2,1.8
An Act for surveying the Chief Ports and Head Lands on the Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Islands and Plantations thereto belonging, in order to the more exact Determination of the Longitude and Latitude thereof
1741
S001/B3.2,1.7.1
An Act for surveying the Chief Ports and Head Lands on the Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Islands and Plantations thereto belonging, in order to the more exact Determination of the Longitude and Latitude thereof
1741
S001/B3.2,1.7.2
St. Johns Hotel, F. Monnette, proprietor, St. Jean, QC, about 1910
Inconnu / Unknown
1905-1914
MP-0000.1005.9
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