DCHP-3

plantation

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1†n. — Hist.

See 1927 quote.

Quotations

1620
The purpose thereof, is, with your Gracious allowance, to beget a disposition in all your Maiesties Subiects, for a Plantation in the New-found-land, grounded vpon reason of industry, both generally and particularly profitable to the Vndertakers and Posterities.
1793
Upon full consideration of all these circumstances, their Lordships proposed, that all plantations in Newfoundland should be discouraged; and, in order thereunto, that the commander of the convoy should have commission to declare to all the planters, to come voluntarily away.
1842
Next, the middle-man or planter, as he is most absurdly called, --probably from all the original English settlements in American having received the official designation of plantations; but the Newfoundland planter has had in reality as little to do with cultivating the soill as an Esquimaux.
1927
Prior to 1860, vessels constructed in British North America were registered as being "British Plantation Built"-- the term "Plantation" meaning "Colony."
2†n. — Obs.

a farm or holding of farm land.

Quotations

1764
The said Seigneurie [is] capable of containing upwards of 500 Plantations in more than 3 Concession Depth on each Side the River. . . .
1837
Convenient Plantation Lots were laid out in the most eligible situations, and advertised for Sale at Public Auction.
3n. — Fur Trade, Obs.

the land and buildings of a trading post or fort, especially one belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company.

Quotations

1696
Our people shot 2 Geese near ye plantation.
1773
But what I am most surprised at, they [Montreal traders] keep no watch in the night; even when the Natives are lying on their plantation.
1775
The Men [at Cumberland House] employed Cutting & Setting up Firewood in Piles to clear the Plantation. . . .
1923
Beef, potatoes, and pork were raised on the "plantation," as it [York Factory] was called in those days.
1941
Plantation--The first establishments were referred to as such. History does not record if there were any piccaninnies on deck.
4n. — Lumbering

a reforested tract of land in an area previously cut over.

Quotations

1928
Derosier . . . agreed not to set foot upon the Harris plantations. . . .
1963
A ten-year-old plantation of Douglas fir. These trees were two years old when planted in the spring of 1948 and twelve year old (twelve growing seasons) when photographed in the winter of 1957.