Voices of the People

Nova Scotia House of Assembly Petitions and Correspondence

1812

Petition of John and Henry Newton to the Assembly, relating the trouble they have had with regard to their land on Fox Island, Sydney County, and asking that the House will not amend the provincial act to encourage the fisheries so that it will operate their disadvantage.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 18 number 163