The Dictionary of Canadian Biography's entry on Jens Haven documents the Moravian mission party of fourteen led by the surgeon Christoph Brasen beginning construction of a mission house at Nain on Labrador's coast on 12 August 1771, Haven's earlier failed 1752 mission attempt, and the hundred thousand acre land grant secured from the British Crown in May 1769 that made the station possible.
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A peer reviewed academic biographical dictionary maintained jointly by the University of Toronto and Universite Laval, tier 2, used here for the precise 12 August 1771 founding date and the mission party's composition, corroborated by Newfoundland and Labrador's own heritage account below. NotesUsed for the exact 12 August 1771 founding date, the mission party's composition, and the 1769 land grant that made the station possible.
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PublisherUniversity of Toronto / Universite Laval (Dictionary of Canadian Biography)
URLhttp://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/haven_jens_4E.html
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Acre, Cities This source names Acre directly: "attempt, and the hundred thousand acre land grant secured from the British Crown in May 1769 that made the station possible."
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