Title

A Copy of an Act to Incorporate the Tobique Mill Company

Authors

Charles G. Wetmore

Files

Description

Text of the act to incorporate the Tobique Mill Company as an international entity operating in both Fredrickton, New Brunswick, Canada and Maine. The company, established by George F. S. Burton, James Taylor, John F. Taylor, William H. Street, William P. Ranney, John A. Beckwith, Ephraim H. Lombard, and Thomas H. Howe with a capital stock of £75,000 divided into shares valued at £25 each.

The company contracted with the provincial government to purchase 100,000 acres of land along the Tobique River, including its tributary lakes and streams, in tracts of 10,000 acres. The document states, "It is believed that this purchase comprises the most valuable pine timbered lands upon the whole river St. John..." containing "more pine timber than any ten townships [in Maine]." Land purchases by the Tobique Mill Company significantly impacted reserves previously set aside for the Maliseet people.

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Publication Date

1836

Publisher

Government of the Province of New Brunswick

City

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Keywords

Lumber Trade

Disciplines

United States History

Comments

Pamp 1334 Vickery

Recommended Citation

Wetmore, Charles G., "A Copy of an Act to Incorporate the Tobique Mill Company" (1836). Maine Bicentennial. 94.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainebicentennial/94