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La dite piéce cottée, paraphée, et inventoriée, fous No. 52,

52.

Item, une ordonnance rendue par Meffieurs de Beauharnois et Hocquart, gouverneur et intendant, le 15 Octobre, 1741, et 21 du dit mois et an, à l'occafion des forges, pour en dreffer l'état.

La dite piéce cottée, paraphée et inventoriée, fous le No. 53,

53.

Item, une liaffe contenant vingt-cinq piéces d'écriture, qui font les titres du fief et feigneurie de Saint Maurice.

Toutes les dites piéces cottées et paraphées depuis la premiére jusqu'à la derniére, et inventoriées fous les No. 58, &c.

Collationné et vidimé par nous, écuyer, greffier, notaire, avocat, et dépofitaire des minutes des notaires décédés dans le diftrict de Québec, fur la minute originale du dit inventaire fus-datté refté aux archives. En témoin dequoi nous avons figné à Québec le onze Avril, mille, fept cents, foixante-fept.

Signé PANET.

These are the French inftruments relating to thefe iron works. In the year 1767 brigadier general Carleton, at that time lieutenantgovernour, now governour in chief of the province of Quebec, being defirous of having them repaired in a manner fit for use, of which they stood in the greatest need, made a leafe of them for a term of fixteen years, under the public feal of the province, to a fet of gentlemen at Quebec who undertook to repair them thoroughly and deliver them up to the king at the end of that term in good condition and, in confideration of the great expence this would neceffarily put them to, he reserved to the king only a small rent of eighteen pounds, fifteen fhillings, a year. This leafe was as

follows.

NUMBER

NUMBER XXIX.

A Leafe of a Tract of Land near the Town of Three Rivers, comprizing the Spot on which the Iron Works, usually known by the Name of The Forges of Saint Maurice, are fituated, from the KING to Mr. CHRISTOPHER PELISSIER of QUEBEC, and Eight other Perfons, for a Term of Sixteen Years, with Liberty to open and work the faid Iron Mines, or any other Iron Mines they may find upon the Tract thereby demised to them, for their own Profit and Advantage, rendering therefore to the KING a yearly Rent of Eighteen Pounds, Fifteen Shillings, of lawful Money of GREAT BRITAIN.

GEORGE the THIRD, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain and the Territories thereunto belonging, King, Defender of the Faith, and fo forth; To all to whom thefe Prefents fhall come, fendeth Greeting:

WHEREAS it has been humbly represented to our trufty Preamble.

and well-beloved Guy Carleton, our lieutenant-governour and commander in chief of our province of Quebec in America, and our council of the faid province, by Christopher Peliffier and Alexander Dumas, and other our faithful fubjects in the faid province, that divers advantages might be derived to our faid province by working certain iron mines, belonging to us in right of our crown, fituated in the said province, near the town of Three Rivers in the fame, and commonly known by the name of The Forges of Saint Maurice; and that they the faid Chriftopher and Alexander, toge-. ther with certain other of our loving fubjects, are willing and defirous to undertake to work the faid mines, at their own rifque and expence, if we will grant to them a fufficient intereft in the profits that may thence arife to induce them thereunto :

NOW

Leafe.

Lellees.

NOW KNOW YE that we, being willing to encourage fo ufeful and laudable an undertaking, which will be attended with a confiderable expence, as we are informed, to the undertakers, have, of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, granted and demifed, and by these prefent letters under our public feal of our faid province of Quebec (made out and paffed under the fame, by order of our trufty and well-beloved Guy Carleton, Efquire, lieutenant-governour and commander in chief of our faid province, by and with the advice and confent of our council of the fame) do grant and demise, for us, our heirs and fucceffors, unto Names of the the faid Chriftopher Peliffier, of the town of Quebec, in our said province, merchant; the faid Alexander Dumas, of the fame place, merchant; Thomas Dunn, of the fame place, Efquire, one of the members of our council of the faid province; Benjamin Price, of Montreal in the province aforefaid, Efquire, alfo one of the members of our council aforefaid; Colin Drummond, of the town of Quebec, Efquire; Dumas Saint Martin, of Montreal in the province aforefaid, Efquire, one of our juftices affigned to keep the peace in the faid province; George Aljop, of the town of Quebec, in the province aforefaid, merchant; James Johnston, of the fame place, merchant; and Brook Watfon, of London in our kingdom of Great Britain, merchant; a large tract of land near the town of Trois the land leafed. Riviéres, in our faid province of Quebec, containing the fpot in which the iron mines ufually known by the name of Les Forges de Saint Maurice are fituated, and comprising within it the fief and feigniory of Saint Maurice, and other lands adjacent to, and convenient to be enjoyed with, the said iron mines, and bounded by the following boundaries, to wit, on the north fide, by the river which falls into the river Saint Lawrence at the faid town of Trois Riviéres; on the fouth fide by the lands of Mr. Tonnancour; on the east fide by the eastern boundary of the faid feigniory of Saint Maurice; and on the weft fide by a line drawn parallel to the line joining the two extremities of the western boundary of the faid feigniory of Saint Maurice, and at the distance of three leagues from it.

