14 February 1815

Petition of Alexander MacLean and others of the east side of East River of Pictou, asking for a grant to improve the road from the upper line of lands belonging to Hugh Fraser to the upper line of Hector McKenzie’s a very useful stretch of road. Signed with 25 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 27

25 February 1815

Petition of Donald Fraser, Robert McIntosh and William Robertson, on behalf of the inhabitants on the East River of Pictou, thanking them for past favours and asking for further aid towards repairing the road and bridges from Abercrombey’s Point to the Old Meeting House.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 28

15 February 1815

Petition of Alexander Scott and others in Nine Mile River settlement, asking for a grant for improving their road. Signed with 38 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 29

15 February 1815

Extract from the Journal of the resolution for calling the sheriff of Sydney to be summoned to attend the House without delay.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 30

15 February 1815

Letter from James B. Francklin, Clerk of the Assembly to William Sterns, asking him to take with him to Pictou and forward to Manchester a public letter to the sheriff, Christian Müller.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 31

15 February 1815

Letter from William Sabatier to Thomas Ritchie, pointing out the changes which he thinks should be made in the sheriff’s fees for various services.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 32

16 February 1815

Petition of Andrew Forshner, commissioner for roads, Ramsheg, Cumberland County, asking for the vote of money lost by him in a suit begun by one of the contractors for the road work because he had refused to pay the whole sum, the contract not being completed according to orders. The contractor having won the case, the commissioner prays for the House to pay the expenses.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 33

15 February 1815

Petition of James Charlton and other inhabitants of a settlement in the township of Granville, asking for a grant to help them maintain the road running along the foot of the mountain and the cross-road leading to the main road. On the cross-road there are no inhabitants, and the expenses of keeping up both roads are beyond the means of the inhabitants. Signed with 10 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 34

16 February 1815

Petition of Wentworth Taylor and others of Dorchester, Sydney County, detailing the advantages that would accrue to them and to the Halifax market if a road were made from Dorchester to the head of the tide of St. Mary’s River, and praying for a grant of £300 for effecting it. Signed by 53 persons.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 35

16 February 1815

Memorial of the Sessions, Grand Jury and Overseers of the Poor, asking for a division of the district of Pictou into townships, so that the laws of the province for laying out new roads and providing for the support of the poor may be more properly executed.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 36

17 February 1815

Petition of Benjamin Barnard, Joseph Norman Bond and others of Yarmouth and Argyle districts stating the bad condition of the public road leading up the west side of the Great Tusket River, and asking for a grant for repairing it from the lower Tusket falls to the head of Lake Vaughan. Signed with 115 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 37

17 February 1815

Petition of Richard Tremaine and the Commissioners of the Poor for Halifax, asking financial aid. (Printed in extenso in Journal p. 27)

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 38

17 February 1815

Petition of Edward Rivers and other inhabitants of Rawdon, asking for a grant to make a road from the church by Bond's Mill to connect them with the main road leading from Rawdon to Halifax. Signed with 12 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 39

18 February 1815

Petition of William Sabatier and the other members of the Committee of Trade, Fisheries and Agriculture, asking the consideration of the House on the subject of the fisheries, and recommending that the bounty on imported salt be renewed. (Printed in extenso in the Journal, p. 36)

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 40

20 February 1815

Petition of T. W. Hierlihy, the magistrates and other inhabitants of Dorchester, Sydney County, asking for a grant for making a bridge over the main Antigonish River at Indian Gardens. Signed with 82 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 21 number 41