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GEORGIA GAZETTE.
Number 36.
From thi LONDON GAZETTE*
By the KING, a Proclamation
GEORGE R.
BHEREAS We have taken into Our Royal
consideration the extenfiveand valuable
acquisitions in America, secured to Our
Crown by the late definitive treaty of
peace concluded at Paris the ioth day
of February lad; and being desirous
that all Our loving fubjeds, as well of
Our kingdoms as of Our colonics in
America, may avail themselves, with all convenient speed,
of the great benefits and advantages which mull accrue there
from to their commerce, manufactures, and navigation;
We have thought fit, with the advice of Our Privy Council,
to iflue this Our royal proclamation, hereby topublifliand
declare to all Our loving fubjeds, that We have, with the
advice of Our said Privy Council, granted Our letters pa
tent under Our great f-al of Great-Britain, to crcd within
the countries ana islands, ceded and confirmed to Us by the
said treaty, four diftintt and feparatc governments, itiled
and called by the names of Qucbeck, East Florida, and
Grenada, and limited and bounded as follows, viz.
First, The governmenrof Qnebcck, bounded on the La
brador coast by the river St. John, and from thence by a line
drawn from the head of that river through the lake St. John
to the south end of the lake Nipiflim; from whence the said
line, crofling the river St. Lawrence and the lake Champ
lain in A5 degrees of north latitude, pa/Tes along the high
lands which divide the rivers that empty therfifelvcs into the
said river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the sea;
and also along the north coast of the Baye des Chaleurs,
the coast of the gulph of St. Lawrence to Cape Rofieres, and
and from thence crofting the mouth of the river St. Law
rence by the weft end of the island of Anticofti, terminates
at the aforefaid river of St. John.
Secondly, The government of East Florida, bounded to
the weftwffd by the gulph of Mexico and the Apalachicola
river ; # to the nnythward by a line drawn from that part of
the said river where the Chatahouchee and Flint rivers meet,
to the source of St. Mary’s river, and by the courie of the
said river to the Atlantick ocean; and to the saftward and
f°\iihward_by the Atlantick ocean, and the gulph of Flori
da, including all islands within fix leagues of the sea coast.
Thirdly, The government of Weft Florida, bounded to
the iouthward by the gulph of Mexico, including all islands
within fix leagues of the coast from the river Apalachicola
to lake Pontchartrain; to the y/gftward by the said lake, the
lake Maurcpas, and the river Miflifippi; to the nortliwaid
by a line drawn due east from that part of the river Miflifippi,
which lies in 31 degrees north latitude, to the river Apala
chicola or Chatahouchee; and to the saflJKAti by the said
river.
Fourthly, The government of Grenada, comprehending
the island of that name, together with the Grenadines, and
t! e islands of Dominico, St. Vincent and Tobago.
And to the end that the open and free ftfhery of Our fub
jedto may be extended to and carried on upon the coast of
Labrador, and the adjacent islands, We have thought fit,
with the advice of Our said Privy Council, to put all that
coast from the river St. John’s to Hudson's ftreights, together
with the islands of Anticofti and Macelaine, and all other
fmallcr islands upon the said coast, under the care and infp-c
----tion of Our Governor of Newfoundland.
We have also, with the advice of Our Privy Council,
thought fit to annex the islands of St. John’s and Cape-Bre-
THURSDAY* December 8, 1763.
ton, or Tflc Rovale, with the leflfer islands adjacent thereto,
to Our government of Nova Scotia.
We have also, with the advice of Our Privy Council a
forefaid, annexed to Our province of Georgia all the lands
lying between the rivers Alatamaha and St. Mary’s.
And whereas it will greatly contribute to the foccdy fet
tling Our said new governments, that our loving fubjeds
should be informed of our paternal care for the security of
the liberties and properties of those, who arc and fliall be
come inhabitants thereof; We have thought fit to puMi/h
and declare, by this Our proclamation, that We h.u e, in the
letters patent under Our great seal of Great-Britain, by
which the said governments are constituted, given express
power and direction to Our Governors of Our said colonies
refpedively, that, so soon as the state and circumstances of
the said colonics will admit thereof, they fliall, with the ad
vice and consent of the members of Our Council, summon
and call General Aflemblics within the said governments re
fpe&ively, in such manner and form as are u?ed and direded
in those colonies and provinces in America, which arc under
our immediate government; and We have also given power
to the said Governors, with the consent of Our said Coun
cils, and the representatives of the people, so to be fununon
ed as aforefaid, to make, constitute, and ordain laws, sta
tutes, and ordinances, for the publick peace, welfare, and
good government of Our said colonics, and of the people
and inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the
laws of England, and under such regulations and reltridious
as are used mother colonies; and in the mean time, and un
til such afl'emblies can be called as aforefaid, all persons in
habiting in, or resorting to, Our said colonies, may confide
in Our royal prote&ion for the enjoyment of the benefit of
the laws of Our realm of England ; for which purpose We
have given power under our great seal to the Governors of
Our said colonies refpe&ively* to crcdl and constitute, with
the advice of Our said Councils refpe&ively, courts of ju
dicature and publick jufticc within Our said colonies, for
the hearing and determining all caufcs, as well criminal as
civil, according to law and equity, and as near as may be
agreeable to the laws of England, with liberty to all persons,
who may think themselves aggrieved by the fentenccs of such
courts, in all civil cases, to appeal, under the usual limita
tions and reftriaions, to Us, in Our Privy Council.
We have also thought fit, with the advice of Our Privy
Council as aforefaid, to give unto the Governors and Coun
cils of Our said three new colonies upon the continent, full
power and authority to fettle and agree w ith the inhabitants
of Our said new colonies, or with any other persons who
fliall resort thereto, for such lands, tenements, and heredi
taments, as are now or hereafter (hall be in Our power to
dispose of, and them to grant to any such perfim or persons,
upon such terms, and under such moderate quit-rent*, ser
vices, and acknowledgments, as have been appointed and
fettled in Our other colonics, and under such other conditi
ons as (hall appear to Us to be neccflary and expedient for
the advantage of the grantees, and the improvement and
settlement of Our said colonies.
And whereas We are desirous, upon all occasions, to tef
tify Our royal sense and approbation of the .cpnduft and
b avery of the officers and soldiers of Our armies, and to
reward the fame, We do hereby command and impower
Our Governors of Our said three new colonies, and all other
Our Governors of Our several provinces on the continent of
North-America, to grant, without fee or reward, to such
reduced officers as have served in North-America during the
late war, and to such private soldiers as have been or fliall
be diibanded in America, ahd are aflually reading there,
and (hall personally apply for the flune, the following quan
tities of lands, fubicit at the expiration of tjm year* to the