Township of Monckton
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township-of-monckton-299-5671504
title:
Township of Monckton
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The Township of Monckton was a 100,000-acre (40,468.6-hectare) tract of land situated on the Petitcodiac River in colonial Nova Scotia. It was granted by the British government at Halifax in 1765 to a syndicate of four Philadelphia land companies headed, respectively, by John Hughes, William Smith, Matthew Clarkson and Isaac Caton. The companies also included Anthony Wayne, who was chosen to survey the township, plus Israel Jacobs, Benjamin Franklin and fifteen other Pennsylvania merchants and g
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Former township
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Township_of_Monckton
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2023-10-24T01:36:12Z
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