Voices of the People

Nova Scotia House of Assembly Petitions and Correspondence

23 February 1813

Petition of Jacob Rude, master of the schooner Speedwell, asking for the bounty on his fishing vessel, and also on the fish he caught in the past season, during which his fishing was interrupted by threats of capture by American privateers so that he was not able to complete the period necessary before applying for a bounty.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 19 number 33