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them on their lands, furnished them with stock, materials for building 
and farming, and supported them for a time until they were able to do 
for themselves. In the establishment of these townships Col. McNutt 
had no merit whatever. 
X.—Immense Grants to McNutt and Associates. State of Townships in 
1766. McNutt at Port Roseway. Incidents in Revolutionary 
War. McNutt’s last days. 
A study of the minutes of the Council at Halifax and of the public 
records will show that the extent and variety of location of the grants 
and reservations to Alexander McNutt were simply astounding. The 
immense reservations originally made for him by Governor Lawrence, 
along the north and south sides of Minas Basin, have been already 
mentioned and also the ill-defined reserve of 1,600,000 acres on the 
River St. John. But in addition to these reservations a large number 
of townships were definitely granted to him and to his Associates under 
the great seal of Nova Scotia. In the month of October, 1765, and 
principally on one day, a district embracing the greater part of the 
County of Pictou and a large part of the County of Colchester, large 
tracts on the Petitcodiac and St. John rivers, and at Annapolis, Minas, 
Port Roseway and Liverpool, were granted to him and his associates. 
A return to the Lords of Trade of the grants of townships made in 
October, 1765, includes the following :— 
To whom granted. Acres. Settlers. 
1. Samuel Henderson, Alex’r. McNutt & Associates. ...... 100,000 400- 
2. Samuel Henderson, Alex’r. McNutt & Associates........ 100,000 500 
3. Samuel Henderson, Alex’r. McNutt & Associates........ 200,000 400 
4. Alex’r. McNutt, Arthur Vance & Associates............. 150,000 1,000 
LOX. Tr) NCINDMG bi BSE aaa STAR EU Beaten) ah A en aL ae td 100,000 500 
6. Rev. James Lyon, Alex’r. McNutt & Associates......... 20,000 100 
7. Mathew Clarkson, Alex’r. MeNutt & Associates......... 100,000 500 
8. Benjamin Franklin, Alex’r. McNutt & Associates....... 100,000 500 
9. John Leister, Alex’r. McNutt & Associates............. 100,000 500 
10. Rev. James Lyon, Alex’r. McNutt & Associates......... 100,000 500 
11. Alex’r. McNutt, James Lyon & Associates.............. 150,000 750 
12. Alex’r. McNutt, Jonathan Belcher & Associates......... 100,000 500 
13. David Rhea, Alex’r. McNutt & Associates.............. 200,000 1,000 
14. Samuel Henderson, Alex’r. McNutt & Associates........ 100,000 500 
15. Alex’r. McNutt, James Clarke & Associates............. 125,000 625 
1,745,000 8,275 
Location of Above Grants. 
South-west of the Township of Liverpool. 
At Pictou. 
North-west of the Township of Liverpool. 
Between Chignecto Channel and Minas Basin. 
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