[EATON] THE SETTLING OF COLCHESTER COUNTY 259 
Londonderry, abutted and bounded as follows, viz.: Beginning at the 
mouth of River Chiganois and to run up the course of said River as high 
as the marsh goes, being about three miles and a half more or less, in a 
right line, thence north by the magnet six miles, thence south eighty- 
four degrees west twelve miles and three quarters of a mile, thence north 
by the magnet six miles, thence north eighty-four degrees west, twelve 
miles and three quarters of a mile, thence south, six miles more or less 
till it comes to Cobequid Bay, thence to be bounded southerly by the 
several courses of the said Bay to the mouth of the River Chiganois 
aforesaid, containing in the whole of said tract by estimation fifty-three 
thousand acres more or less, allowance being made for barren lands, 
lakes, and all such roads as may hereafter be judged necessary to pass 
through the same. Saving out of the aforesaid tract the rights of 
Alexander McNutt, Esq., Benjamin McNutt, Joseph McNutt, John 
McNutt, Patrick McCollom, John Mahon, and Anthony Caverly, to 
whom grants have heretofore been made, also saving and reserving one 
right for a glebe and right for a minister of the Church of England and 
one right for a school to be hereafter granted, as the Governor, Lieu- 
tenant Governor, or Commander in Chief of the said Province for the 
time being with the advice of His Majesty’s Council may think proper. 
And also saving the previous right of any person or persons to the said 
tract of land or any part thereof. Reserving all mines of Gold and 
Silver, lead, copper,and coals. Quit rent by each and every the said 
Grantees, their heirs and assigns for each of their respective shares or 
rights, of one farthing per acre, to become payable for one year on 
Michaelmas day next, after the expiration of the date of the grant, and 
so yearly thereafter forever, on default the grant to be null and void. 
The grant to be entered at the Register’s and Auditor’s office within six 
months from this date, otherwise to become null and void. 
“The Conditions of Improving the land the same as are prescribed 
by the King’s instructions to Governor Wilmot. 
“Countersigned 
“RICHARD BULKELEY.’’ 
Mr. Thomas Miller’s description of the granting of Londonderry, 
(page 252) is as follows: “The Township of Londonderry, or the largest 
part of it, was granted to James Fulton, Esq., and nineteen others, 
five shares or rights each, and to Robert Barnhill and forty-eight others, 
certain other rights or shares, in all sixty-nine persons. This Grant 
was for 53,000 acres, is dated March 6, 1775, and is signed by 
Francis Legge, who was then Governor of Nova Scotia. Colonel Alex- 
ander McNutt obtained a grant of 1,000 acres of marsh and upland in 
the upper part of Londonderry, adjoining the Chinanois river. An- 
Sec. II., 1912. 17. 
