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Alexander McNutt and associates [textual record]

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Date:

1765.

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R3462-0-0-E, MG23-C4, Volume number: 1

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

104710

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Alexander McNutt and associates
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Date(s):

1765.

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No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.2 cm of textual records (4 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of two grants of land in Liverpool Township, N.S., totalling 300,000 acres, made to Alexander McNutt and his associates Samuel Henderson, Arthur Vance, William Caldwell, Joseph McNutt, and Richard Caldwell, to be used for the promotion of settlement.

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McNutt, Alexander (fl. 1725-1811) and associates

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McNutt, Alexander (fl. 1725-1811) and associates : Alexander McNutt (ca. 1725-1811) emigrated from Ireland to Virginia in about 1753. He served with the expedition against Louisbourg in 1758, became interested in the possibilities of settlement in Nova Scotia and became a promoter and organizer. During the American War of Independence, McNutt petitioned the Continental Congress, urging that Nova Scotia be joined with the revolting colonies. He died at Lexington, Va.

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Received in 1922.__

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A petition summarizing McNutt's efforts as a promoter of settlement is available in the records of the Continental Congress, MG 23 B 3.
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Land grants - Nova Scotia, 1765 Samuel Henderson, 1765

Liverpool (N.S.:Township) - Land grants, 1765 Arthur Vance, 1765

Land use - Nova Scotia, 1765 William Caldwell, 1765

Liverpool (N.S.:Township) - Land use, 1765 Joseph McNutt, 1765

Nova Scotia - Settlement, 1765 Richard Caldwell, 1765

Liverpool (N.S.:Township) - Settlement, 1765 Liverpool Township, (N.S.), 1765

Land settlement - Nova Scotia, 1765

Liverpool (N.S.:Township) - Land settlement, 1765

Land records - Nova Scotia, 1765

Liverpool (N.S.:Township) - Land records, 1765
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MG23-C4
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