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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… than all the inhabitants of Georgia besides; his land bears excellent timber and lays very convenient for … be heard on the subject of their petition for a grant of land in Nova Scotia. [ See No. 201 i.] 1 p. Endorsed, Recd., … two years from October next and that the 48,000 acres of land which he has petitioned for as an encouragement for his …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… that he rules his people according to the laws of the land. I also believe what he says the Haverhill men told him … Aid. Heathcote on account. Read, a grant of 150 acres of land to Thomas Upton; sealed the same, secretary to … upwards who goes to Georgia at his own expense 50 acres of land to himself and heirs male; and to sons of 21 and upwards …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… and unless an actual survey was made of each person's land I am of opinion that this account is as near the truth … willing and able to improve them if they were upon dry land. John Wright [is the] 1 only person whom I have yet … wife of John Samins was coming to claim the house and land and that therefore he was unwilling to make any more …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Ann when of age to surrender her interest in a house and land in Savannah to her sister Susanna, so that she may hold a house and land in Frederica. Entry. p. [ C. O. 5, 670, p. 347.] May 6. … You are to acquaint foreigners who apply to you for land in Georgia to settle at their own expense that the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Sir Robert Heath then attorneygeneral for a large tract of land lying in the Gulf of Mexico and it is well known to you … expedition has wholly disabled them to attempt anything by land. The French have settled a colony on the river Coosa, … their views and in time make themselves masters of the land also. It is for these reasons we should never consent to …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… have resolved to pursue their interest by cultivation of land. To accomplish this (which I may venture to call a great … of sterile crops (sometimes occasioned by poorness of land), besides the advantages that artful men take in these … by degrees may be led to know that the improvement of land is their truest interest, so by such an employ the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… several parties to desert from this province both by land and water, which notwithstanding they were pursued by … it in British-built ships and sailors and intend to land it in some port in the Channel to be shipped for France. … I know, that he has been a zealous planter cultivating land every year since I knew this place and will appear (if I …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… and Aldermen; and all causes are tried by juries. 2. The land is naturally apt to produce corn and cattle; so that the several proportions of land are always allowed with respect to the numbers of the … in commonage to all townships; but lots of meadow and corn land are peculiar to each planter. 3. His Royal Highness …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… and (9) an Act that the bounds of every person's land in this island be examined. 8 pp. [ Col. Entry Bk., No. … Barbadoes have risen to be so rich by sugar alone, where land is dear and cattle, provisions, and wood scarce, what …