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should be instructed to Repeat his Orders to the Inhabitants to bring in the Firewood upon pain of Military Execution being done upon them. And it was likewise Resolved that Mr. Daudin and five of the principal of the said Inhabitants should be Ordered to Repair immediately to Halifax to give an Account of their Conduct, and that if they should neglect to obey such Order within Twelve hours, that then the Commanding Officer should be instructed to cause them to be taken into Custody and send them to Halifax without delay.
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CHAS. LAWRENCE.
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Jno. Duport, Sec. Concl.
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Extract from Minutes of a Council holden at the Governor's House in Halifax on Tuesday the 1st Octr. 1754.
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PRESENT
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Charles Lawrence Esqr. President,
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Benj: Green, Councilor
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Jno. Collier, Councilor
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Willm. Cotterell, Councilor
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Robt. Monckton, Councilor
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* * * The President communicated to the Council the following Extract of another Letter from Captain Murray Commanding at Pisiquid relating to the Conduct and behaviour of the Priest Daudin.
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"SIR, —
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"I take the Opportunity of Doctor Steele going to Halifax, to Inform you of what is past here since my last by Capt. Cox. On Monday the Priest Daudin came to the Fort to pay me a Visit, but as his Insolence had been so great, I refused to see him lest he should have provoked me to have said or done anything that I should afterwards have been sorry for; he then went down to Mr. Mauger's Store, where he run on in a most insolent and treasonable manner, saying the bitterest things both against the Government and yourself; this, Mr. Deschamps came and related to me, and told me the Priest was very desirous to see me, but I still declind it as I was determined to take no Step till I heard from You."
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"Yesterday he came again to the Store and sent Mr. Deschamps to me begging he might see me at any rate if it was but for five minutes, to which I consented. So soon as he entered the Room he told me that he was come to let me know
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