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1759-[ca. 1847] (Creation)
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- 3.5 meters of textual records
- 1 microfilm reel
- 4 maps
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Forms part of Nova Scotia Commissioner of Crown Lands and consists of records relating to the establishment and settlement of townships in Nova Scotia, as well as some areas in New Brunswick. Series includes sixty-eight township grants with lists of grantees, proprietors, settlers, and lots. Also includes drafts of grants, surveyors' reports, minutes of meetings of proprietors in Newport, warrants, memorials and petitions, and four township maps indicating lot allocations. Until about 1717, land grants were given in the form of townships or locations, generally issued under the proprietorship of a prominent person or persons responsible for settlement of the area. Those listed as grantees were persons whom the proprietors were able to line up as prospective settlers.
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Crown Lands Records Centre, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources.
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Available microfilm reels: 15428-15430, 15434 for RG 1 volumes 359-362 and 373.
Available microfilm reel: 13157 for RG 20 Series A O/S 192-259 and 542; Map V7 209.
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Finding aids
Township Records at the Nova Scotia Archives database with concise information about the contents of 35 township books and record collections, each township being one of a series of early communities established by the colonial government and scattered across mainland Nova Scotia.