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At a Council held on board the Beaufort on Tuesday the 1st of August 1749 —
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PRESENT
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| His Excellency The Governor, |
| Peregrine Thomas Hopson | Charles Lawrence
| | Paul Mascarene | John Gorham
| | John Horseman | Benjamin Green
| | Robert Ellison | John Salisbury
| | James Fr. Mercer * | Hugh Davidson
| | William Steele
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The Declaration orderd yesterday was read before the Council & approved of, & orderd to be read to the French Deputys & Copys of it to be delivered to each of the Deputys for their several Districts.
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Accordingly the Deputys being called in the Declaration was read to them. They asked whether if they had it mind to evacuate their Lands, they woud have leave to sell their Lands & Effects. His Excellency answered, that by the Treaty of Utrecht there was one Year allowed them from the Surrender of the Province wherein the French Inhabitants might have sold their Effects, but that at present Those that shoud chuse to retire rather than be true Subjects to the King coud not be allowed to sell or carry off any thing.
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The Deputys beg'd leave to return to their Departments & consult with the Inhabitants. Upon which they were warned that whoever shoud not have taken the Oath of Allegiance before the 15/26 of Octr. shoud forfeit all their possessions & rights in this Province. They then asked leave to go to the French Governors & see what Conditions might be offerd them. His Excellency's Answer was, That whoever Shoud leave this Province without taking the Oath of Allegiance Shoud immediately forfeit all their Rights.
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The Council proposed to His Excellency to order all the Priests to come to Chebucto as soon as possible. Accordingly the Secretary was orderd to write to Messrs. Denclaves, Chevreuil & Gerard to repair hither.
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ED. CORNWALLIS.
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HUGH DAVIDSON.
* Colonels Hopson, Ellison, Horseman, and Mercer, came from Louisburg with the army in July, 1749.
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