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Vente par David Higginbotham de sa terre à la tête du lac Témiscouata

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"To Be Sold By Private Sale or Let,

Two Hundred and Fifty Arpens at the end of the new road at Lake Temiscouata, with a good House and ftable.  There is about twenty Arpents of clear land, an it is an excellent psft for the INdian trade.

Alfo, a Lot of Land four Arpents in front by forty In depth, fituate in the Seigniory of River du Loup and parifh of River des Caps, bounded in front by the River St. Lawrence, on the South weft fide by the lands of Benjamin Michaud, and on the North eaft fide by the lands of the widow Nedo; there is on the premifes a good Log-houfe well finished with five appartments on the firft floor, a good cedar ftable build laft fall; it is the beft place in the province fo the Indian trade.  For particulars apply to David Higginbotham on the premifes at River des Caps, who will inform them of the price and conditions of late.

River des Caps, 12th December, 1788."

Gazette du Québec, Janvier 1, 1789, Numéro 1220.