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2,000 acres was made to James Simonds, Richard Simonds and James White, the bounds of which were as follows:
"Beginning at a point of upland opposite to his [Simonds'] House and running East till it meets with a little Cove or River: thence bounded by said Cove till it comes to a Red Head on the East side of the Cove—thence running North eleven degrees fifteen minutes West till it meets Canebekessis river thence bounded by said river the river St. John and harbour till it comes to the first mentioned boundary."
By the second business contract,[1] made in April, 1767 between Hazen, Jarvis and Simonds (under which James White also worked although he did not sign it) it was agreed that the lands at St. John should all be put into the common stock, no matter to which of the partners they might have been granted or should in future be granted, and divided one half to Hazen and Jarvis, one third to Simonds, and one sixth to White. Under this arrangement Hazen and Jarvis agreed to pay Mr. Simonds £60 lawful money of New England, equal to £50 New Brunswick currency, for expenses incurred by the latter in procuring the first grant.
December 18, 1769, the Governor and Council at Halifax ordered a further grant of 2,000 acres to James Simonds in response to a memorial setting forth that he, in conjunction with Richard Simonds and James White, had obtained a grant of 2,000 acres of mountainous and broken land, at the mouth of the river St. John, in the year 1765, which they had improved by building houses, a saw mill, and lime kiln, and had settled upwards of thirty persons on it, and praying that 2,000 acres more adjoining this tract, might be granted. The situation of this second grant will be better understood by a reference to the plan on the next page.
In the year 1782, William Hazen offered James Simonds £3,000 for his share of the lands at St. John
- ↑ See third paper of "Portland Point" series.