12 November 1810

Petition of Elijah Phinney and other inhabitants of Wilmot, asking for a grant for making a road from the post road in Wilmot to the Bay of Fundy. The road has already been laid out, but the limited circumstances of the people who live on it have prevented their completing it. Signed with 14 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 16 number 105

19 November 1810

Petition of George Newcomb of Parrsborough, asking for £12 compensation for the bridge he built at his own expense after the freshet of 1808 carried away the old one over Partridge River.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 16 number 106

22 November 1810

Petition of George Roy to the House stating that in ignorance of the law which directed road commissioners to retain 5% of the money expended, he had not done so, and asking for some compensation for his work.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 16 number 107

7 December 1810

Account of William Minns for printing done for the government 1808-1810. Certified by the Provincial Secretary.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 16 number 108

January 1811

Account of John Howe & son with the Government for 1250 prayer forms.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 1

1 January 1811

Petition of Arannah Rathbun, commissioner of roads in Horton Township, asking for an additional grant (on behalf of the inhabitants of the township) to rebuild a bridge over Gaspereau River and repair a road.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 2

22 January 1811

Petition of Stephen Harrington and the inhabitants of Cornwallis River and others for assistance to lower the bed of the river. Signed with 17 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 3

27 January 1811

Petition of J.N. Bond and others, the Yarmouth Lock Company, who have formed an association for building a lock in opening a communication from "the Waters lying in the interior of the Township of Yarmouth and Cape Fourchu". They have subscribed £500 for building the lock, and ask a law from the legislature "to legalize the proceeding and to secure to the Associators and their representatives the fair and equitable advantages resulting therefrom." They also suggest the advisability of opening a passage from Lake George to Moulton’s Lake "which would furnish an abundant supply of Water at all seasons and greatly contribute in rendering the advantages of the Lock below less precarious", and would cost about £250. Signed with 34 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 4

27 January 1811

Petition of Samuel S. Poole and others, subscribers of the Yarmouth Company, asking for a law to secure their property. They are a company for building a canal to connect a chain of lakes emptying into Yarmouth harbour with each other. Signed with 111 names.

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

27 January 1811

Petition of Anthony Landers, Samuel Marshall, Joseph Norman Bond and others, freeholders of Yarmouth Township, have formed an association to build locks in the falls of Cape Forchue in order to make a communication between Lake George into Moulton's Lake, and stating that the expenses of their undertaking has already exceeded their expectations and ask for a grant.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 6

1 February 1811

Memorial of William Canady, of Cornwallis, asking for a further grant to provide for expenses incurred by the illness and demise of his son, who became deranged through the administration of wrong medicine while on duty in the militia at Halifax.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 7

1 February 1811

Petition of Jacob Withrow and other inhabitants of Rawdon, asking for a grant to make the road leading to the main road passable. Signed with 21 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 8

8 February 1811

Petition of John H. Flieger, Weigher and Gauger for the port of Halifax detailing the duties of his office, stating that the salary has not been increased for thirty years, although living expenses have risen and other officers have been better paid, and asking for an increase.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 9

8 February 1811

Petition of Nathaniel Parker of Annapolis, stating his exertions in promoting settlement in Annapolis and Wilmot by exploring and surveying a road from Nictau to Liverpool, "in consequence of which settlements are now formed through a Tract of Country, which before was a pathless desert, and the wilderness in some degree has become a fruitful field." Encloses account.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 10

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