St. John's River Society
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Variants
- Saint John's River Society
- St. John River Society
- St. John's Society
- Canada Company (Formed 1764)
- Quebec Company
Additional Information
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Sources
- found: Its The following description, with the extracts of letters patent ... 1783(name not given)
- found: Tremaine, M. A biblio. of Canadian imprints 1751-1800, 1952:p. 189 (Saint John's River Society) p. 48 (The land company which became known as the St. John's River Society (known also in Nova Scotia as the Canada Company, or the Quebec Company) was formed early in 1764 by a group of military officers stationed in Montreal; it later comprised sixty-eight members, military officers, colonial officials, and merchants, in Montreal, Quebec, New York, Massachusetts, and Ireland, who obtained patents to five townships on the lower part of the St. John River)
- found: NLC 9/13/90(St. John's River Society)
- found: MWA/NAIP files(hdg.: St. John's River Society; variant: St. John's Society; note: Canadian land speculation company estab. 1764)
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Change Notes
- 1990-08-28: new
- 2004-11-04: revised
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