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patent in favour of Lord William Alexander, son of the founder of Nova 
Scotia, which reads as follows :— 
And in and by theis presents doe for them and theire Successors give, graunt 
alien bargaine sell and confirme vnto the right honorable William Lord Alex- 
ander his heires and assignes, All that part of the Maine Land of New Eng- 
land aforesaid beginninge, from a certaine place called or knowne by thé name 
of Saint Croix next adjoininge to New Scotland in America aforesaid and 
from thence extendinge alonge the sea coast vnto a certaine place called 
Pemaquid, and soe vpp the River therof to the furthest head of the same as 
it tendeth Northwarde and extendinge from thence att the nearest vnto the 
River of Kinebequi and soe upwards alonge by the shortest course which 
tendeth vnto the River of Canada from henceforth to be called and knowne 
by the name of the Countie of Canada. 
(From Slafter’s “ Alexander,’ 252-253.) 
In 1638 an addition was made to this grant, and the whole was then con- 
veyed to Sir William Alexander himself, his son having died in the 
meantime. Its limits are plain, and as shown on the accompanying map 
No. 4; precisely the same territory was in 1663 granted to the Duke of 
York, as will presently be noticed. Yet it would seem plain that neither 
the King nor the Council for New England had any right to grant this 
territory, which, at least as far as the Penobscot, was clearly restored to 
France, at least in implication, by the Treaty of Saint Germain. But 
this grant to Alexander, like his grant of Nova Scotia, gradually lapsed 
and became extinct. 
We must now notice another local grant, which, although it did not 
have any direct connection with any part of the present Province of New 
Brunswick, nevertheless indirectly did have an important influence upon 
later discussions of the boundaries. In 1630, when the elder LaTour 
was in England, he accepted a Baronetcy of Nova Scotia from Sir Wil- 
liam Alexander, and in that year he and his son were granted two 
baronies in Nova Scotia, which are thus described in the Suffolk Co., 
Massachusetts, Records :— | 
All the Country, Coasts and Islands, from the Cape and River of Ingo- 
gon, nere vnto the Clouen Cape, in the said New Scotland, called the Coun- 
trey and Coast of Accadye, following the Coast and Islands of the said 
Countrey towards the East vnto Port de la Tour, formerly named L’omeroy, 
and further beyond the said Port, following along the said Coast vnto Mir- 
liquesche, nere vnto and beyond the said Port and Cape of L’Heve, drawing 
forward fifteen Leagues, within the said Lands towards the North. 
(Slafter’s ‘‘ Alexander,” 75.) 
The location of this grant is perfectly clear ; it extended from Che- 
gogin near the old Cape Forchu (about the present Yarmouth) along 
the south coast of Nova Scotia as far as Mirleguash (that is, to about 
