Voices of the People

Nova Scotia House of Assembly Petitions and Correspondence

27 June 1803

Petition of James and William Cochran to the Assembly, asking "that their Property now in the Hands of the Sherriff may be released to them on their substituting amply Securities to the Satisfaction of the Commissioners of the Revenue for there (six) Debt to the Province and payable before the Termination of the present Year", on the grounds that many payments due them have not been collected. Signed. Resolution for a message to the Governor granting their petition.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 10 number 60