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Survey of lands along the St John and Madawaska Rivers showing the recognized claims...

Catalogue reference: MPG 1/743/10-21

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Reference
MPG 1/743/10-21
Date
1848
Description

Survey of lands along the St John and Madawaska Rivers showing the recognized claims of the New Brunswick settlers under the Treaty of Washington. (11) -(21) are numbered Plans 1-11. (10) A general map of the lands between the St. Francis River and Grand Falls; (11) Plan 1. 5 plans on one sheet of islands numbers 1-9 in the River St. John; (12) Plan 2. 5 plans on one sheet of islands numbers 10-13 in the River St John and numbers 1-3 in the Little Madawaska River; (17) Plan 7. 5 plans on one sheet of islands numbers 1 in the River St John and 1-6 in the Green River; (13) Plan 3. Map showing lots from Tamasquiata to Little Falls on the Little Madawaska River; (14) Plan 4. Map showing lots from Baker's Brook to Little Falls on the St John River; (15) Plan 5. Map showing lots from east of Baker's Brook to Mill Stream on the St John River; (16) Plan 6. Map showing lots from Mill Stream to the confluence of the River St. Francis and the St. John River, with (inset) a larger scale plan of lot 151; (18) Plan 8. Map showing lots along the River St John from Little Falls to the Green River; (19) Plan 9. Map showing lots From the Green River to lot 78 near Quisibis Island on the St John River; (20) Plan 10. Map showing lots from number 78 to Mill Stream on the St John River; (21) Plan 11. Map showing lots from near Mill Stream to Grand Falls on the St John River and a plan of Grand Falls. (13)-(16) and (18)-(21) show lot numbers, proprietors and acreage. (12)-(21) all dated at Fredericton 31 March 1848 and signed by the Commissioners, J A Maclaughlan and John C Allen, and related to the Commissioners' Report of 31 May 1845, a copy of which was enclosed in Sir William Colebrooke's despatch number 90 of 14 October 1845. Scales: (10) 1 inch to 100 chains; (11), (12) and (17) 1 inch to 5 chains; (13)-(16) and (18)-(21) 1 inch to 25 chains. Compass indicators. (10) 76 cm x 142 cm; (11) and (13) each about 96.5 cm x 63.5 cm; the remainder each about 63.5 cm x 96.5 cm. From the Report it appears that the surveyors were H.M.G. Garden, James Nelson, Michael Harley and John Davidson. The maps dated 31 March 1848 were presumably found with the despatch and the report at a later date. (CO 188/98, ff 329-340

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Physical condition
MS, coloured, on tracing paper
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 738
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8925649/

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