Voices of the People

Nova Scotia House of Assembly Petitions and Correspondence

17 November 1806

Petition of Richard Carder and four other inhabitants of Nelson Settlement, Pleasant River, Queens County. They are settled on the Liverpool to Nictaux road, and need a sawmill to encourage settlers to come to their community…"and if it should be said that there is already a Saw Mill; the Answer is that she is so remote from Pleasant River that it cannot render any benefit to the Settlers of that Part, and also that she cannot, owing to her situation Saw more than will supply the Settlement, for which she is erected, as she cannot go but when water is at a certain heighth; that is, neither hig(h) nor low; and either of these Extreems will impead her, and the remote distance renders her useless to the inhabitants of Pleasant River." Signed. Dismissed.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 13 number 53