La seigneurie de Shoolbred

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La seigneurie de Shoolbred
Abstract
The Shoolbred Seigneury on the Baie des Chaleurs was granted to John Shoolbred, a London merchant, by Governor General Lord Dorchester in 1788. The seigneury comprised a large strip of land about one to two kilometres long that ran along the Ristigouche River. It began at Pointe-à-la-Garde and ended at the present-day boundary between the municipalities of Nouvelle and Saint-Omer. John Shoolbred never lived on his seigneury. In 1801 it was left to his son James, a merchant from Charleston, North Carolina. He resold it in 1809 to Matthew Stewart, a merchant from Saint-Omer.
Publication
Gaspésie
Volume
Vol. 23
Issue
no. 4
Pages
30-34
Date
Décembre 1985
Language
fr
Citation
Bureau, René. “La seigneurie de Shoolbred.” Gaspésie Vol. 23, no. 4 (Décembre 1985): 30–34.
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