(Eigg Mountain Settlement History)

 

1817 petitions of Thomas Dalhunty and John Kelly both young and unmarried men ...humbly herewith your petitioners, Thomas Dalhunty has been in the country of Tipperary in Ireland that he's a carpenter, cabinetmaker and wheelwright that he is resided in Antigonish in the county of Sydney there 18 months last half; also that your petitioner John Kelly was born in the County of Derry in Ireland that he has resided in Antigonish aforesaid these 18 months and that their intention is to settle in this county that they have never [something] any land from [the] government and that they have the means and their intention is to cultivate the land provided they can obtain it; they therefore made that your Excellency will be  pleased to grant your petitioners as much land never before granted as your Excellency may deem [something ..bla bla] signed with "x"s [both sworn an oath of allegiance]

 

Grant of land in 1817 to Thomas Dalhunty, Walter Carroll, Martin Elworth, William Donovan and James Fleming 1400 bounded and abutted as follows vis

...  Tinking the western side of sideline of Leningrad and Thomas Fennell in Antigonish international and the Gulfshore near Glencoe and Northeast ankle I lands lately granted to James Tilden is in or 8° West along since online and granted land 227 Romans and Saddam ET he degrees in 320 wrongs and more he degrees West 50 Romans in a geeky degrees West 320 wrongs and so he degrees east II29 and one for on thence north 88° east along the north boundary line of land him to Thomas Fennell and John Tilden and the 20 on the list found and said James the land and snore a the last along said 252 rods or until it comes to be a the end something thence north a decrease in loan are found in line of said land fans hundred and 20 routes to begin containing whole thousand 500 acres