Contributions to the History of Eastern Townships

This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1866. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... BROME. Brome is ten miles square. It is bounded on the north by Shefford and Granby, east by Bolton, south by Sutton, and west by Dunham and East Farnham. It was chartered on the 18th of August, 1797. As Tew comparatively have ever seen a document of this character, a copy of the Charter of Brome is given below: Province 0 Lowek Cakada--to wit KOBT. PBESCOTT, Governor. f George The Third, by the grace of Godj of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Kino, Defender of the Faith, and so forth. To Jlli, to whom these presents shall come or may in any wise concern: Greetings Whereas our well-heloved Asa Porter, late of Haverhill, in the State of New Hampshire, Esquire, on behalf of-himself and thirty-two Assn. elates, hereinafter named, by his Petition, bearing date the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, presented unto our trusty and well-beloved Alured Clarke, then our Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of our said Province, hath humbly requested us to grant unto him, the said Asa Porter, and to his said Associates, and to his and their heirs and assigns forever, in free and common soccage, a tract or parcel of our waste lands situate, lying and being within our province of Lower Canada, in America. The course pursued by Porter, the Leader, with regard to the township, was in former y.ears the origin of much trouble. Not possessing the means necessary to defray the expenses attendant on the leadership, he hired money for this purpose of an individual in Quebec, and gave him a mortgage on the township as security. This sum remained unpaid for many years, tending to check in a great measure the influx of settlers, and thus retarding the prosperity of the township. And Whereas our trusty and ...