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Nova Scotia House of Assembly Petitions and Correspondence

6 January 1809

Petition of George Paris Monke, Captain of HMS Centurion, and officers stating that the officers of his ship, which is stationed in Halifax, are the only officers on the station who have to pay the provincial duties on wines consumed on shipboard, and asking relief.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 16 number 7