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17 October 1818

Know all men by these presents that I William Lawson of Halifax in the County of Halifax and Province of Nova Scotia Esquire for and in consideration of an assurance and promise made to me by His excellency Sir. John C. Sherbrooke G.C. [Q?] Lieut. [Lieutenant] Governor of Nova Scotia that Three Hundred acres of the Forest or [Wild?] lands in this Province should be granted to me [illegible] are granted conveyed released and confirmed unto our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God King & his heirs and Successors and by these presents do grant convey release and confirm unto our said Sovereign Lord the King his heirs and Successors and by these presents do grant convey release and confirm unto our said Sovereign Lord the King his heirs and Successors all the following lot or parcel of Land situate in Preston in the County of Halifax and Province of aforesaid with a certain lot or tract of land described as situate on the Eastern Side of [frog lake?] in the township of Preston Beginning at the north western angle of lot number thirteen, [illegible] & laid out for [Mills Greenhouse?] from there to run north eighty eight degrees [east?] along the line of said lot one hundred & seventy rods or until it comes to the Public Highway thence south along the line of said highway one hundred & sixty rods thence south eighty eight degrees