| Land Transfer Between King’s
College and Thomas Chandler Haliburton – 1842
For the purpose of making
a road Etc.
Date and Purpose of Agreement
Halifax, January 28th, 1842
Hants County Registry of Deeds
WHHS Archives – Photocopy of 1842 Deed
Ambrose Church Map of Windsor 1871
" …Whereas the said Governors,
President and Fellows of King’s College at Windsor in the Province of Nova Scotia
are desirous of obtaining a part of the land of the said Thomas C. Haliburton
called Clifton at Windsor aforesaid between the lands of the said College and
the back street of Windsor aforesaid commonly called Chapel street (Note: now
known as Albert Street) for the purpose of making a road for the use of said Governor,
President and Fellows of King’s College at Windsor in the Province of Nova Scotia… …such parcel of land in exchange for an equal quantity of land belonging
to said Governors, (etc.) King’s College… …adjoining the South Eastern
boundary of the said lands of the said Thomas C. Haliburton… …and also
for consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of the province
(from King’s to Haliburton)…in hand well and truly placed at or before the unsealing
and delivery of these property… …described as follows, beginning at
the Public road leading to the Chapel and commonly called Chapel road and running
along the devision line of the said Thomas C. Haliburton’s land …untill (until)
it reaches the north Esatern angle of the College lands…thence South Westwardly
along the Northern line of said lands…thence North Eastwardly…to a stake thence
North sixteen degrees east…to a spruce…North…to a spruce stump…at the
Eastern side of the deep cut for the Railroad of the said Thomas C. Haliburton…etc….untill
(until) it strikes the Public road aforesaid and thence Eastwardly along the Southern
side of said road to the place of beginning, Containing one acre two roods and
seventeen perches… …and also for consideration of the sum of five shillings
of lawful money of the province (from Haliburton to King’s)…in hand well and
truly placed at or before the unsealing and delivery of these property… …beginning
on the line between the College lands and the property of the said Thomas C. Haliburton
called Clifton…to the Western line of the College lands thence Northerly along
last mentioned line…to the North Western angle of the College lands and thence
North Eastwardly…to the place of beginning, Containing one acre two roods and
seventeen perches… " | 
