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

11 February 1811

Petition of Samuel N. Bayard and other inhabitants of Wilmot Township, asking for a grant of £60 to help to erect a new bridge across the Annapolis River near Dodge’s Tavern. Signed with 5 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 12

12 February 1811

Petition of Thomas Parker and others, asking for a grant to help them make a road "from the Meeting House, near Mr. John Ellis’ on the River Chebbanaccadie [ Shubenacadie ], both ways, to the Road Leading from Halifax to Truro." Signed with 12 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 13

12 February 1811

Petition, to the Lieutenant Governor, of Theophilus Chamberlain and other inhabitants of Dartmouth and Preston, stating the bad state of the road between Creighton’s Ferry and Preston, and asking for a grant of £120, which they estimate will repair the road. Signed with 13 names. the other to the Assembly.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 14

13 February 1811

Petition, to the Assembly, of Theophilus Chamberlain and other inhabitants of Dartmouth and Preston, stating the bad state of the road between Creighton’s Ferry and Preston, and asking for a grant of £120, which they estimate will repair the road. Signed with 13 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 15

14 February 1811

Estimate of the Lt.-Governor for roads and bridges for the province. Signed.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 16

14 February 1811

Memorial of John Martin and other debtors in the Halifax jail. "That your Memorialists Labour under the great disadvantages from…being neither able to provide for themselves (while confined) in Jail nor for their Familys without – And…people have been put in Jail who either had no friends in Town or whose place of Residence were in some distant part of the Country; destitute of Money to Subsist themselves and unprovided with Bed Cloathing, such People have been dependant upon their fellow Prisoners for a Share of the Provisions their friends have with difficulty been able to send them – and their Bed Cloaths to the risk of their Health." Asking relief. Signed with 6 names.

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

14 February 1811

Petition of William Sabatier and other merchants of Halifax, asking that a special agent be appointed by the province to look after the commercial concerns of Nova Scotia. Signed with 6 names. (Compare with similar petitions of 1808, 1809.)

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 18

14 February 1811

Petition of William Sabatier and other merchants stating that they employed Nathaniel Atcheson as a special agent to promote the commercial concerns of the province, and asking for a remuneration for him. Signed.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 19

16 February 1811

Draft address of the House of Assembly in answer to His Excellency's speech at the opening of the present assembly, mentioning the state of the British Empire and mentioning public accounts.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 20

16 February 1811

Draft motions that, due to the decayed state of the present building, a committee be appointed to find a more convenient place be found for the Council and Assembly to use.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 21