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  proclamation 
  it 
  was 
  that 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  West 
  Florida 
  

   was 
  established 
  with 
  the 
  thirty-first 
  degree 
  of 
  north 
  lati- 
  

   tude 
  for 
  its 
  northern 
  boundary. 
  

  

  Grants 
  of 
  land 
  were 
  authorized 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  in- 
  

   habitants 
  of 
  the 
  province, 
  or 
  those 
  who 
  might 
  resort 
  

   thereto, 
  in 
  quantities 
  suited 
  to 
  their 
  means 
  of 
  cultivation, 
  

   and 
  under 
  such 
  moderate 
  quitrents, 
  services, 
  and 
  achaow- 
  

   ledgments 
  as 
  had 
  been 
  prescribed 
  in 
  other 
  colonies. 
  

  

  To 
  testify 
  the 
  royal 
  sense 
  and 
  approbation 
  of 
  the 
  con- 
  

   duct 
  of 
  the 
  officers 
  and 
  soldiers 
  of 
  the 
  army, 
  the 
  gover- 
  

   nor 
  was 
  also 
  empowered 
  to 
  make 
  to 
  such 
  reduced 
  officers 
  

   and 
  privates 
  as 
  had 
  served 
  in 
  North 
  America 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  

   war, 
  and 
  who 
  should 
  actually 
  reside 
  there 
  and 
  apply 
  for 
  

   the 
  same, 
  grants 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  quantity 
  proportioned 
  to 
  

   their 
  rank. 
  Field-officers 
  to 
  be 
  entitled 
  to 
  5,000 
  acres, 
  

   captains 
  to 
  3,000, 
  subalterns 
  to 
  2,000, 
  non-commissioned 
  

   officers 
  to 
  200, 
  and 
  privates 
  to 
  50 
  acres. 
  Officers 
  of 
  the 
  

   navy, 
  who 
  had 
  served 
  at 
  the 
  reduction 
  of 
  Louisburg 
  and 
  

   Quebec, 
  w^ere 
  entitled 
  to 
  similar 
  grants. 
  All 
  persons 
  

   were 
  interdicted 
  from 
  acquiring 
  land 
  by 
  purchase 
  or 
  

   grant 
  from 
  the 
  Indians. 
  

  

  In 
  January, 
  1768, 
  the 
  first 
  grants 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  

   any 
  record 
  were 
  made 
  under 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  the 
  king's 
  

   proclamation. 
  They 
  were 
  executed 
  by 
  Monfort 
  Browne, 
  

   lieutenant-governor 
  of 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  West 
  Florida 
  at 
  

   Pensacola, 
  among 
  the 
  first 
  being 
  two 
  grants 
  of 
  3,000 
  and 
  

   2,000 
  acres 
  respectively 
  to 
  Daniel 
  Clarke, 
  a 
  reduced 
  cap- 
  

   tain 
  of 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  troops. 
  These 
  grants 
  were 
  

   situated 
  on 
  the 
  St. 
  Catharine, 
  about 
  three 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  

   Fort 
  Panmure, 
  and 
  embraced 
  lands 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  in 
  

   part 
  cleared 
  and 
  improved 
  under 
  the 
  French 
  govern- 
  

   ment. 
  Similar 
  grants 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  others, 
  by 
  Lieuten- 
  

   ant-Governor 
  Browne, 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  year. 
  Grants 
  

  

  