18 February 1814

Petition of Stephen W. Deblois, Hallifax merchant, asking for the drawback of duty on certain articles imported and re-exported to the United States, for which the petitioner was unable, due to conditions caused by the war, to obtain the landing certificates.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 20 number 16

18 February 1814

Petition of Phineas Lovett, Digby merchant, asking for the drawback on rum, coffee and molasses, imported from Jamaica in 1809 and purchased with the produce of Nova Scotia. Enclosuring affidavits and invoice.

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

18 February 1814

Petition of John Moody, merchant, asking for the drawback on sugar and molasses imported and re-exported to the United States, for which he was unable, due to war conditions, to obtain the usual certificates. Enclosures.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 20 number 18

18 February 1814

Petition of Richard Tremain and Company, asking for the drawback on goods imported and re-exported to the United States, for which the usual certificates could, not, due to war conditions, be obtained. Enclosures. N.S. Collector’s account of exports. Affidavits, to fairness of transaction, Deposition before American Notary Public, and certificate of N. S. Board of Revenue.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 20 number 19

18 February 1814

Copy of resolution for a report of the shipping and exports to be laid before the House.

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

19 February 1814

Petition of Robert Thomson, of Hammond’s Plains, asking for £5 to pay the men whom he engaged to clear the road after the gale in November.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 20 number 21

19 February 1814

Report of the committee of public accounts. (As in Vol. 288, nos. 83, 84, 97). (Printed in extenso in Journal pp. 18-23)

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 20 number 22

21 February 1814

Petition of Jonathan Crane on behalf of James Noble Shannon and Company of Parrsboro, asking that they be not obliged to pay more duty on a cargo imported from Guadeloupe than the usual amount, because of a mistake in making out the ship’s papers. Enclosuring deposition, return of cargo, etc. and list of ships with details, entering King’s County between 1 March 1811 and 31 December 1812.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 20 number 23

22 February 1814

Account with Howe and Son for printing Militia Laws and Prayers.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 20 number 24

22 February 1814

Petition of John Stuart or Stewart and other settlers in Cole Harbour, asking for some assistance in improving the road from their settlement to the Preston Road. Signed with 13 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 20 number 25

22 February 1814

Petition of Israel Fellows, Benjamin Chute and other inhabitants of Granville township, asking for a grant to enable them to open a new road on the bay shore, made necessary by the great increase in settlement on that shore. Signed with 15 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 20 number 26

22 February 1814

Petition of Miles McInnes and other settlers on the river Musquodoboit, asking for a grant to improve the road leading to the harbour, which is the only means of transporting their produce, and pointing out the very bad state of that and other roads in the vicinity. Signed with 50 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 20 number 27

22 February 1814

Petition of Alexander Scott and other inhabitants of Nine Mile River in Douglas, asking for a grant of £50 to help them improve their road to Halifax. Signed with 56 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 20 number 28

23 February 1814

Petition of Thomas Boggs, commissioner for expending £50 on the Rawdon road in 1801, of which only £30 was expended in that year, and the rest in 1813. He asks for the £20 he expended in 1813.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 20 number 29

23 February 1814

Petition of Josiah Jones and others of Annapolis County, asking for a grant of £100 for completing the road and bridge between McConnell's Mill Brook and the Sissiboo Bridge. 7 names.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 20 number 30