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constant preaching of the gospel there after the expiration of ten years from the granting hereof. That all white-pine trees, fit for masting the royal navy, be and hereby are reserved and granted to his Majesty, his heirs and successors forever for that purpose. Provided always, that in case of an Indian war within any of the terms of year's above limited for the doing any of the said matters and things aforesaid, by the said owners to be done, the same number of years as such war shall last shall be allowed after that impediment shall be removed."

The town was divided into eighty-one rights, eighteen of which were reserved by the grantors, one for the first ordained minister, one for the parsonage, and one for the support of schools. The remaining sixty rights, consisting each of two lots of 100 acres and one of 80 acres, belonged to the sixty grantees.

Andover was originally called New Breton, in honor of those brave men who achieved the capture of Cape Breton in 1745.^[1] Of the forces which were engaged in this enterprize, New-Hampshire furnished about five hundred men, chiefly in one regiment of eight companies under the command of Col. Samuel Moore. Most of
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↑ The island of Cape-Breton is situated between latitude 45° and 47° N. about 15 leagues distant from Cape-Ray, the S.W. extremity of Newfoundland—being separated from the main land of Nova-Scotia by a narrow strait of six leagues in length. This island had been deemed of little importance by the English and French, who had successively held possession of it, until the beginning of the last century, when the latter became aware of its importance, from its central situation and the convenience of its ports. They accordingly built a fortified town on the S.E. side of the island, two miles and a quarter in circumference, to which they gave the name of Louisbourgh. It was fortified in every accessible part with a rampart of stone from 30 to 36 feet in height, and a ditch 80 feet wide. It was so strong as to be styled "the Dunkirk of America." For the particulars relating to the capture of Cape-Breton, the reader is referred to Belknap's Hist. N.H. vol ii. and Mass. Hist. Coll. vol. i. of the first series.

[1] The island of Cape-Breton is situated between latitude 45° and 47° N. about 15 leagues distant from Cape-Ray, the S.W. extremity of Newfoundland—being separated from the main land of Nova-Scotia by a narrow strait of six leagues in length. This island had been deemed of little importance by the English and French, who had successively held possession of it, until the beginning of the last century, when the latter became aware of its importance, from its central situation and the convenience of its ports. They accordingly built a fortified town on the S.E. side of the island, two miles and a quarter in circumference, to which they gave the name of Louisbourgh. It was fortified in every accessible part with a rampart of stone from 30 to 36 feet in height, and a ditch 80 feet wide. It was so strong as to be styled "the Dunkirk of America." For the particulars relating to the capture of Cape-Breton, the reader is referred to Belknap's Hist. N.H. vol ii. and Mass. Hist. Coll. vol. i. of the first series.

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