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... miles , bounded by an imaginary line running as follows , that is to say : Beginning on the western shore of Lake Winnipie , otherwise Winnipeg , at a point in fifty - two degrees and thirty minutes north latitude , thence running due ...
... miles , bounded by an imaginary line running as follows , that is to say : Beginning on the western shore of Lake Winnipie , otherwise Winnipeg , at a point in fifty - two degrees and thirty minutes north latitude , thence running due ...
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... Miles McDonnell , formerly captain in His Majesty's Regiment of Royal Canadian Volunteers , who had in June , 1811 , been appointed by the Company as Governor of the District of Assiniboia ( e ) , the name bestowed on the territory ...
... Miles McDonnell , formerly captain in His Majesty's Regiment of Royal Canadian Volunteers , who had in June , 1811 , been appointed by the Company as Governor of the District of Assiniboia ( e ) , the name bestowed on the territory ...
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... miles in diameter , with the Forks as a centre . Of the judicial district thus defined , the municipal district forms hardly an eighth part and it would have been manifestly absurd and preposterous to extend our local regulations over ...
... miles in diameter , with the Forks as a centre . Of the judicial district thus defined , the municipal district forms hardly an eighth part and it would have been manifestly absurd and preposterous to extend our local regulations over ...
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... MILES McDonnell . ( k ) The North - West Company refused to recognize this claim to the soil and the differences between the companies soon terminated in open violence , resulting eventually in the deplorable massacre of Seven Oaks on ...
... MILES McDonnell . ( k ) The North - West Company refused to recognize this claim to the soil and the differences between the companies soon terminated in open violence , resulting eventually in the deplorable massacre of Seven Oaks on ...
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... mile , or thereby , from Fort Douglas , " which fort was , at that time , situate on the south side or head of the point ; " and lot No. 24 ending at Frog Plain . Each lot has a front of 10 chains , or 220 yards , a little more or less ...
... mile , or thereby , from Fort Douglas , " which fort was , at that time , situate on the south side or head of the point ; " and lot No. 24 ending at Frog Plain . Each lot has a front of 10 chains , or 220 yards , a little more or less ...
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acres Adventurers of England aforesaid aged Alexander allotments Andrew Andrew Colvile Antoine appointed Assiniboia Assiniboine River assured or expressed Baptiste Bulger Canada Charles claims colony Company of Adventurers Company's Council of Assiniboia Court deed Deputy documents Dominion Lands Earl of Selkirk Esquire executors expressed and intended fee simple Fort Douglas François Garry George Government Governor and Company granted and enfeoffed grants of land Gunn half-breed Halkett Heirs and Successors hereafter hereby granted Hudson's Bay Company hundred Indian James John Bruce John Halkett Lake Land hereby lawful lease leaseholds Lord Selkirk Lot in Register Louis Manitoba Act McTavish Name of Grantee North-West Company occupied Office outer two miles parcel Parish parties patent pensioner person or persons Pierre possession Presents Red River Settlement Robert Ross Rupert's Land settlers survey Sutherland Territories thereof Thomas Earl trading into Hudson's transfer trust unto Vide whatsoever Widow William McKay Winnipeg
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Page 3 - England, shall be, from time to time, and forever hereafter, a body corporate and politic, in fact and name, by the name of the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, in America...
Page 44 - CD, of &.C., my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, place, and stead, to...
Page 37 - Parties of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents doth grant, bargain and sell unto the said parties of the second part...
Page 166 - Company and their successors forever, to be holden of us our heirs and successors, as of our Manor of East Greenwich, in our County of Kent, in free and common soccage...
Page 179 - ... that then and in such case it shall and may be lawful to and for the said...
Page 54 - Lord one thousand eight hundred and yielding and paying therefor yearly and every year during the said term unto the said...
Page 216 - ... grants of land not exceeding one-twentieth part of the land so set out ; the blocks so granted to be determined by lot, and the Company to pay a rateable share of the survey expenses, not exceeding 8 cents Canadian an acre.
Page 39 - ... granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, convey and confirm unto the...
Page 165 - State, with the fishing of all sorts of fish, whales, sturgeons, and all other royal fishes in the seas, bays, inlets and rivers within the premises ; and the fish therein taken, together with the royalty of the sea upon the coasts within the limits aforesaid, and all mines royal, as well discovered as not discovered, of gold, silver, gems and precious stones...
Page 73 - ... into and upon the said demised premises, or any part thereof in the name of the whole, to re-enter, and the same to have again, re-possess, and enjoy as of his or their former estate, anything hereinafter contained to the contrary notwithstanding.