Defcription of

Habendum,

To have and to hold, enjoy and occupy the faid premifes hereby demifed, to them the faid Chriftopher Peliffier, Alexander Dumas, Thomas Dunn, Benjamin Price, Colin Drummond, Dumas Saint Martin, George Allop, James Johnston, and Brook Watson, their executors, adminiftrators, and affigns and the executors, administrators, and affigns of each of them, as tenants in

common

;

common, and not as joint-tenants, for a term of fixteen years, from the day of the date of these presents to be fully compleat and ended rendering and paying therefore unto us, our heirs and fucceffors, the Rent referved. yearly fum of twenty-five pounds of lawful money of our faid province of Quebec, or eighteen pounds, fifteen fhillings, of lawful money of Great Britain, by equal payments to be made in our faid province of Quebec, at the feafts of Saint John the Baptift, Saint Michael the Archangel, the nativity of our bleffed Saviour, and the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, to the receiver-general of our revenue in our faid province, or in cafe of the abfence of our faid receiver-general, to the deputy auditor of our faid revenue appointed by the furveyor and auditor-general of our revenue arifing in our plantations in America to infpect and audit the accounts of our revenues arifing in our province aforefaid, or, in case of the absence of our faid receiver-general and the faid deputy-auditor from our faid province, to our governour, lieutenant-governour, or commander in chief of the faid province for the time being; whereof the first payment shall be made on the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel next ensuing the day of the date of these presents.

payment of th

whole year.

Provided always that, if at any time the faid rent, or any part Penalty of nonthereof, shall be behind and unpaid during the space of a whole year rent for one after it shall have become due, it shall be lawful for us, our heirs and fucceffors, or our receiver-general of our revenue in our faid province, or the aforefaid deputy-auditor of the accounts of our said revenue, or our governour, lieutenant-governour, or other our commander in chief of the faid province for the time being, in our behalf, to re-enter into the faid premises, and all the faid leffees, their executors, adminiftrators, and affigns, therefrom to expel and remove, and the faid premises to feize again into our hands for our own immediate ufe, profit, and difpofal, and likewife to feize and fell all the Power to feize utenfils, tools, ftock of iron, timber, and other goods, merchandizes, goods and ftock and effects of all kinds, corn or hay, cut or uncut, that fhall be found upon the preupon the faid demifed premises, and them to fell or caufe to be fold, to produce the and out of the money thereby produced to retain to our use the rent due. that shall be so due, together with all the charges of making the said feizure and fale.

and fell the

mifes in order

rent that is

The leflees fhall

Provided alfo, that the faid leffees fhall put the buildings and put and keep in works already erected on the faid premifes into good repair, buildings and

and

good repair the

works upon the premises.

Power to cut down timber on

and fhall afterwards keep them in good repair during the whole time of the faid leafe; and fhall likewife preferve the utensils and tools that are now there, or replace them with others of equal or fuperiour goodness; fo as to deliver up the faid premises at the expiration of the faid term of fixteen years in as good a condition, with respect to the number and goodness of the faid utenfils and tools, as they are in at the day of the date of these presents, or were on the ninth day of March laft paft, according to a certain inventory of them figned and acknowledged to be a true one by the above-mentioned Christopher Peliffier on the faid ninth day of March laft, and which is annexed to the copy of thefe prefents remaining in the hands of our receiver-general of our revenue for our faid province, and with the buildings that are now erected on the faid premifes, or that appear to have been standing on the fame on the faid ninth day of March laft in the inventory aforefaid, in a good condition of repair.

And for the better enabling the faid leffees to carry on their inthe premifes: tended project of working the faid iron mines, we do hereby give and grant, for us, our heirs and fucceffors, unto them the faid leffees, their executors, adminiftrators, and affigns, full power and authority to cut down any trees that they fhall find growing upon the faid demifed premifes, and to erect upon the faid premifes any buildings they shall think proper, and to use and cultivate the furface of the premises in any manner they fhall judge to be moft for their advantage, whether by feeding cattle thereon, or by fowing it with corn of any kind, or any other useful feed or plant, or otherwise howfoever; and likewife to work the aforefaid iron mines, commonly known by the name of the forges of Saint Maurice, and difpofe of the produce and to dig and thereof to their own advantage; and in like manner to open and work any other iron mines they may find upon the faid premises, and any mines of lead, or tin, or copper, or coals, or any other metal or foffil whatsoever, excepting only mines of gold and filver, and to difpofe of the produce thereof to their own advantage, without paying to us, our heirs and fucceffors, any part thereof, or any rent or profit in lieu thereof, or any confideration whatfoever for the various advantages they may derive from the prefent demife of the premises aforefaid, excepting the annual rent aforefaid of twenty-five pounds of lawful money of the province of Quebec, or eighteen pounds, fifteen fhillings of lawful money of Great Britain; any right, due, or claim, that might belong to us, our heirs and fucceffors, in right of

work iron, and divers other, mines on the Same.