Upon reading this day at the Board the Petition of Benjamin Franklin L.L.D. humbly praying that His Majesty will be graciously pleased to grant him twenty thousand Acres of Land in such part of the Province of Nova Scotia as the Petitioner or his Agent shall choose upon the same terms and conditions on which Lands have been granted within the said Province, in order to make a Settlement thereupon. It is Ordered &ca. ut antea.