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Leeds was originally granted to Isaac Todd, 

 but at present that tract belongs to the heirs of 

 Joseph Frobisher, Esq. Several individuals 

 have obtained grants, and George Hamilton^ 

 Esq. 5 of Quebec, holds eight thousand acres by 

 purchase from government, as lands were sold 

 for the purpose of defraying some of the ex- 

 penses incurred in constructing the road. 



Thetford, in the count}'^ of Buckingham, 

 lies between Broughton and Ireland, bounded 

 by Leeds on the north-west, and Adstock on 

 the south-east. This township, though gene- 

 rally mountainous, has a few intervals of good 

 land fit for cultivation, wherein grain, hemp, 

 and flax might be raised : the south-east part 

 is very indifferent, and covered with a thick 

 moss, beneath which there is a bed of stone, 

 with not more than five or six inches of poor 

 exhausted earth upon it. The timber gene- 

 rally is not bad, and consists of beech, elm, 

 birch, and maple, with plenty of hemlock, 

 spruce fir, &c. It is watered by two large 

 lakes, a few moderate sized rivers, and many 

 inferior streams. One half of it is the property 

 of Doctor North. 



Broughton, in the county of Buckingham, 

 though somewhat mountainous, contains much 

 land of a good quality ; many of the inferior 

 swells, if cultivated, would produce wheat and 



