Voices of the People

Nova Scotia House of Assembly Petitions and Correspondence

13 March 1811

Petition of William Falkner, contractor, who built a bridge over the Stewiacke River on contract and finds that the bridge far exceeds the cost he had anticipated. He encloses statement of his expenses and asks for a grant to recompense him. Also certificate of the commissioner of the roads for that for that district to the truth of Falkner’s statement.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 63