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Minutes of H. M. Council, 1720-1742. |
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Inhabitants of this River, whereupon the Same being Read, he Asked the Oppinion of the Board Then [86] Then he Laid before the Board a Petition from the English Inhabitants of the Lower Town, which being Read, And the Board Considering the great Disadvantage and Impedim.ts that the Empty Uninhabited houses in the Said Lower Town are to those Inhabitants who would Remain & Live in their houses, being for want of the Absent Proprietors due Care become Untennantable & gone to Decay and Ruine; And that Whereas they may Serve as a Shelter & Defence to the Lurking Enemy Indians who may at Pleasure Sett them on .fire and Consequently the whole Town to the Great loss and prejudice of the other Proprietors and Inhabitants of Said Town
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Memorial of the English Inhabitants of the lower Town advised. |
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Resolved That it is for his Majestys Service and the Good of this Collony, that the Said Lower Town be preserved and Inhabited; That Such Empty houses be Aprized and pulld Down, & that the Proprietors of Said houses may not be Intire Loosers thereby
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It is allso the Oppinion of the Board that they have part of the Vacant Lands in the Said Town in Lieu of the Same, when they are allotted out
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Then the Board Resolved that An Answer Should be given to the. french Inhabitants Memo.l on Munday Next, And that Major Paul Mascarene and John Adams Esq prepare the Same
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At a Conncil held at the Honourable L.t Governor John Doucetts house in his Majestys Garrison of Annapolis Royall on Wednesday the 22nd of July 1724
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Present The Honourable Lievt Governor President Major Paul Mascarene
John Adams Esq | Hibbert Newton Esq
William Shirreff Esq |
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The Honourable L.t Governor Acquainted ye Board that as M.r James Blin was Arrived here from Mines he thought it very Neccssary y.t he Should be Examined allso upon Oath as to what he heard there Concerning the Indians and the
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Mr. Blin Examined about what he heard of the Indians design |
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