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educating the youth. Terrebonne is a very va- 

 luable property, which for many years has been 

 continually increasing ; some idea may be given 

 of it, as well as some other of the seignorial 

 properties in Canada, when it is mentioned 

 that in the year 1803 it was purchased by 

 Simon M^Tavish, Esq. for the sum of c£25,100 

 currency of the province ; since that period 

 many large sums of money have been expended 

 in making numerous judicious and beneficial 

 improvements. 



Beauharnois or Villechauve (the seig- 

 niory of) lies on the south side of the river St, 

 Lawrence, in the county of Huntingdon, having 

 its front extending upon the river six leagues 

 by as many in depth ; it is bounded in the rear 

 by the township of Hemmingford, on the south- 

 west by the townships of Godmanchester and 

 Hinchinbrook, and on the north-east by the 

 seigniories of Chateauguay, La Salle, and the 

 township of Sherrington. This ample tract 

 was granted on the 12th of April, 1729, to Sieur 

 Claude de Beauharnois de Beaumont, and is 

 now possessed by the heirs of Alexander Ellis, 

 Esq. In the seigniory there are the following 

 interior divisions, viz. Catherine's Town, Helen's 

 Town, Mary's Town, Orme'sTown, North and 

 South George Towns, William's Town, James 

 Town, Russel Town, and Edward's Town.- — 



