An Historical and Statistical Account of Nova-Scotia, Volume 2J. Howe, 1829 |
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Page 12
... Governor of the Colony . About the last of June , 1749 , he arrived at Chebucto , and laid the foundation of the Town of Halifax . Such was the ardour with which the work was undertaken , that before the ensuing winter , three hundred ...
... Governor of the Colony . About the last of June , 1749 , he arrived at Chebucto , and laid the foundation of the Town of Halifax . Such was the ardour with which the work was undertaken , that before the ensuing winter , three hundred ...
Page 17
... Governor of the Colony . The Province Building is also composed of the same materials , and is the best built and handsomest edifice in North America ; its di- mensions are 140 feet in length , 70 in width , and 42 in height . It ...
... Governor of the Colony . The Province Building is also composed of the same materials , and is the best built and handsomest edifice in North America ; its di- mensions are 140 feet in length , 70 in width , and 42 in height . It ...
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... Governor Cornwallis , was divided into lots containing five acres each , with the exception of 240 acres , reserved for a common . To promote the cultivation of these allotments , an excise duty was imposed upon all spirituous liquors ...
... Governor Cornwallis , was divided into lots containing five acres each , with the exception of 240 acres , reserved for a common . To promote the cultivation of these allotments , an excise duty was imposed upon all spirituous liquors ...
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... Governor Parr , while on a tour to Lunenburg , encouraged some of the descendants of the French , and a few German families , to remove thither -- these peo- ple , by a regular course of persevering industry , be- came possessed of ...
... Governor Parr , while on a tour to Lunenburg , encouraged some of the descendants of the French , and a few German families , to remove thither -- these peo- ple , by a regular course of persevering industry , be- came possessed of ...
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... Governor Lawrence , with a view to promote the settlement of the Country , granted to twenty Proprietors 20,000 acres of land , about four leagues east of Halifax , com- mencing at the confluence of Smelt Brook , with the north east ...
... Governor Lawrence , with a view to promote the settlement of the Country , granted to twenty Proprietors 20,000 acres of land , about four leagues east of Halifax , com- mencing at the confluence of Smelt Brook , with the north east ...
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Acadians acres afford agricultural Annapolis Annapolis County Antigonish appearance Arichat August Basin Bason Bay of Fundy beautiful beds bour branch Bras Bras d'Or Lake British Canseau Cape Breton Cape North Church Clunch coal field coast Colonies contains coun Court cultivation Cumberland distance District Ditto east eastern emigrants England entrance erected export extends feet fish fishery formed French Government Governor granted Greywacke Gulf of St Guysborough Halifax harbour head houses Indians inhabitants Ironstone Island Isle Madame July June lake land latter Lawrence limestone Lunenburg marsh ment mouth nature navigable nearly Nova-Scotia Pictou population Port Port Hood Province quantity river road rocks sandstone Scotia settled settlement settlers Shale Shelburne ships shore Shubenacadie river side situated soil strait strata Sydney three miles tide timber tion town township tract trade Truro upland veins vessels village western whole Windsor winter wood