Nova Scotia Archives
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Affidavit of Morrison McDonald
Morrison McDonald, a carpenter of St. Mary’s, Sydney County [Guysborough County], petitions for a water lot in Sydney, Cape Breton County, and for land on the Cow Bay Road.
McDonald was assured by Mr. Crawley, the Surveyor-General, there would not be a problem with the grant. Consequently, the petitioner “provided a frame for a substantial store and dwelling house, which is now actually on the said lot...”
Date: 1 June 1827
Reference: Department of Lands and Forests Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Series B Cape Breton no. 3204