The Last Laird of MacNab: An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada
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The Last Laird of MacNab: An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada
MacNab, Archibald, 1778?-1860
Know Ye that We, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere
motion, have given and granted, and by these presents do give and
grant unto ARCHIBALD McNAB of McNab, of the township of McNab, in
the County of Carleton, in the District of Bathurst, his heirs and
assigns forever, all that parcel or tract of land situate in the
township of McNab, in the County of Carleton, in the District of
Bathurst, in our said Province, containing by admeasurement Four
Hundred and Fifty Acres, be the same more or less, being the
South-Westerly halves of Lots Three and Four, the North-Easterly
half of Lot number Three, and the broken Lot number Five, in
concession C in the said township of McNab; Together with all woods
and waters lying and being under the reservations, limitations, and
conditions hereinafter expressed.
(Then follow the surveyor's boundaries, which are in the usual
form, except the boundaries of number Five, which we transcribe:)
Also commencing where a post has been planted at the South-West
angle of the said broken Lot number Five, then north thirty-six
degrees west thirty chains more or less to the Grand or Ottawa
River, then easterly along the shore to the mouth of the River
Madawaska, then southerly along the water's edge of the said river,
against the stream, to the southern limit of the said Lot, then
south fifty-four degrees west to the place of beginning, containing
One Hundred and Fifty acres, more or less.
To have and to hold the said parcel or tract of land hereby given
or granted to him the said Archibald McNab (reserving free access
to the beach by all vessels, boats and persons, and also all
navigable waters within the said tract of land) his heirs and
assigns forever, saving nevertheless to us, our heirs and
successors, all mines of gold and silver that shall or may be
hereafter found on any part of the said parcel or tract of land
hereby given and granted as aforesaid,--&c., &c.
2nd proviso reserves all white pine trees.
3rd proviso enjoins the erection of a dwelling-house.
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