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6. That these French neutrals, as they are now collected together, are at present a heavy charge upon the inhabitants, especially the laboring people, who are obliged to mount guard every third day and night in their turns, to prevent the escape of the prisoners confined only in open Barrracks, there being no place of close confinement to contain such a number.
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These sir, and many more cogent reasons that might be enforced, and which we presume will naturally occur to you, who are perfectly well acquainted with the present state of this province, we humbly submit to your consideration, and we flatter ourselves, that you will join with us in opinion, and give the necessary orders that these French prisoners may be forthwith removed out of the province.
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President Belcher to General Amherst.
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(Govrs. Lett. Book.)
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HALIFAX, 25th February, 1761.
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SIR, —
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Colonel Forster having communicated to me a Paragraph of Your Excellency's Letter relating to the Acadians in Nova Scotia, wherein Your Excellency seems pleas'd to refer the Consideration of their continuance or removal from the Province to the deliberation of our Legislature, I thought it my duty to represent this affair to the Council for their Opinion, and they immediately took the same into Consideration & unanimously agreed to submit it to Your Excellency's advice for such measures as may be necessary to be pursued for the advantage and security of the Province; and this their determination, I have the honor to lay before you together with the papers referr'd to in the Opinion of Council. * * * *
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I am, &ca.,
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JONATHAN BELCHER.
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To His Excellency
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Major General Amherst, New York.
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