Voices of the People

Nova Scotia House of Assembly Petitions and Correspondence

8 January 1808

Letter from the Secretary of the province to the Speaker, Lewis M. Wilkins, in answer to the request that a new writ be issued to elect a representative for Sydney County. "His Excellency requires that He should be informed by what means a vacancy has arisen, that He may be able to judge if under the circumstances of the Case he may consider the Seat as legally vacated." Until he hears from the Home Government he cannot issue a new writ for the township of Annapolis.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 15 number 9