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Copy of letter from John McMillan, surveyor general, to Deputy Douglass, Buctouche. – 16 July 1863. – 1 p. of textual records. McMillan directs Douglass to survey an additional tract of 10,000 acres of land near the Buctouche River for French and other settlers (Rhomboid tract). In his postscript, he notes that Bishop Sweeny is to have the management and control of settling the surveyed lands. RS637-1a30 Records of the surveyor general, letter book, 16 April 1862-10 August 1867, p. 186, PANB.
Copy of letter from John McMillan, surveyor general’s office, Fredericton, N.B., to His Lordship Bishop Sweeny, Saint John, N.B. – 28 November 1862. – 1 p. of textual records. McMillan refers to Bishop Sweeny’s letter of 23 November “intimating the desire of a large number of French Acadiens to get a Block of Land surveyed for them in the Counties of Kent and Westmorland for actual settlement”. McMillan agrees with the Bishop that young people need land of their own, and he sets outs the steps he plans to take to comply with the Bishop’s request. He also acknowledges receipt of a communication from the Rev. Mr. Lefrance on the same subject. RS637-1a30 Records of the surveyor general, letter book, 16 April 1862-10 August 1867, p. 70, PANB.
Copy of letter from John McMillan, surveyor general’s office, Fredericton, N.B., to the Rev. Mr. Lefrance, Memramcook North. – 28 November 1862. – 1 p. of textual records. McMillan acknowledges receipt of Lefrance’s letter of 24 November in which he states his desire “to establish a French Colony of settlers on the River Buctouche and neighborhood” and requests “to have a block of land laid off” for that purpose immediately. McMillan states that he has just received and replied to a letter from Bishop Sweeny on that subject, and sets out the steps he plans to take on the matter. RS637-1a30 Records of the surveyor general, letter book, 16 April 1862-10 August 1867, p. 71, PANB.
Copy of letter from John McMillan, surveyor general’s office, Fredericton, N.B., to Deputy Douglass, Buctouche, Kent [County]. – 29 November 1862. – 1 p. of textual records. McMillan gives instructions to Douglass to make an exploratory survey of the land indicated in Kent County in anticipation of establishing a French Colony on the Bouctouche River. RS637-1a30 Records of the surveyor general, letter book, 16 April 1862-10 August 1867, p. 72, PANB.
Copy of letter from John McMillan, surveyor general’s office, Fredericton, N.B., to Deputy Douglass, Buctouche, Kent [County]. – 31 January 1863. – 1 p. of textual records. McMillan refers to his letter to Douglass of 29 November 1862, and directs Douglass “to survey and lay out in lots of one hundred acres each Ten Thousand acres of wilderness Crown Land suitable for Settlement on the Buctouche River and neighborhood.” He provides details as to how the lines of each Block are to be drawn. RS637-1a30 Records of the surveyor general, letter book, 16 April 1862-10 August 1867, p. 84, PANB
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