Voices of the People

Nova Scotia House of Assembly Petitions and Correspondence

10 February 1811

Petition of Caleb Nickerson and other inhabitants of the fishing districts around the N. S. coast, asking that the bounty on fishing vessels be extended to include their smaller craft, and that they be given a bounty of mackerel. Signed with 90 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 11