Henry Archer  of  the Town of Sydney of our Island of Cape Breton and to His Heirs and Assigns forever all that certain Town Lot or parcel of Ground situate lying and being in the Town of Sydney aforesaid and is Known and distinguished by Lott number Twenty Seven in Block A and contains in breadth in front [and Rear] forty feet and in depth on each side one hundred feet and is butted and bounded as follows to Wit on the Northwesterly side by Amelia Street - Easterly in front by North Charlotte Street, on the South westerly side by lot number Twenty Six and Westerly in the Rear by Lot number Twelve ~~~~~
  

and has such Shape, Form, and Marks, as appears by a Plat thereof hereunto annexed; together with all Woods, Underwoods, Timber Trees, Lakes, Ponds, Fishings, Waters, Water Courses, Profits, Commodities, Appertenances, and Hereditaments Whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining ; together also with Privilege of Hunting, Hawking and Fowlingt in and upon the same, And Mines and Minerals; SAVING and Reserving NEVERTHELESS to us, our Heirs and Successors, all white Pine Trees if any shall be found growing thereon, and also SAVING  and reserving to us, our Heirs and Successors all Mines of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Coals, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Town Parcel [blank] of  Tract of  [blank] Acres of Land and all and Singular other Premises, hereby Granted unto the said  [blank]
  

Signed in Council by the Governor

HW Perry Extra Clk of Council

Heirs or Assigns, YIELDING and PAYING therefore unto us, our Heirs and Successors, or to our Receiver General for the Time being, or to His Deputy or Deputies for the Time being Yearly, that is to say, at the feast of Saint Michael in every Year at the Rate of Two Shillings for every Hundred Acres, and so in Proportion according to the Quantities of Acres hereby granted; t[he same to] commence and be payable from the said Feast of  Saint Michael which shall first happen After the expiration of [blank] Years from the Date hereof; PROVIDED always and this present Grant is upon Condition [that the] said [blank] Heirs or Assigns shall and do [within three] Years after the Date hereof for every Fifty Acres of Plantable Land hereby granted, clear and work three Acres at least in that Part therefore as [blank] or they shall judge most convenient and advantegeous; or else to clear and drain three Acres of Swampy Ground, or drain three Acres of Marsh, if any su[ch contained] therein. AND shall do within the Time aforesaid, put and keep upon every Fifty Acres thereof, accounted [blank] Barren, three Neat Cattle, and contine the same thereon, until three Acres for every Fifty Acres be fully cleared and [improved] [blank] or they within the Time aforesaid shall be obliged to erect on some Part of [blank] Land, or good Dwelling House, to be at least Twenty Feet in Length and Sixteen Feet in Breadth, And to put on [blank] Land [the like] Number of Neat Cattle for every Fifty Acres or otherwise if any Part of the said Tract shall be Stony or Rocky Ground, and not fit for Planting [blank] Pasture, shall and do within three Years as aforesaid, begin to employ thereon and continue to work for three Years then next ensuing, in digging any stony Quarry or Mine, one good and able Hand for every Fifty Acres, it [shall] be accounted a sufficient Cultivation, and Improvement, PROVIDED also, that every three Acres that shall be cleared and worked, or cleared and drained as aforesaid, shall be accounted a sufficient Seating Cultivation and improvement to save forever from forfeiture Fifty Acres of Land in any Part of the Tract hereby Granted; And the said 

Entered 2^d. day of  decem^r 1786

GIVEN under the Great Seal of our  Province of [blank]  WITNESS Our Trusty and Wellbeloved [blank] in Chief in and over our said Province, this Second Day of June in the Year of our LORD One Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty six