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4 August 1791

Letter from John Harris of Truro to Charles Morris regarding the fishery in Cobequid Bay.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 4 number 35


4 August 1791

Letter from John Harris of Truro to Charles Morris asking for help to get himself appointed a justice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 4 number 36


1 September 1791

Petition of Jonathan Prescott, James Green and Thomas Thomson of Chester for relief from a law suit brought against them in their official capacity.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 4 number 37


1 November 1791

Petition of the administrator of the estate of the late Robert Avery Junior of Horton for the appointment of commissioners to examine the claims on it.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 4 number 38


15 November 1791

Copy of the proceedings of a special Court of Exchequer held at Sydney concerning the schooner Jennet and its cargo.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 4 number 39


1791

Draft of "An Act for the further increase of the revenue..." (in handwriting of Richard John Uniacke)

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 4 number 40


1791

Draft of an unspecified act (again in Uniacke’s handwriting; possibly part of the above)

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 4 number 41


1791

Draft of an unspecified act (again in Uniacke’s handwriting; possibly part of the above)

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 4 number 42


1791

Bills passed by the House of Assembly at the session of 1791.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 4 number 43


1791

Certificate signed by eleven residents of Shelburne on behalf of George Campbell, who had lost both his land and a lagre supply of planks and boards.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 4 number 44


1791

Memorial of the freeholders and inhabitants of Parrsboro and Economy (72 signatures) asking that the two townships be made into a new county.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 4 number 45


1791

Observations on Colonel Gabrieal Christie’s land.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 4 number 46


1791

Abstract of payment of M.L.A.’s at tending the session of 1791.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 4 number 47


1791

Register of attendance of members at the House of Assembly. (session of 1791)

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 4 number 48


1791

List of sheriffs who have given security and taken out their patents for the year 1791.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 4 number 49


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