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[Published minutes record an order related to a petition from military officers on St. John's Island 'for a grant of land on which they are settled' and a memorial from the Earl of Egmont requesting 'a grant of the whole Island of St. John']
1764
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Minute authorizing a grant of 20,000 acres on the Fundy coast between the St. John and St. Croix Rivers, with the stipulation that care be taken that 'it be not upon any Lands occupied by the Indians, or used as their Hunting Grounds']
1764
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Dispatch provides instructions for the governance of Nova Scotia - which at this time included St. John's Island - including 'measures to be observed in respect to the Indians, and the regulation of our commerce with them']
1764
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Dispatch refers to a peace treaty with the Mi'kmaq chiefs of Cape Breton and provides a list of supplies requested by these Mi'kmaq]
1764
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
A Description of the Island of St. John's
1764
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Representation requesting authorization of grants in continental Nova Scotia to be laid out in townships of 20,000 acres each, with the stipulation that the lands should not already be 'possessed or claimed by the Indians']
1764
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Representation supporting a memorial from Archibald Montgomery requesting 20,000-acre grant of land in Nova Scotia, stipulating that the lands should not already be 'possessed or claimed by the Indians')
1764
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive